LILLY’S FARM SEED PLANTING CHART 
Abbreviations: A, Annual; WA, Winter Annual; P, Perennial; LP, Long-lived Perennial; SP, Short-lived Perennial; Bi, Biennial; ML, Medium Long-lived. 
CROP 
Listed alphabetically under the 
names most commonly used in 
the Northwest. 
POUNDS OF 
SEED PER 
ACRE 
General 
Dryland 
ARTICHOKES, Jerusalem (A) 
BENT GRASSES 
Astoria (LP) 
Domestic Mixed (LP) 
12 to 15 
ALFALFA (LP) ea 
500 to 800 
7 to 10 
7 to 10 
Highland (LP) 7 to 10 
Colonial (Rhode Island) (LP) 
7 to 10 
Seaside (LP) 
7 to 10 
BLUEGRASSES 
Bulbous (LP) 15 to 30 
Canada (LP) 15 to 20 
Kentucky (LP) 
Shady (Wood 
Meadow Grass) (LP) 
Shady (Rough- 
Stalked Mdw.) (LP) 
15 to 25 
15 te 25 
15 to 25 
BROMEGRASS—Smooth (LP) 18 to 25 
California Mountain (ML) 20 to 25 
BUCKWHEAT (A) 40 to 50 
CEREALS 
PREFERRED TIME OF SEEDING 
West of Cascades 
Safe 
Spring 
Apr. 1-June 1 
Mar. 15-Apr. 15 
Sept. 1-Nov. 1 
Feb. 1-Apr. 15 
Sept. 1-Nov. 1 
Feb. 1-Apr. 15 
Sept. 1-Nov. 1 
Feb. 1-Apr. 15 
Sept. 1-Nov. 1 
Feb. 1-Apr. 15 
Sept. 1-Nov. 1 
Feb. 1-Apr. 15 
Sept 1-Nov. 1 
May 1-June 15 
seeding | Lack of dates indicates 
dates for perennial 
Qrasses depend on generally adapted to 
soil moisture content. 
PRINCIPAL USES 
East of Cascades 
that the crop is not 
that region. for seed. 
Apr. 15- June 1 Hay, Pasture, Seed 
ers 1-May 15 Winter succulence for 
Lawn, Pasture, Seed 
Lawn, Pasture 
Lawn, Pasture, Seed 
Lawn, Pasture 
Lawn, Pasture, Seed 
Sept. 1-Nov. | Sept. 1-Nov. 1 Winter Pasture, Hay, Seed 
Sept. 1-Nov. 1 Mar. 1-Apr. 15 Pasture 
Pept cane as Mar. 1-May 1 Pasture, Lawn, Seed 
Sept. 1-Nov. 1 Shady Lawns, 
Feb. 1-Apr. 15 Shady Pasture 
Sept. 1-Nov. 1 Shady Lawns, 
Feb. 1-Apr. 15 Shady Pasture 
Mar. 15-May 15 
Feb. 1-Apr. 15 
May 15-June 15 
Hay, Pasture 
Pasture, Hay, Seed 
Seed, Green Manure, 
Bee Pasture 
Market conditions often deter- 
mine whether a crop should be 
pastured, cut for hay or left 
SOIL ADAPTATIONS 
It is more profitable to suit the 
crop to the land than to change 
the land for the crop. 
Fertile, deep, well 
drained loam 
Fertile bottom lands 
Moist, fertile, heavy soils 
Moist, fertile, heavy soils 
Widely adapted 
Moist, heavy, 
slightly acid soils 
Moist bottom lands, 
slightly acid 
Fertile, well drained lands 
Widely adapted 
Fertile, moist soils of 
low acidity 
Fertile, moist, 
shaded soils 
Fertile, moist, 
shaded soils 
Deep clay or clay loam 
Wide adaptation 
Wide adaptation 
Loams and clay, well drained 
Loams and clay, well drained 
Moist clay loams 
Moist clay loams 
Moderate drainage, 
wide adaptation 
Moderate drainage, 
wide adaptation 
Bench and bottom lands 
Bench and bottom lands 
Barley—Winter (A) 75 to 100 Sept. 15-Oct. 15 Sept. 15-Oct. 15 Seed, Hay 
Barley—Spring (A) 75 to 100 Mar. 20-May 1 Apr. 1-May 1 Seed, Hay 
Oats—Winter (A) 80 to 100 Sept. 15-Nov. 1 Seed, Hay 
Oats—Spring(A) 80 to 100 Mar. 1-May 15 Mar. 15-May 15 Seed, Hay 
Rye—Winter (WA) 75 to 100 Sept. 15-Nov. 1 Sept. 1-Nov. 15 Seed, Hay, Pasture 
