Recent content by Drew

Sounds good. We get tons of heavy dew mornings here at my place. I live right next to a huge swamp and a pretty good sized creek, so it stays pretty damp when cool nights become more numerous in the fall. Heck, this past fall was one of the hottest and driest falls I can remember, and my...

So you sprayed the existing vegetation after you put out the seed? Seems like it normally takes a week or so after spraying here for the weeds/grass to even start turning brown. I'd think rye and oats would be sprouting here before the vegetation started dying off good, but I've got no...

Oh man, ya'll got me a little worried now. Good rain storms around my place in the fall are highly unpredictable. Weather forecasts more than a few days out usually change here in NC. Does it still work if the seed sets under the dead vegetation for a week or so without rain?

I also own a cultipacker. Would it be worthwhile to run the cultipacker over the field after I mow down the withered vegetation to make sure all the seed actually gets down close to the ground? I'm thinking a mixture of winter rye and crimson clover grow ok being planted like this. Heck, that...

What's up guys. Newbie to this website. Can someone give me a quick run-down on this "throw and mow" method? I have lots of room to put in food plots, but with tilling and ground prep, I'm limited to about an acre or so in one spot due to time constraints. I'd like to give the throw and mow...