Re: Sia Oats? What Are They?

Posted by JD Seller on March 12, 2015 at 19:53:36 from (208.126.198.123):

In Reply to: Sia Oats? What Are They? posted by Bryce Frazier on March 12, 2015 at 17:21:04:

Ok Bryce You do not say if your growing your oats for grain harvest or as hay??? That makes difference. Also are these Oats just going to be a cover crop for seeding the field to hay?? IF so what grasses/hay are you going to plant???

Some general things on planting oats:

Seeding rates:
Broadcasting seeding rate 70-90 Lbs. per care
Drilled seeding rate 60-80 Lbs. per acre

If your seeding hay/grasses under the oats then hold the seeding rate of the oats towards the lower end of the rates I posted.

Fertilizer:

I would apply 200 lbs. per acre of 9-23-30 per acre. This means you will need a 1000Lbs. total. This should cost between $250-300 total for the fertilizer.

If your going to harvest the oats as grain then you can up the rate of nitrogen some. This will help in grain production but not too much. I would not go over 70 lbs. of actual Nitrogen per acre for your poorer soils.

Now you also asked about Oats & Peas as a crop. They will grow fast and make tons per acre BUT they would be just about impossible to mow with a sickle bar mower. They also are hard to get to dry down enough to make small square bales of hay out of. So I would NOT recommend them for your operation.

I have grown them. 100% of the time I have chopped them as hayledge. I have seen fellows that try to put them up as dry hay and they have troubles.

If your long term plans are for this field to be a good hay field I would just seed good clean FEED grade oats. Then chose what ever grasses grow well in your area. Here that is Brome and Orchard grass.

Here is what I seed for a grass hay crop:

2 bushel or 64 lbs. per acre of oats.

For just a nurse crop for your hay these can just be CLEAN feed grade oats. You do not need High priced seed oats for harvesting them as hay.

10-12 Lbs. of Brome grass per acre.
12-15 Lbs. of Orchard Grass per acre.
These are drilled rates. If your broadcasting then increase them 50%.

Your seed bed does need to be pretty well worked. Meaning you need fine soil to have good seed/soil contact. Running a cultipacker after they are drilled or seeded helps greatly with helping get a good stand. IF you do not have a cultipacker even a yard roller will help.

You need to be getting your butt in gear if you want to seed oats/grasses this year. The earlier the better. I usually plant oats/grasses as early as I can work the ground without it being too wet. The reason is that you need to get the oats and grasses growing so they can take the heat of mid summer. If you plant too late the seedlings will be smaller and fewer will survive the summer heat.

I always try to have my oats planted before the first of April if at all possible.

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• Re: Sia Oats? What Are They? Bryce Frazier 20:32:38 03/12/15 (0)

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