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RE: seeding and burning

My $0.02 worth:

Spring burning is coming to be rather passee'. Why not burn in fall then sow
into the ashes, or a little later, onto the bare ground? Right before a snow
is really good for sowing as it starts the moist-chilling process for seeds
that require it, and helps work seed in and hide it from the granivores.
Remember to go easy on the grass seed (so many too-grassy plantings out
there) and to keep your new planting mowed through the first growing season
to help the baby prairie plant rosettes get more light, air and water.

But, to answer your question. Your approach should work too, with minimal
loss of seeds, other than those which get lodged in vegetation and burn up.

James C. Trager
Shaw Nature Reserve
Missouri

-----Original Message-----
From: J. A. Raasch [j*@facstaff.wisc.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 12:21 PM
To: prairie list
Subject: seeding and burning


Hello All.

Reason suggests its okay, but...

Is it okay to seed an area in the fall or early winter if you know 
you are going to burn the area in the spring? I would like to seed in 
the fall to ensure proper stratification. I also assume frost action 
will work the seed into the soil, providing good contact for 
germination and protection from fire. Is this correct? Should I be 
concerned that rodents and birds will be given more opportunity to 
eat the seed over winter?

Thank you for your help.

John Raasch
Mount Horeb, WI

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