Large temperature swings this winter are creating ideal conditions for frost seeding pastures and hay fields. Frost seeding can begin in late February through March and is ideal for legume species ...

Use red clover, white clover and lespedeza. Avoid frost-seeding alfalfa, bird’s-foot trefoil, hairy vetch, oats, sunn hemp, millets or sorghums. • Warm-season grasses should make up 15% to 20% ...

Frost seeding can begin in late February through March. Ideally, you are getting the seed out just a few weeks before we warm up for good. Legumes are the ideal species for these early seedings. Red ...

Legumes are the ideal species for these early seedings. Red and white clovers, birdsfoot trefoil and alfalfa frost seed well due to their small, dense seeds. It is still recommended to up your ...

HERMITAGE, Mo. — Frost-seeding legumes now can pay big dividends later, says University of Missouri Extension field specialist in agronomy Terry Halleran. Frost-seeding is a low-cost method of ...

Some warmer weather, and now that March and meteorological spring are here, have home gardeners wondering about using left ...

Second Cutting - The second harvest should either be made before September 1, to ensure an adequate buildup of energy reserves for winter or be delayed until after the first killing frost ... as for ...

She says for frost seeding, the end of February or early March ... “Legumes like clovers, alfalfa, birdsfoot trefoil as well as forage grasses can all be interseeded to help thicken up a pasture ...

Sound good? If so, this is the perfect time of year to add legumes in the form or red and white clover to your pastures and hayfields with frost seeding.

Producers looking to keep their stands well-maintained may want to look at other methods such as introducing legumes in order ...

Freezing breaks plant cell membranes. This breakage allows the chemicals that form ... Nitrate levels can increase, but rarely to hazardous levels. Freezing also makes alfalfa more likely to cause ...