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bliss,n.y.- heart of Wyoming County

I have been wondering? Is anyone seeing extreme damage to winter rye and winter wheat cover crops? As the snow is finally melting, it appears I have a lot of winter kill!
Could this be to the extreme cold or the extreme depth of this winter's snow cover here in WNY?

The plants are a deep greyish brown down to the roots. Might they come back?
It appears they are very dead?
BP

4/7/2014 8:03:29 AM

Waterville, Ohio

Some of it has come back for me, but yes, most of mine was killed from the extreme temperatures. Same look to it, I applied about 3x the recommended rate in the fall.

4/7/2014 10:53:26 AM

Waterville, Ohio

We actually have a lot of bushes, shrubs, yuccas and a few Japanesse maples that appear to have been significantly damaged to. We also had a massive fish kill in out pond also, I don't whether it was a lack of oxygen or the depth of ice, but nothing survived.
I spoke with the state manager of the Anderson's plant nutrient group, he said peach production in Ohio will be very limited if not zero.

4/7/2014 11:02:12 AM

Buffalo, New York

Some of mine is the same way Bill.

4/7/2014 11:52:08 AM

Bethlehem CT

I don't think it was low temps that killed your rye. My guess is that you have gray snow mold. This actually occurs as the snow starts to melt. The Rye is trapped in this constant cool moist environment and snow mold occurs. This happens in years with a deep heavy snow pack when the snow really hangs on deep into spring. I guess plowing the patch isn't as crazy an idea as I once thought. Golf course managers snow blow their greens all the time to prevent snow mold.

4/8/2014 7:13:35 AM

Princeton Kentucky

Your right big moon. Lack of oxygen, you can always tell where the deep drifts set for long periods after the winter thaw.

4/8/2014 7:41:39 AM

Princeton Kentucky

DHERTZ, If your pond doesn't turn over before freezing temps cover the pond then the nitrogen from the anarobic pond bottom releases late and if there is Ice covering the pond the fish get hit with Stratiferic Nitrafication and they can't handle the oxygen depletion = fish kill. Acts like a chemical spill.

4/8/2014 7:46:36 AM

Waterville, Ohio

Thanks for information pumpkingoober, I've been able to see the pond turn in seasons past. We were looking for a way to manage our over populated bluegills and crappie and were planning on a complete restock of game fish. Just didn't think it would be to this extent.

4/8/2014 6:41:43 PM