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    Question about small seed and cyclone seeders

    I am talking about spreading clover and brassica with a 3 point cyclone seeder. Many have said you just mix the seed in with rye, oats, etc. The deer don't care if it is a pure uniform stand. OK, I get that. After watching the cyclone seeder work it looks to me as if the seed feed from the...
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    The end of 17 years of QDM

    Have you looked at The Nature Conservancy? They have saved a lot of land from being developed.
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    Building Organic Matter

    You guys are saying not to even scratch the soil, but doesn't a no-till drill scratch the soil. I have quit bottom plowing and/or rototilling, but will use my offset disk after herbicide burn down and before seeding. Our soil is so hard that it will only cut in about an inch or two but will...
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    The end of 17 years of QDM

    Our property is the old family farm that we have/are added to it. Now we spend money and raise wildlife. Hopefully it will never be for sale. Saw this happen locally. There was 300 acres of forest land that a group of local young friends bought 30-40 years ago for a hunting property...
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    The end of 17 years of QDM

    Here in WNY we are overrun by solar and wind projects. Keep in mind that without subsidies they cannot sustain themselves. Usually, a 25-year life span and then you have a mess to clean up. Many cannot pass the environmental impact study and the land is tied up in litigation for years. Our...
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    Food Plot Drill

    I am in WNY and our soil is 3" of topsoil, clay, hardpan and stone. I have been bottom plowing in the spring, disk once to smooth. Apply Gly and 2,4d and let it burn down. Then rototill, plant and cultipack. Try to get my planting done before Aug 15. I plant oats, WR, buckwheat, Purple...
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    Food Plot Drill

    $7K is not reasonable. Afraid I am looking for something that doesn't exist. Yoderjac do you mix clover or brassica (very small seed) with your cereal grains in the broadcast seeder? What is WR/CC/PTT/GHR? Does your seeder have a mixer in it? I have been doing spray-throw-and mow (or...
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    Food Plot Drill

    I mix cereal grain with my pelleted lime of fertilizer and spread with a cyclone 3 point seeder. I spread brassica and clover seed with a belly grinder. Maybe 2-3 acres a year. I am not getting uniform coverage. Keep thinking I need a Brillion Drill, but the price is prohibitive. I would like...
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    Now is the Time for Clover Plot Maintenance

    I use Thunder, but not till I see some grass starting. It sets Yellow Sedge back. We are still getting snow showers, so no green up yet!
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    Brillion Sure-Stand for Brassicas

    Anybody using a Brillion Sure-Stand for Clover/Brassica. What setting are you using? Are you mixing seed or doing one at a time? Bill
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    Broadcasting grains into clover

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    Uniform Planting Clover and Brassica Seed

    Clover and Brassica seed is so small we have a hard time getting uniform coverage. There is no way we can justify a Brillion or Woods seeder. Our largest plots are 1/2 acre We use a "belly grinder" and just can't get uniform coverage. I have asked this question before and nobody has posted a...
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    Liquid Calcium in Place of Lime

    Anybody tried Pro-Cal (liquid calcium) in place of lime? Supposed to be cheaper then lime, but I am not finding any conversion tables. Our soil usually need 2-3 tons of lime per acre. Supposed to be ably to apply it with a regular herbicide sprayer. Bill
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    Keystone Krops

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    Where are you located? I am in Cuba, NY and am going to try Thunder herbicide. Would you be...

    Where are you located? I am in Cuba, NY and am going to try Thunder herbicide. Would you be interested in splitting a gallon? Contact me at bsekf@roadrunner.com Bill
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