Late Summer Program SoilBuilder Mix-Winter Annuals

CORN ROTATION
Planting Dates: August 1-Sept 15
Burndown Date: April 1 of the following year.
Mix includes: Winter Wheat, Oats, Triticale or Rye, Summer Annual Forage, Turnips, Oilseed Radish, Austrian Winter Pea, Lentils, Common or Hairy Vetch.
Planting Rate: 20-35 lb/Acre
Plant at 1.5 to 2 times the seeding rate for forage use.

This late summer mix establishes itself quickly in the fall and greens up again in the spring to get beneficial soil organisms off to a quick start.  Solid biomass production and a prolific root structure keep soil in place, while brassicas break up compaction.  The mix as a whole creates channels corn roots will follow come spring.  Legumes provide a boost of nitrogen, while the variety of vegetation captures moisture through the fall and into spring when the soil firms up quickly.  This mix is typically drilled on silage ground or early harvested corn or air seeded over mature corn prior to the final irrigation or soybeans prior to leaf drop.