Yoder curious if broadcast all my tritacle and clover chickory mix around August 20 which is 40 days till first frost should I crimp the duff and then immediately mow everything still standing and cover the seed and hope like he'll for rsin.
As dry as it was I could have planted a semi load and none of it would have germinated. When you have .9 OM you need all the duff you can get. This year I bought 200 pounds per acre and I am sure I am short. I only broadcast and crimp. I am considering going to mow three times per year and...
Actually menn it was planted with 5 bushel of rye per acre last fall (labor day) and it did not rain for 70 days and it never germinated. I was surprised that maybe 20 percent did germinate this spring. I actually planted buckwheat last summer and it was so dry it made it up 3 inches and went...
I looked at my fields today. Last falls drought only germinated my rye I would say 25 percent. I will be trying mid August 15 pounds of a combination of ysc medium red Alfalfa chickory and balsana along with 4 bushel of tritacle and then crimping what's standing in the field. I will go back...
Yoder I truly believe a roller crimper for him will be way more beneficial than any roto. The amount of damage a roto does the first time to new ground I ll bet reduces OM by at least 50 percent that will get worse with each subsequent roti job. I watch people all proud of disked soil and I...