5 Switchgrass Planting Methods
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- If you follow these time proven steps, it is very easy to plant switchgrass! In fact, here are 5 methods for planting switchgrass that can be seen in this video, that you can match to your conditions to experience a great stand of switchgrass. You just have to make sure that you follow both the switchgrass planting methods and switchgrass maintenance practices, to find predictable success.
Topic Idea: Detail switchgrass strategy on your property. Why you planted the shapes/rows you did? What’s the planting density of those different areas? The maintenance steps you take for each area in year 1, 2, 3…
That is all covered several times in my switchgrass videos dating back roughly 6 years👍 If you search switchgrass in CZcams you can find them quickly....
I spread mine down right before the snow started this past winter. Getting a lot of freeze and thaw right now. Excited!
That's perfect Tony...great job!
Hi Jeff, love the video!! I've been implementing all ur know how on my 150a! Incredible the amount of deer last season specially the bucks!
So much great information. Really like seeing the overall plan and then the in field results of how it actually looks and relates to other improvements.
Great video Jeff.. hope John gets more in stock soon!
Cave in rock late next week and more after that
RC big rock in 2 weeks
RC tecumseh (sandy soil) in 3-4 weeks
@@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Thanks for the update, I really want to try the new RC blend…
Thank you again fellas, what’s up with the WHS coffee? Can’t wait!
Thanks Naomi...coming soon 😊
Thanks Jeff! Can't wait to start planting! 👍
Jeff in long and skinny food plots (300yds+)do you ever consider putting a perpendicular strip of switch to further block the view of deer or is it not necessary?
Would love to see a video like this where you are trying to create bedding not just screening
@Number 1 Fan Yes, alone it’s not bedding. I’m asking about when he’s done Ag (or field or CRP) conversions to switchgrass with regen pockets for bedding areas - seeing a real world example of this idea. I don’t think he’s doing it on his farm at all but would like to see some video where he has done it. I don’t have lots of timber for bedding so I’m doing it myself on my farm. Thank you for trying to help though.
I believe he did some white board videos with switchgrass and diversity pockets
Jeff any suggestions for chemicals to use in place of simazine and 24D in states where we don’t have access to those? Or is it just more frequent gly applications?
This was excellent Jeff. Incredibly informative while truly outlining that things rarely go perfect yet staying the course with weed control and practicing patience pays off! Weeping willow for blind screening- where do you get?! Thanks again
Great video, Jeff. Do you ever put simazine down on second year plantings for weed control, or is that only a first year chemical?
What temperature would you recommend spraying simazine can there be any frost in the ground?
Hi Bradley, I like when the soil is soft and receptive to the mix...and it can be soaked into the ground
Jeff,
2 quick questions for you in regards to this topic. In a few of your past videos you stated that you once attempted to grow your lawn using your Ultimate No Till Buckwheat method. So my questions are...
1. Would the Ultimate No Till Buckwheat method work for growing a stand of Switchgrass?
2. Just curious about how your lawn turned out? Was considering attempting on my own lol
Thanks,
Jeremiah
Hi Jeff, what are your thoughts on utilizing Canary grass as screening? We had it come in as an invasive from a powerline right of way and it seems to be here for good.
Eastern u.p.
John Komp from Northwoods Whitetail is the best.
He sure is Larry!
Thanks Larry… we are doing our best. Very challenging start to the year, but we are making gains for sure.
I appreciate your attention to detail. "I shot the Blade Buck at ABOUT 254 yds". Switch is hard to come by, and almost doubled in price, great follow up on your 4 ways video from last year. Thoughts on spraying gly at first green up but before the 1 yr old switch has woke up?
Hi Rob...thanks...the details, ha 😊
You definitely can not spray gly on the 1 year old switch...the switch will emerge immediately with Spring green up, or close enough that the risk of killing it all is too great.
Simazine before spring green up is a great aid and then mowing in May when weeds and switch are 10-12" high is great!
I just heard of a well known deer hunter that put his switch grass in a freezer for several days, then out, then back in, etc. He did this and said it worked to have seeds stratify. He did those in lieu of frost seeding. Have you ever heard of anybody doing this?
You need moisture (similar to being outside exposed to the elements)
In and out of a freezer alone won’t work.
Do deer ever see a row of switch as a barrier or do they transverse it freely? Wondering if random patches would be more appropriate for some situations.
Nice job guys
Do u need another hermit? I'd help out around the place. Very kind of u! Love the content!
Where can I buy simazine? Seems quite hard to find and to get here in Michigan, appreciate your time and knowledge sir!
Isn’t Simazine a pre-emergent? Won’t that prevent the switchgrass from sprouting?
What setting on the Earthway are you spreading the switch grass?
Jeff, have you tried Outrider right before planting after 2-3 burn downs? We battle Johnsongrass out here in the Midsouth. It is a little pricey, but a quart goes a long way. Outrider can also be used to control a lot of nasty weeds post emergent after the first year of switchgrass establishment.
Thanks Jeff! Great video! In the video where you broadcasted in June did you cultipack or not needed since seed is so small?
I plan on doing a 2 acre food plot on my 5 acre field. It normally gets hayed 2-3x per season, the neighbor does it for free. Would it be wise continuing to hay?
