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Just to follow up, I used the Firminator to very lightly disc, seed, and cultipack the standing oats and buckwheat. No negative impact on the standing plants. Matted them down a bit but they bounced right back like nothing had happened.

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Nobody? That’s not good…lol…

So I was too excited to wait and planted some leftover oats back in mid April. They’re coming in pretty good but I want to add some buckwheat to the plot now that soil temps are up. Will running a cultipacker over the 5” tall oats terminate them? I’d like to have both growing. I use a Firminator...

Agreed…lots of greatly appreciated info! The BW planted early July and did great. I ran into a tractor issue and couldn’t use my cultipacker to crimp or knock it down when I broadcast the WR in late August. It was an absolute flop (pretty disappointing although I didn’t get to put lime down for...

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Thanks so much for the detailed posts guys! Given the low germination rate I expect, should I seed the legume and WR not at the normal standalone rate or go light? I suppose I could always go back with more WR and broadcast with a bag spreader if the legume doesn’t come up at all but I’d rather...

A few things I’m considering after some more reading that I’m curious what you all think and if it makes sense to disc (lightly) and cultipack: 1. Soil is very sandy - is it better to disc 1-1.5” to get the seed covered for better moisture? 2. There are lots of dips and low spots from where...

Good stuff. Thanks guys!

Question for some of you experienced folks. I have two plots that were just cleared as part of a logging operation. Both are about 1 acre of useable planting area that I plan to keep expanding. Soil is sandy. One is dry, the other is pretty moist although I think it’ll keep drying up over time...

Thanks for the info. I have a disc and cultipacker so hopefully that’ll do the trick.

Thanks yoder. How would you handle it if you had standing buckwheat and then wanted to do WR or WW in the fall?

My hope is I’ll be able to disc it in and plant again early September. Fingers crossed…

Funny you mention the winter rye. I ended up putting some of that in on Friday because he had it cheap. Farmer buddy of mine swears it’s not too late and there was rain in the forecast Saturday and Sunday so I gave it a shot. I’ll be very curious to see if anything is happening at the end of the...

Soil samples were upper 4’s for pH but I’ve had good success on smaller WHI oats plots with no lime or fertilizer. It’s sandy with very little top soil and no ability to get any back to them. Definitely a work in progress!