winter rye

kenbob · May 8, 2022

I have done cereal rye cover crops for several years. It is planted in 8' wide strips. This year I have a couple strips where the rye is much shorter than the others. I used the electric probe tester for PH and N and all the strips show about the same. Any ideas as what might cause that? Thanks in advance.

paul · May 8, 2022

Compaction? Soil type?

Good question.

coonie minnie · May 8, 2022

Pictures would help.

kenbob · May 9, 2022

Soil and compaction are all the same. I may have been premature. Now that the weather has warmed it looks like the others will catch up.

JK-NY · May 10, 2022

Deer grazing or geese and turkey damage possibly.

redforlife · May 17, 2022

Is the ground otherwise, likewise farmed in strips? Affecting soil residues, sub-soil moisture, and things like that?? If so, the Rye is going to grow better in the strips where conditions are preferred.

Where I live, soil type and quality can vary a lot, within the same feild. I could see Rye growing better where the better dirt is. If feild was planted the right way in strips (parallel to soil quality bounderies), the strips would appear to be growing differently than each other, simply because of the quality of the dirt the entire strip was planted in.
If planted the other way (crossways from soil quality bounderies) you would notice the difference lengthways within the strip, rather than from one strip to another.

Wheat is heading out here (the past week), and it is fairly dry. Dry enough, that the wheat is not heading out real evenly (same time). Seen a feild yesterday that about half of it was heading out, the other half wasn't. Thinking it's a moisture problem. Wheat probably reaching down to sub-soil moisture, and that is not the same throughout the feild. Causing areas to be delayed, and not heading out the same.

Texasmark · Jun 2, 2022

Since Rye seeds out prematurely and buyers don't want stems and seed heads in their hay, it's tough to get the late comers up and part of the crop. Mine is annual but reseeds itself annually. Waiting for the late comers to come online gives me that reseeding for next year's crop and every year all my hay is sold anyway.

If you want a real Rye grass, get yourself some Jumbo Rye. Really produces on the same nutrients as regular.....sorta like Coastal Bermuda vs Common as far as yield is concerned.

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