David
Active Member
New land owner, working on summer plans. i will link this to my land tour at some point, however i have a specific question, so i thought i would put it here.
Old fields....at least 100 years since forest covered them. over the years they were maintained as pasture, and more recently simply mowed every 2-3 years. The fescue mat is incredibly thick in places. the woody growth was significant. the ground is very difficult to break with my disc unless its recently rained, and even then it takes multiple passes to see soil.
i have a 70 HP tractor, a 2 row plow, a 9 tine chisel plow, and a 2 row disc.
what is the best sequence to turn 5 acres of this into bean fields?
the nieghbor has a drill and planter and i could probably hire him to put the seed in the ground, however i cant imagine that would be possible. if my disc has trouble getting trhough the grass mat and woody root systems, can they still be drilled?
My bigger plan involves elimination of the non-native cool season grasses through herbicide and presribed burn, however this is a dual track plan. i want to attempt to kill the fescue and manage these fields with fire AND put in a summer plot of beans.
my soil tests are soon to be delivered....the fertilizer and lime will be ordred, the beans are ordered, deer exclusion/repellent systems are still to be determined....i need help on "how to break old ground and prepare it for multi year use for summer bean plots."
Old fields....at least 100 years since forest covered them. over the years they were maintained as pasture, and more recently simply mowed every 2-3 years. The fescue mat is incredibly thick in places. the woody growth was significant. the ground is very difficult to break with my disc unless its recently rained, and even then it takes multiple passes to see soil.
i have a 70 HP tractor, a 2 row plow, a 9 tine chisel plow, and a 2 row disc.
what is the best sequence to turn 5 acres of this into bean fields?
the nieghbor has a drill and planter and i could probably hire him to put the seed in the ground, however i cant imagine that would be possible. if my disc has trouble getting trhough the grass mat and woody root systems, can they still be drilled?
My bigger plan involves elimination of the non-native cool season grasses through herbicide and presribed burn, however this is a dual track plan. i want to attempt to kill the fescue and manage these fields with fire AND put in a summer plot of beans.
my soil tests are soon to be delivered....the fertilizer and lime will be ordred, the beans are ordered, deer exclusion/repellent systems are still to be determined....i need help on "how to break old ground and prepare it for multi year use for summer bean plots."