Seed spreader question
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From: skookumjt
20-Jul-19
You are probably going to have to add something to bulk up the seed. Sand, lime, fertilizer, etc. That way you have a better chance of covering your whole area. Seeding rate is only 10# per acres so you have to cover a lot of ground with 10# of seed.
From: RIT
20-Jul-19
10#s and acre is pretty high for brassicas.
How big of an area are you planting. If it’s not a large area you can make a test run with silica sand. Then when you seed mix silica sand with the seed at 3 or 4 parts sand to one part seed.
From: Castle Oak
21-Jul-19
Scoot, I usually mix small seed (brassicas, clover) with the appropriate amount of wheat or rye(60 lbs/acre). This gives you some additional forage on the plot while the brassicas are maturing and allows more margin for error when seeding. Once I measure/mix the amount I need for a plot, I divide that into two equal amounts. I then seed the plot with the first half walking north-south, and then seed the second half walking east=west. This will give you complete coverage. Set the seeder very low and adjust after you walk about a quarter of the plot. Once you get the rate dialed in you will have it set for the next time. Good luck.
From: Pat Lefemine
23-Jul-19
This is one of the reasons I do not like blends that include both small, medium and large seeds. When I do need to use blends like this, I always use a hand spreader and I try and walk a grid. I never run them through any powered spreaders. Just no way to spread consistently. Hand spreader is fine for smaller plots.