Seeding In Late Summer

Categories: GRASS SODS

The natural time of beginning life, in the

case of timothy, blue-grass, red-top, red clover, and alfalfa is in the

summer or autumn. The best conditions of growth are given where no

stronger plants take the plant-food and moisture. Wherever there is any

difficulty in getting heavy grass and clover sods after the lime

deficiency has been met, and wherever a hay crop has more value than a

small-grain crop, the method of eeding alone in August should be

employed. In warmer latitudes the date may be a little later, but in

the northern states it should be in the first half of August for best

results. Seeding alone offers opportunity to make conditions right for

the seeds which are to be used, and in view of the importance of heavy

sods to our agriculture, this reason alone is sufficient. In some

regions the ability to substitute a good hay crop for a cereal that

brings small net income is an item of value, adding to the proportion

of feeding-stuff produced in the rotation and to the resulting supply

of manure. The practice of making seedings to grass and clover alone is

growing, and it is based on sound reasoning.