I am planting 5 acres of clover at the end of August in a regular food plot that has been well maintained for 11 years, rotated most years.
I am applying 50 bags of 50 lbs each of triple 13. Will use rye grain and oats as a cover crop.
I no longer find myself having enough energy to fertlize, disc, drag, spread seed and cultipack in one weekend.
I have been working on having a clean seedbed as I have disced and sprayed twice since spring. I plan on discing two more times, one next weekend, and then at planting time.
I was thinking of spreading my fertilizer this weekend before discing. I should have very little germinate to use it up, and so I was thinking the fertlizer should be fine until I disc and plant 4 weeks later?
Does this sound feasible to do if we receive no gully washers to cause run-off problems? Spreading the work out would really help me.
Thanks!
Since it will be covered by dirt I do not think I will lose much P or K, as for the N it is going to be a clover plot and it had soybeans in it last year.
Thanks, and your plots look great as always.
So, to cover the fertilizer I pulled my 12'X8' drag harrow. I attached a 6"6" timber to the back, and added another 8'X6" post for weight.
This really smooths and flattens the surface.
Good job Troy!
So, to cover the fertilizer I pulled my 12'X8' drag harrow. I attached a 6"6" timber to the back, and added another 8'X6" post for weight.
This really smooths and flattens the surface.
Good job Troy!
I just finished planting some brassicas down on my river bottom plot that got flooded out this spring. This is my culti-mulcher. It’s, by far, my favorite piece of tillage equipment. It makes an awesome seed bed, except when there’s a lot of trash to contend with.
The river bottom ground finally dried out enough that I could get in and work up 1/2 the field (2acres). There was zero trash on the field, so I hit it once lightly with my field cultivator to open up the scum film that builds up when the river floods, to help it dry out some. Yesterday evening, after spreading the SuperU with my spreader, I incorporated it into the soil with the culti-mulcher, making a smooth seed bed in the process. It was still just a bit tacky and dirt would build up some on the packer wheels, so I decided to wait until this afternoon, to give it some time to dry out, then seeded my brassicas and hit it one last time with the packer to firm the seeds into the soil.
Excuse my ignorance, but what is SuperU?
The larger operations use it to give them more time to prepare fields in the spring for corn.
FYI, the farmer closest to me said his yields are 10-15% less than traditional nitrogen applications, but it allows him to farm more ground by spreading the work out. Thanks.
I generally put more down than what I probably need to, Frank, but thanks for the info!
We received a little over one half inch last night! Maybe more to come. There are still huge cracks in the soil.
Over the last 12 months I believe I have put more sweat moisture in the ground than nature has;)