We aren’t allowed to break ground on our lease due to the USDA CRP program on our lease. We have several areas where broadcasting would allow for soil to seed contact and plenty of sunlight. The landowner told me that he knows several people who have had luck broadcasting winter wheat as a no til but I’m not seeing it done anywhere. I figured Oats and Winter Rye would be fine but wanted to see if anybody had any success stories.
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Originally posted by SFAbowhunter View Post
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Originally posted by Big pig View PostDo you have fallow fields? Flat, relatively rock and stump free?
I would suggest waiting until later in the fall when weather might remain
Wetter. Planting early sounds good till it comes up and gets no rain. broadcast wheat, oats and elbon rye. Shred over the top. If you have a big deer population, it better be a big area. I use more seed than recommended because the seed is cheap compared to time and effort.
We fertilize after ours after cool weather so native grass is dormant and won’t compete.
I assume no livestock.
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Originally posted by lilbradford View PostLooks like some of what he planted were just thrown but most of it appeared to be disked and then packed. Some good plots though.
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Originally posted by Slick8 View PostI agree with what's been stated above. Throw and mow leaving a layer of thatch to cover the seeds.
I like clover, alfalfa and oats myself. The smaller seed, the better it works as a throw and grow. If the ground if flat and not very rocky you could also roll it before mowing.
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Originally posted by Hornfan View PostElbon rye! After my first experiments with it last fall I'm convinced it will grow on concrete. I did a throw and grow at our wise county farm and it was awesome. Going to seed now
Andnis 5 ft tall.
And how did the deer take to it?Last edited by lilbradford; 04-19-2019, 09:34 AM.
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I am only planting once a season.
I plant a mixture of oats, wheat & elbon
And broadcast with the tractor about 200 lbs / acre.
Some goes out of the fields and some I’m sure is eaten by critters,
But our fall plots really looked good this year and everything was eaten to the ground except in the cages.
We have an outstanding field of red tipped clover, but I am not sure any of it is being eaten. . I have a photo of that, but everything is so green and lush, deer arent hungry.
I buy my seed at Davis Feed in Centerville.
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