Don't give up hope. Here in S.E. Louisiana I planted (no till) on 26 Oct into dry dry ground that hadn't had rain in over a month. The seed sat in the thin thatch until we got a good rain on Nov 7th. I wasn't expecting much thinking the turkeys and other birds would have pretty well cleaned up the seed. But I got a look at the plots yesterday and much to my surprise they are starting up strong.