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xtron wrote:as a matter of fact, it may be too EARLY to plant oats for a cover crop/winter soil retention.
I usually wait till the last crop on the ground I want covered has come in. since I second cop a lot of my garden, that means the oats is in various stages by the time it has all been planted. if you plant now, the oats will probably have enough time to head...which means you might have a crop of oats to harvest. that would not be a bad thing if you have a use for it...chickens, rabbits or other critters. but if you don't harvest it, you will have oats-as-weeds next year. as long as it has time to sprout and grow roots and leaves, it's done it's job .. helped the soil by putting micro nutrients and nitrogen in, and rooting enough to hold the soil. the main plants will die out after the first hard frost. and if you are no-tilling, the roots are easy enough to sow seed into next spring without haeve tilling
the amazon oat seed you found should work fine ... but ... check with some of your local farm supply stores. they may be able to set you up with more/better/cheaper. check back late summer as many carry deer plot seeding oats. it will keep till next year if oats is hard to find in your area mid summer.
good luck and keep the dirt under your nails
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