frost seeding
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: WV
Posts: 91
frost seeding
So I bought the Food Plots easy as 1-2-3 from Ed in the Mid-Michigan branch of QDMA. Has anyone tried his process for frost seeding. He says to spray roundup in May, July and September and then spread the seed the following spring during the freezing and thawing stage. This is a no-till method therefore no weeds are tilled back up to germinate. Just wondered if anyone had success trying this.
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ontario Canada
Posts: 2,059
RE: frost seeding
I' ve reseeded clover by spreading the seed over the last layers of snow and the stand did thicken up. It should be even better with competing vegetation killed off. Did they give any advice for inocculating the seed if the crop wasn' t already growing in the field?
Dan O.
Dan O.
#4
RE: frost seeding
I' ve done it to, but if you' re spraying roundup anyway, its not 100% neccesary to frost seed, just spray, then broadcast a few days later. If you can run a set of discs across it - so much the better. Frost seeding probably does a little better job.
#6
RE: frost seeding
Unc Al - Its all about seed/soil contact. If the sod (dead or not) prevents it, then No. The roundup creates conditions favorable to let clover dominate when planted after spraying, but you still need to make sure the clover hits the soil. A good set of diccs will expose enough soil after spraying. If you cannot disk - then any disturbment of the soil will help.
Frost seed ing works in this case because the thawing/freezing process gets the tiny clover seeds through the dead sod.
Good luck
Frost seed ing works in this case because the thawing/freezing process gets the tiny clover seeds through the dead sod.
Good luck