Frost Seeding

I prefer and usually fall seed my kill plots but with the mild winter and no snow on the ground, I was planning to frost seed some new areas where I have established weed control and over seed some previously seeded areas that came in thin last fall. I'm looking and mainly clovers and chicory but might include switch grass in a couple places. I'm also planning a loafing pond area of Kentucky Blue and White Dutch Clover. I'd like to select seed varieties that respond and germinate better from stratification. What has been your experience and success frost seeding?

We frost seed all of our clover, works like a charm especially if you have a weed free bed and some surface moisture.

Make sure whatever you plant for clover seed that they can be frost seeded.
Some dont/ won't do well.

I always put the seed in freezer for a few weeks first, always works well.

I frost seeded red clover into an over grazed horse pasture, it worked very well, if seeding into any kind of sod, it works best if its heavily grazed or cut very short late in the fall.

Legumes like clovers frost seed very well. The seeds are small and very hard, don't rot and during the freeze thaw periods in spring they work into the ground very well. Grasses don't frost seed as well as legumes, but some of the smaller harder grass seed varieties can work as well. Putting the seed in the freezer for a few weeks will help with vernalization for some varieities.

Bryce

From what I have read and tried, Heavier soil works better frost seeding. I have sand it dosen't seem to crack from frost, so becomes gopher food.

Tomorrow it is my plan to frost seed clover, chicory, and alfalfa in my food plot. Rain coming the next day, multiple sub 32F mornings to follow. It has worked well in the past.