What are the Planting Dates for Summer Oats?
jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a07/4q/fj/planting-dates-summer-oats-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Oats are easy to grow and provide more versatility than other cereal crops. Oats can be planted for forage, as a green crop or for harvest. The optimum time for planting summer oats will vary a bit by zone. Oats are not winter-hardy and should only be planted in fall for a winter-kill crop as green manure. Spring planting yields oats for harvest or forage. Oats are also useful for erosion control in hot, dry wind driven plains and for weed suppression. As a nurse crop they go well with legumes such as vetch. Oats can be harvested 50 to 60 days after sowing and the remaining stubble provides important and nutritious forage for animals. Northern Oat Planting Times Oats are not a common crop in the northern states, but a few areas sow small acreages. Alaska sows May 5 and doesn’t harvest until Sept. 1. Most northe
