I'm getting a tractor

[shaman]

Let me show you my #1 challenge:

All told, I think the field to the right of the barn is about 1/2 acre. We call it Gobbler's Knob. My guess is that this is too steep to roto-till, and that I'll have to do some version of squirt-mow-throw to keep it from eroding. It also has some hefty slabs of limestone exposed-- not good for a tiller.

I've currently got 2 seed mixes pencilled in. One is Antler King Game Changer Clover. The other is HitList No-till.

Double check what I'm doing. Yeah I know, the Buck-on-Bag stuff is a bit more expensive, but I've already bought the seed. The question is how I use it.

 

[jsasker007]

Chicory goes great with clover.

 

[yoderjac]

Let me show you my #1 challenge:

All told, I think the field to the right of the barn is about 1/2 acre. We call it Gobbler's Knob. My guess is that this is too steep to roto-till, and that I'll have to do some version of squirt-mow-throw to keep it from eroding. It also has some hefty slabs of limestone exposed-- not good for a tiller.

I've currently got 2 seed mixes pencilled in. One is Antler King Game Changer Clover. The other is HitList No-till.

Double check what I'm doing. Yeah I know, the Buck-on-Bag stuff is a bit more expensive, but I've already bought the seed. The question is how I use it.

If you are planting clover, plant for fall with a nurse crop of winter rye. Spray to kill the existing vegetation. Broadcast your seed and cultipack it if possible. Do so with rain in the forecast. In the first spring, mow the winter rye back to 8" each time it hits about 18". This will release the clover gradually and the WR will keep growing and battling weeds. The WR will die on its own later in the summer but by then the clover should have filled in. As others have said, chicory is a great partner for many types of clover like ladino or Dutch white.