95hp?you may be limited by HP with a 10 ft disc
bill
6ft 5acres. but once you get a tiller you will never go back
Widen your trails an option? I have a 10' drill and have had to widen some of my woods roads. Then I drill seed right on the trail and it becomes additional plot space.I planted 29 acres for a number of years with a 5 ft disk and JD 790. I then got a 5 ft tiller and switched to it - but it is SLOW. I have a JD 5065 now and use an 8 ft disk. A 10 ft would be fine, but I cant get it down a lot of my trails.
I could, but I have several miles of trails and it would be a pretty good job. Plus, it is heavily wooded and probably wouldnt grow that well anyway - and I dont have a drill.Widen your trails an option? I have a 10' drill and have had to widen some of my woods roads. Then I drill seed right on the trail and it becomes additional plot space.
Discing is a tool that I use from time to time but a no-till drill is still the ultimate weapon for food plots. I drilled wheat without fertilizer on a 12' wide dirt atv trail that was bare shale dirt for years, didn't look like any topsoil was left, the wheat popped right out of the ground and gave a nice cover crop. Discing and broadcasting seed works better in the spring, but it's hard to beat getting the seed in the ground at the proper depth. The key is moisture, seed at 1 1/2" deep in solid soil should have enough moisture to germinate and get started, seed almost on top of the ground in disced powdery dirt in the summer may struggle to establish. Once the plant has started growing most of the battle is won, just sit there and watch your plot turn green. If you can afford a drill the disc will spend a lot of time parked in the shed.I could, but I have several miles of trails and it would be a pretty good job. Plus, it is heavily wooded and probably wouldnt grow that well anyway - and I dont have a drill.![]()
Discing is a tool that I use from time to time but a no-till drill is still the ultimate weapon for food plots. I drilled wheat without fertilizer on a 12' wide dirt atv trail that was bare shale dirt for years, didn't look like any topsoil was left, the wheat popped right out of the ground and gave a nice cover crop. Discing and broadcasting seed works better in the spring, but it's hard to beat getting the seed in the ground at the proper depth. The key is moisture, seed at 1 1/2" deep in solid soil should have enough moisture to germinate and get started, seed almost on top of the ground in disced powdery dirt in the summer may struggle to establish. Once the plant has started growing most of the battle is won, just sit there and watch your plot turn green. If you can afford a drill the disc will spend a lot of time parked in the shed.