Dormant Seeding Plots

2 days ago on Nov 18 2024, we dormant seeded a spring barley, spring wheat, and a durum.

Dr Brian Beres (speaking at out Dec 10th event) suggested to wait until the soil was consistently  below 2 C at seeding depth which did not happen until Monday. That afternoon after seeding we had 2" of snow.

The goal is to have them not grow now but to have them start growing mid to late winter and take advantage of early season moisture, mature ahead of disease and be harvested earlier.

The plots were treated like a fall crop field as it is beside our fall rye, winter wheat, fall triticale demo plots. Look for them on our June and late July crop tours in 2025.