I started to watch that video the other day and only made it a couple minutes in. Like many others have already said, I can barely stomach anything the QDMA says. Plus, I think the information provided in the video is wrong. Why would you mow, spray, then just broadcast seed on top of the thatch? That’s a recipe for failure nearly every time in my experience unless you get perfect rain. It makes a lot more sense to broadcast the seed, then spray and mow. Too bad no one ever figured that out. Oh wait, we did - 15 years ago. Idiots.
I know I'm swimming against the tide on this one, but the video does go on to say you want thatch below AND on top of the seed, just as CnC has helped us understand, over the years. FWIW, I spray a week or two before I broadcast seed and mow.
I hope it didn't sound like I look at this video as some kind of redemption for the guys who put the "A" in QDM. I'm still very bitter about it all and Mark's reference to burning the books is a great way of putting how I feel. They knew the knowledge on those pages could be their undoing, so they capitulated to their sponsors instead of supporting their members and the resources, itself. It was tragic. You can ask my wife...it messed me up for a while, but you have to let things go, at some point.
For me, the bottom line is that this forum has honored the spirit of hard-earned information, freely shared. I'm confident Mr. Paul Knox (aka, LickCreek) would be pleased, as he trialed and contributed to the no-till concept. I know we're doing the right things, for the right reasons.
The video I linked to is good information, in my opinion. I don't know the guy who was presenting from Adam, but he gave very good advice. I'm trying hard to not let the fact he's affiliated with the group which screwed over myself and a bunch of my friends blind me. Every voice joining ours on the merits of minimal tillage food plots (and ag fields) is to our mutual and cumulative benefit, even under these circumstances.
But I respect those who do not feel the same, because I understand very personally where ya'll are coming from, believe me.
Jason