The Accidental Smallholder Forum

Smallholding => Land Management => Topic started by: harry on December 15, 2015, 03:46:29 pm

Title: seeding
Post by: harry on December 15, 2015, 03:46:29 pm

ime having a small field turned over ie harrowed and rotovated then levelled off in the next week,,,,,,,,,  is it any good grass seeding it now.. I know it wont grow yet or should I wait

Title: Re: seeding
Post by: Buttermilk on December 15, 2015, 05:19:37 pm

You could be feeding pigeons all winter.

Title: Re: seeding
Post by: shep53 on December 15, 2015, 05:46:24 pm

WOW  what part of the country are you ?   most grass seed is sown in spring or late summer when  the soil is warm and dry  with rain showers .   If you work the soil now and sow the seed in the spring you may have to loosen the top of the ground as it may cap over the winter .  Maybe have to spray any weeds which germinate in the spring before sowing

Title: Re: seeding
Post by: Foobar on December 16, 2015, 08:52:14 am

I would leave the soil as is until the spring and then rotovate it and seed it then.  If you do it now with all this rain you will wash away lots of soil and nutrients, and weeds will grow as shep says.