JKT, I agree with lawnfarmer in the fact that preparation is a must. The 5 acres that we planted 4 imperial whitetail clover and 1 buckwheat. We have had very good results with our plot. By August our buckwheat was gone so we planted some imperial alfa-rack on Labor Day weekend where the buckwheat was. No rain for two weeks nights get cooler and days shorter. The Alfarack did absolutely nothing. My experience is the best time to plant is in the spring, but I have only tried the fall once.

Also, when I say we started in March and did not plant until Memorial Day that only included Friday' s, Saturday' s and some Sunday' s of work. Big plot lots of discing, lots of rocks, bad weather, snow in April, etc.

As far as pounds that we planted we added the # of lb' s to get to 1/2 to 1 acre more than the bag says. So if the bag says plants 3 acres, we used enough lbs. of seed to plant 3.5 to 4 acres.

You asked how it looks now? It looks great it is starting to grow with the warmer days and is about 3" . It was slow to grow after we planted it last year but it reached 10 to 12" . We do have some weeds and plan to spray. Unless something changes I have been very satisfied.