By Mark Licht
Type: cool season spring annual grass
Pros: good fit for prevent plant acres and for use ahead of corn production; moderate potential to scavenge nutrients, suppress weeds, improve soil health, prevent erosion
Overwintering potential: no
Planting date: late August through October
Ideal Seeding depth: 0.5” to 1.0” – rainfall/soil moisture needed to get good establishment
Seeding rate: drilled = 60 – 75 pounds per acre; overseeded = 80 – 100 pounds per acre
* based on typical use timing in a corn and soybean cropping system.
Source : iastate.edu