Winter grazing rye (cereal rye), is one of the best soil-builders out there. If I'm planting a newly cleared plot for fall, I always plant it in cereal rye for at least the first fall/winter. Not only will cereal rye grow in terrible soil, it will produce a huge volume of biomass that can be turned into the soil for soil-building.
We have too. Do you get any broad-based inoculant for your seed? The stuff from Green Cover Seed, Imperial, etc....are either pre-inoculated or come with an inoculant to mix in with the seed. I have noticed that stuff seems to grow better than just the plain seed from co-op with no inoculant.
Most of the imperial whitetail etc seed I've seen the innoculant has probably worn off judging by the inch of dust on the bag.
The Co-ops usually carry the different varieties of inoculant. The different varieties are letter coded. You just need to know the code for the species you're planting.
Every time I've asked if they have inoculant for xyz seed, they look at me like I'm from another planet. Last year, I had to order soybean inoculant online. Will have to do the same again for this fall, I'm sure.
Interesting. I guess I'll have to check online. I haven't had to use inoculant for a few years because my plots have been growing the same legumes hence the bacteria are in the soil. However, I'm adding some new legumes this year, so I'll need it.
SAME EXPERIENCE!
That's because the Alabama Co-ops bought the Mossy Oak brand of seed mixtures back about a decade ago.
