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Post by nhmountains on Mar 20, 2019 16:02:20 GMT -6
I’ve had good luck with brassicas by spraying and waiting a week. Then respirating if necessary. Then waiting a week. Then spreading seed and mowing. The mowed cuttings provide moisture for the brassica seeds to germinate and get their tap roots growing. I don’t have a tiller but, I’d think that if you till it that old seeds would come to the surface and germinate. Mo always has a beautiful field of brassicas in Missouri. Let’s see what he says.
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Post by Freeborn on Mar 20, 2019 17:17:00 GMT -6
I’ll be tilling. Good suggestion on the burn down prior to buckwheat planting. After burn down though are buckwheat seeds small enough where I would could broadcast them without re-tilling? There is stubble from last years pheasants forever mix that will have to be tilled in. Buckwheat seeds are large. I have not planted them enough to advise if they would germinate sing a throw and mow method. if you have enough thatch you could try it and see how it goes.
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Post by chummer16 on Mar 20, 2019 17:38:04 GMT -6
I’ll be tilling. Good suggestion on the burn down prior to buckwheat planting. After burn down though are buckwheat seeds small enough where I would could broadcast them without re-tilling? There is stubble from last years pheasants forever mix that will have to be tilled in. Buckwheat seeds are large. I have not planted them enough to advise if they would germinate sing a throw and mow method. if you have enough thatch you could try it and see how it goes. Buckwheat will grow on concrete. I always spread it and drive atv over it. No till
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Post by sd51555 on Mar 20, 2019 18:18:03 GMT -6
The one year I planted a good stand of it, I roughed up the plot with the skid steer bucket, hit it with the drag, and packed with the tracks. Had a perfect stand. 2" of rain a week helps compensate for less than perfect seed placement too.
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Post by nhmountains on Mar 20, 2019 18:47:25 GMT -6
I’ve had great luck top seeding buckwheat. If you plan just before a rain you’ll be ok.
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Post by Foggy on Mar 20, 2019 18:47:48 GMT -6
buckwheat seed is about 1/2 the size of a soybean. broadcasts easily. Generally easy to grow.
To plant....after nuking......I have tilled and dragged then broadcast the seeds then dragged and packed 'em. Grew wonderfully. Very weed resistant (allopathic). After the crop goes to seed....you can mow it......and drag and pack for a second crop = more green manure. More bang for your buck.
I did have somewhat of a failure when last year I planted over a trashy / woody debris area where the loggers had a log landing / de-limbing area. That is some ugly ground.....but I will get it improved next season.
Buckwheat is a favorite of bugs and bees......and my deer and turkeys seem to love it too. One thing about it......it tangles the chit out of a tiller or disk.....if you don't mow the stems up when your done with it. I had to cut that chit out with a sawzall. YOU HAVE bEEN WARNED. FORE!
The Buckwheat growers assn is headquartered in Wadena MN. They do have seed....but not much savings buying from them....IME. The Japs have driven up the price of Buckwheat I'm told......I guess they really like their buckwheat pancakes over there. The seed used to be cheap.....not so much anymore.
The first Buckwheat seed I bought seemed like it was priced about like Cereal Rye seed......but now its about the price of Soybean seed.
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Post by sd51555 on Mar 20, 2019 20:52:35 GMT -6
Buckwheat is a favorite of bugs and bees......and my deer and turkeys seem to love it too. When I planted it, I swear the turkeys drove away the deer for a while. Check out the last minute of this video: Here's the following month from where the first video left off.
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Post by honker on Apr 20, 2019 19:29:57 GMT -6
The light at the end of the tunnel finally emerged. I was able to start making progress this weekend on my 2019 habitat list. My kids had school off on Friday and we spent the day clearing a portion of the fence line. My oldest got pretty good with the bucket by the end of the day. I also did some hinge cutting in a couple target areas.
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Post by benmnwi on Apr 20, 2019 19:37:15 GMT -6
Nice video. Any sign of life up there after the never ending winter?
How big is that tractor? Seems to do the job well.
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Post by batman on Apr 20, 2019 19:38:29 GMT -6
Why all the effort pulling trees with the tractor?
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Post by honker on Apr 20, 2019 19:48:00 GMT -6
Nice video. Any sign of life up there after the never ending winter? How big is that tractor? Seems to do the job well. Fair amount of recent deer sign. We listened to turkeys, grouse, and rooster pheasants sounding off all day. There were some mallards and a pair of geese in the pond I had dug last summer. Tractor is a 1970s IH 544, 55hp
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Post by honker on Apr 20, 2019 19:57:31 GMT -6
Why all the effort pulling trees with the tractor? Partially because I’m too cheap to rent anything that would have done it quicker, but primarily because it was good project for my son to get comfortable with the tractor controls. I’ll admit it wasn’t the most efficient, but he enjoyed it.
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Post by daydreamer on Apr 20, 2019 20:25:53 GMT -6
Nice video. Any sign of life up there after the never ending winter? How big is that tractor? Seems to do the job well. Fair amount of recent deer sign. We listened to turkeys, grouse, and rooster pheasants sounding off all day. There were some mallards and a pair of geese in the pond I had dug last summer. Tractor is a 1970s IH 544, 55hp You know your at a good latitude when you can hear all three the same day! I only get/got two today.
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Post by sd51555 on Apr 20, 2019 20:53:06 GMT -6
The light at the end of the tunnel finally emerged. I was able to start making progress this weekend on my 2019 habitat list. My kids had school off on Friday and we spent the day clearing a portion of the fence line. My oldest got pretty good with the bucket by the end of the day. I also did some hinge cutting in a couple target areas.
Carl is cutting down spruces, you're pulling out birch. It pains me to watch it. But nice work.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Apr 20, 2019 22:01:42 GMT -6
Not to be nit picky, but your cutting to far through the hinge cut trees.
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