🌿 Lespedeza
Field Crops · growing reference
| Days to maturity | 75 days – 90 days, by type |
|---|---|
| Germination | 10 days |
| Planted as | lb |
| Water | ~0.50–1 in a week |
When to plant
In USDA zone 6, for example: Recommended planting window around Apr 1.
| Spring | |
|---|---|
| Zone 3 | May 1 |
| Zone 4 | Apr 23 |
| Zone 5 | Apr 12 |
| Zone 6 | Apr 1 |
| Zone 7 | Mar 18 |
| Zone 8 | Mar 1 |
| Zone 9 | Feb 6 |
Dates are the typical window for each zone's average frost dates — your own last frost can differ by a couple of weeks. Zone 10 and warmer is effectively frost-free: plant to the season, not the frost. Southern Hemisphere: shift six months.
Lespedeza Types
- Annual · 75 days · 100–200 lbs of forage/plant — Korean/Kobe/common — a reseeding summer annual forage that thrives on poor, acid soil.
- Sericea · 90 days · 150–300 lbs of forage/plant — Perennial — deep-rooted erosion control on poor banks. WARNING: invasive/noxious in some states.
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