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Post by smallchunk on Aug 24, 2020 22:17:51 GMT -6
I made my way to one of my hunting spots on Thursday. Though I would share some pics/interesting observations. I planted beans in this plot this spring. The deer pounded them and a couple of weeks ago I decided to work under the plot with my harrow. I broadcasted my brassica mix and about 20 pounds of leftover urea from last year after harrowing and ran an old bed spring over the top. There was one corner of the field that had good looking beans still so I left them and just broadcasted the seed on top of them. I am just blown away at how much better the worked up ground looks!    This last pic shows the ground that I didn’t work up. Brassica is coming, but not nearly as quick as the other stuff!  |
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Post by smallchunk on Aug 24, 2020 22:19:26 GMT -6
Pictures of another plot several hundred yards away. Again eaten beans turned under and brassica mix broadcasted on top   |
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Post by smallchunk on Aug 24, 2020 22:24:31 GMT -6
This was a new plot this spring. Sprayed it, came back a week later and throw/weed whipped buckwheat into it. The same time I planted my other plots, I got this one done. I weed whipped the center of the plot and ran out of gas....decided to just run the rest over with the wheeler times. Seems to have worked okay. Growing better where I whipped for sure though with less residue. Also sprayed this plot with cleth and it got a shot of granular AMS.     |
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Post by smallchunk on Aug 24, 2020 22:25:25 GMT -6
All brassica plots got AMS spread onto them along with rye seed on Thursday
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Post by Freeborn on Aug 25, 2020 5:38:44 GMT -6
All brassica plots got AMS spread onto them along with rye seed on Thursday Seed to soil contact is the number 1 priority when planting. Unless you have great soils and get allot of moisture seed will struggle to germinate unless the seed is buried. I have tried the throw and mow technique and it has not worked on my sandy soil. Your tilled plots look great. I have heard of other guys using a bed spring to drag their plots, looks like it works pretty good. |
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Post by badgerfowl on Aug 25, 2020 8:59:43 GMT -6
Same observation from me at our new place. The places I sprayed in May vs early July the brassicas are doing great. Had great germination where I had little thatch and the drag was able to scratch the soil better. I did a side by side comparison in our field. One dragged after cutting the dead stuff low. The other the typical throw and mow. Right now, it's no comparison. The dragged, exposed soil had way better germination. I tilled a few strips this past weekend in our field and planted WR/GHR. Packed the seed with the UTV. We'll see how that goes being later in the year but I'm thinking next year I'll be tilling that field again for better seedbed prep.
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Post by badgerfowl on Aug 25, 2020 9:02:11 GMT -6
I also planted a few garden experimental plots. We tilled 3 areas then I put down T-Raptor, PTT, and DER. Kept them separate to kind of watch growth and usage. I swear I could sit and watch the T-Raptor grow. It nearly doubled from friday to sunday this past weekend with no rain. These were planted 2-3 weeks ago and maybe have gotten 0.3" of rain since. They wouldn't look like that in a typical throw and mow plot.
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Post by benmnwi on Aug 25, 2020 11:10:46 GMT -6
your plots are looking great. Are the deer eating the brassicas at all?
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Post by Catscratch on Aug 25, 2020 11:39:01 GMT -6
Bare dirt without thatch on top is horrible without tillage. Brassicas hate competition in my experience. If I was to plant something in overgrazed beans it would be wheat (or rye for you northern guys). I agree with some of the others that your plots look great!
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Post by smallchunk on Aug 25, 2020 15:14:24 GMT -6
your plots are looking great. Are the deer eating the brassicas at all? Yep, I had a camera on the first one (all 3 have cameras now) and there are deer out there from evening to morning throughout the night nibbling. Nearest crop field is about a half mile from the throw and mow and further from the other two. Super dense bedding in the area, so I think this is a fairly good source of food for this area of deer. |
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Post by smallchunk on Sept 13, 2020 21:12:31 GMT -6
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Post by smallchunk on Sept 13, 2020 21:14:30 GMT -6
This was a new plot this spring. Sprayed it, came back a week later and throw/weed whipped buckwheat into it. The same time I planted my other plots, I got this one done. I weed whipped the center of the plot and ran out of gas....decided to just run the rest over with the wheeler times. Seems to have worked okay. Growing better where I whipped for sure though with less residue. Also sprayed this plot with cleth and it got a shot of granular AMS. This one came on strong. Knee high in everywhere except the very edges. Buckwheat before brassica might be my new thing.    |
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Post by leexrayshady on Sept 16, 2020 18:18:22 GMT -6
those look amazing, I too wish I would had another few weeks for my sorghum  |
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Post by smallchunk on Sept 17, 2020 9:36:09 GMT -6
those look amazing, I too wish I would had another few weeks for my sorghum Did you get seed heads/think they´re usable? |
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Post by Catscratch on Sept 17, 2020 10:44:41 GMT -6
Do you still have heads on your sorghum? That is about what mine looks like right before they strip it down to stalks...
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