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The second best alternative is to plant a fall cover crop consisting of a mix of a sterile cereal grain <br /> (Quickguard or Regreen)and tillage radish.Quickguard and Regreen are sterile triticale varieties <br /> and will act similarly to a wheat cover crop but will eliminate the necessity to terminate the wheat <br /> crop prior to seed emergence or rely on spraying out any volunteer wheat. Drill Quickguard at 50 <br /> pounds per acre and tillage radish(Nitro radish)at 1-2 pounds per acre between September 1 and <br /> October 15.The tillage radish will winter kill and will not compete with the permanent Seed Mix <br /> and the Quickguard will mature in late spring. It is possible the quickguard will winter kill,but so <br /> long as it is planted early(as close to September 1 as possible)it will likely have provided enough <br /> cover given adequate moisture to drill the Seed Mix into even if it winterkills.This cover crop mix <br /> will provide mulch and a microclimate for the permanent Seed Mix while addressing compaction <br /> with the tillage radish and jump starting the soil microbiology. <br /> Seeding of AQ4euEural Disturbed Areas <br /> The following gFaSS seed mix will be used in reclamation for all disturbed areas and replaces the <br /> agricultural seed mix in the previous reclamation plan.agfieUItural aFea aefe& The permanent <br /> Seed Mix will be no-till drilled according to the cover crop method elected as described below.This <br /> seed mix includes seeds for native shrubs,eliminating the need for shrub plantings. <br /> Method 1: <br /> The permanent Seed Mix will be no-till drilled into the standing cover crop between November 1 <br /> and May 15 of the following year.A no-till grass drill with three boxes,double disk openers and <br /> depth bands i—inch or less and press wheels must be used and the permanent Seed Mix should be <br /> drilled at 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep.The Seed Mix must be ordered with the species separated either <br /> by species or by seed type so that they can be properly placed into the correct box on thedrill. <br /> Cracked corn will likely need to be added to the large smooth seeded species such as Rocky <br /> Mountain Bee plant to get the proper seeding rate out of the grain box on the grass drill. Four- <br /> wing saltbrush should be planted in a separate drill operation at 1"deep. <br /> Method 2: <br /> The permanent Seed Mix can be no-till drilled into the standing cover crop stubble the following <br /> November 1 to May 15 if the field is kept weed free with chemical fallow.Alternatively,the Seed <br /> Mix can be no-till drilled into the growing Quickguard in April or May following planting if <br /> chemical fallow is not an option.All seeding considerations for equipment and seed ordering are <br /> the same as in Method 1. <br /> The following seed Fates aFe based 9ff444-,eedft,-4-broadc-arA4n4E44Gds afe used,the seed FatesaFe <br /> dek4li ' <br />