Rye—Spring (A) 75 to 100 Mar. 1-May 15 May 1-Apr. 15 Seed, Hay, Pasture 
Wheat—Winter (WA) 80 to 120 Sept. 15-Nov. 1 Sept. 1-Nov. 1 Seed, Hay 
Wheat—Spring (A) 80 to 120 Mar. 15-May 1 Mar. 15-May 1 Seed, Hay 
CHEAT OR CHESS (WA) 60 to75 Sept. 1-Nov. 1 Hay, Seed 
Poor lowlands—waste places 
Alsike (SP) 6to8 Feb. 1-June 1 Apr. 15-June 1 Seed, Hay, Pasture Fertile, acid lowlands 
Ladino (SP) 6to8 Apr. 1-June 15 Apr. 1-June 15 Pasture, Seed, Hay Moist, fertile soils 
White (SP) 6to8 Apr. 1-June 15 Apr. 1-June 15 Pasture, Seed Moist, fertile soils 
Red (SP) 10 to 12 Feb. 1-June 1 Apr. 15-June 1 Hay, Seed, Pasture Well drained, fertile soils 
Mammoth Red (Bi) 10to12 | Feb. 1-June 1 Apr. 15-June 1 Hay, Pasture teen 
: Hay, Pasture, Seed, Light to medium soils of 
Sweet—Yellow (Bi) 12 to 15 Apr. 1-Junel Apr. 15-June 1 Bitcn Manns foveacidity, 
Sweet—White (Bi) 12 to 15 Apr-t_Junel Apr. 15-June 1 Seed, Pasture, Hay, Light to medium soils of 
Crimson (A) 
Strawberry (LP) 
Subterranean (WA) 
12 to 15 
6to8 
8 to 10 
CORN—Field (A) 8 to 12 
Green Manure 
Sept. 10-Sept. 30 
__ Apr. 1-June 15 
Apr. 1-June 1 
Sept. 1-Nov. 1 
May 1-June 1 
low acidity 
Seed, 
Green Manure 
Well drained, 
fertile soils 
. 15-June 1 
Alkali & Saline Soil Pastures 
Moist alkali soils 
Pasture, Seed 
Uplands— 
reasonably well drained 
May 1-June 1 Silage, Grain, Green Feed 
Fertile loams or 
clays, well drained 
CRESTED Broadcast 10 to 12 
WHEATGRASS (LA) Rows 2toS Mar. 1-June 1 Pasture, Seed, Hay Drylands 
FESCUES Sept. 15-Oct. 15 Lawn, Pasture, Well drained, 
Chewings (LP) 3 _,12.t018 Feb. 1-Apr. 15 Mar. 20-May 15 Seed fertile benches 
. NUE ERE Sept. 15-Oct. 15 Lawn, Pasture, Well drained, 
Seer eine Reman Cre Te OB ies Reb IApts 15.2h8 Seed fertile benches 
aang hea : Sept. 15-Oct. 15 Hay, Moist 
Meadow (SP) : 20 to'25 Feb, 1-Apr. 15 Mar. 20-May 15 Pasture Meadowlands 
Alta (Tall) (LP) 20'to.25 | pep) Ati? | Mar.20-May 15 || Pasture, Seed, bali. 
FLAX—Fiber (A) asian ‘85 to 1,10 Mar. 15-Apr. 20 Fiber Fertile clay loams 
FLAX—Seed (A) = 30 to. “T30teAe Mar. 15-Apr. 15 Apr. 15-May 15 Seed Fertile clay loams 
KALE—1000 Headed (Biye 1 to anton oma Apr. 15-June 15 Fall and Winter Succulence Fertile loams 
LOTUS sy 
Birdsfoot Trefoil (LP) : -~ 5 to6 Apr. 15-June 1 Apr. 15-June 1 Pasture, Hay, Seed 
Big Trefoil (LP) oF “4to5 Apr. 15-June 1 Apr. |5-June | Pasture, Seed, Hay 
MEADOW FOXTAIL (LP). 12 to 18 
Sept. 15-Nov. 1 
Apr. 15-June 1 Pasture, Seed, 
*| Feb. ¥-Apr. 15 Hay 
MILLETS : fay 
Foxtail (A) <x], 20 to 25° May 15-June 15 Hay, Seed 
te. 25 to 35 
25 to 40 
20 to 25 
Japanese (A) 
Proso or Hog (A) 
ORCHARD GRASS (LP) 
24 
May 15-June 15 
May 15-June 15 
Sept. 1-Nov. 1 
Feb, 1-Apr. 15 
Moist soils, acid or mild alkali 
Moist soils, acid or mild alkali 
Low, poorly 
drained lands 
Warm, fertile loams 
Pasture, Green Feed 
Loams, shot clays in 
coastal areas 
Seed, Green Feed 
Pasture, Hay, 
Seed 
Mar. 1-May 15 
PRICES MAY CHANGE, SOME SEED WILL BE SCARCE, ORDER EARLY 
Warm loam soils 
Well drained 
soils 