Question WHS- once switch grass is established and mature, could you start planting trees around say property edges to increase cover and privacy and not shade the switch out? Thank you for any additional advice.
I know I'm going to plant conifers next to switch for more cover.
@@whitetailhabitatandhunting I was thinking the same. Thank you.
Do you mow established switch in the spring so it doesn't shade out the spring growth, or just let the new growth work it's way up through the dead grass?
Chemical Question- in my state you can’t get simazine unless your a commercial farmer or apply for special permits, could I get away with 1 spraying of 2/4D, glyphosate combo, then gly once to help my switch grass planting? Thank you.
Jeff awesome video thanks for the info. Do you ever recommend burning instead of cutting switchgrass?
Any of the info I find on sunburst switchgrass says it’s good for zone 3. Seeing as how it originated in South Dakota I don’t see why it wouldn’t be.
Can’t find any screening switch grass etc any ideas
Jeff love the content. Your first method you stated you sprayed to kill a few times in the spring and planted switch in June the same year with success. I have a farmer that has been working a hay field for 3 years and I plan to take a portion and plant switch for screening. If I start spraying to kill after spring green up this year and seed early to mid June same year would this method have success or would I be better off killing this year and frost seeding next spring?
Love the videos. Question can you Frost seed switch onto a mossy area or should you wait for spring. North facing wood line.
For new plots of switchgrass in big timber clear cuts, do you need to soil sample and fertilize first?
Always check soil PH first.
Great information! I just received my order of switch from John. Is simazine similar to glyphosate in that it won't harm the seed? In PA I'm still getting nights of 30 degree or lower with a few warmer days mixed in...planning on frost seeding some switch in this week.
Thx Jeff great reinforcement of you method. I live in mid MO and put down(frost seeded) Sunburst seed last weekend. When is too early to spray simazine? Also will simazine residual hurt buckwheat mid June planting for my fall foodplot cover crop? Thx
John
Due to limited supply of switch, I'm going with John's HD Plot Screen this season. Spray and cut it down later this season for next year preparation for switch?
Hi David I would plant the switch...plenty to find out there, including from John.
If you do the hd screen
Plant the switchgrass along side it if you can. If it’s a east to west screen keep switchgrass on south side.
Hd screen will work this year, switchgrass will work long term. Hope that makes sense.
@Northwoods Whitetails Food Plots John I just got my order today that you shipped to me. Let me know when you have more switch. I planned to do exactly as you say but i figured I'd do a plot next to the plot screen this year and convert it all next but if you have switch I'll buy that this year.
@@NorthOf8 ok
Should have cir available hopefully next weekend.
All gonna depend on trucking.
@@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 i have tried to buy it from you several times.....
What would you recommend for screening in north Texas? Don’t mind work or spending a bit for quality, just want something that will last for years to come. Appreciate any response, thanks Jeff!
WHS question for you, have you ever stimulated stratification by freezing and thawing switchgrass seed at home? Like in and out of a freezer.
Often wonder this myself
usually it has to be wet also , which then makes it impossible to spread
I've got about a half acre opening in a fairly open hardwoods that I am working on transitioning in to bedding, I was thinking filling the opening with switch. Is this a good move or is there a better approach for adding bedding cover to the opening? And what type of switch would you recommend if I did plant switch in it?
Hi Kyle...maybe to the middle 1/4 acre and then cut timber around it for hardwood regen and to keep full sun on the switch.
The variety depends on the area...Cave In Rock is best in most of the Midwest
Thank you Jeff, I am in Wisconsin. I thought it would be CIR but I never knew there was as many kinds as there is.
Hello Jeff, can you prepare a seed bed like you do for a food plots in spring and then broadcast switchgrass? Then control weeds with mowing?
What Switchgrass variety would better suit the Southeast? Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee area?
Can I still spray simazine and get some switchgrass down April 4th? Or does that run a risk of the simazine still being in soil when switchgrass starts to grow?
Any suggestions for not using herbicides? I live close enough to an organic dairy farm that I cannot use any chemicals.
Is the application of simazine necessary if weeds are coming up after where they get hit with the gly, 24d combo?
After you burn your switchgrass how tall will it get when it resprouts
I never burn it...and we push 7 to 8' depending on the location
Will Switchgrass grow in Pershing County Northern Nevada?
Jeff, What kind of drone do you guys use for the aerials?
What would you recommend for central Pennsylvania
Is there anything that I could top seed over corn?
Hi Kurt...you can frost seed switchgrass right into the standing corn. Make sure to leave the corn standing so it doesn't smother the tiny switchgrass seed growth.
Hello sir. Is there a variety of switchgrass for southern Georgia? Or is there any other type of screening you'd recommend for down there? Thanks in advance!
Our hd food plot screen (annual) works great
Can I plant the seed at the same time I spray simazine?
You sure can Ben! Check out today's video...will be out in about an hour... "How To Frostseed Switchgrass?
I heard you always 2 QT of Sim a acre and on this vid you said 3. Which is it?
Can i plant switchgrass for screening on food plot in forest ?
What is everyone using to mow with?
Brush hogs, any tractor mower
Is Jim the Hermit real? I kinda have to know lol
Easy on the toilet paper guys and gals
First ha!
You guys gave me a laugh this morning...appreciate you both 😁
@Number 1 Fan nicely done with hitting the like-! Comments and likes help 👍