Property is only 30 acres. The rules are written by town and there are overriding regulations for areas in the pineland preservation areas. The town itself says that you need to have a permit to take a single tree down except for disease or persknal firewood. So i can take some down.
I had no...
I have a long term opportunity to hunt some ground in the new jersey pinelands and was wondering if anyone had suggestions on creating bedding and cover. The property is a mix of mostly oaks and a few evergreen type trees and feels pretty wide open. These areas are highly regulated and you...
Point very well taken which was sort of the reason I started this post because I felt like I was at the point where I may just need to work on building soil for a few years before trying to do anything. I am probably going to start another thread about my situation. I've tried not to be the...
I was thinking about this for next year as well. The way I came up with my mix was LC's brassica mix and reduced the radish because I thought that it would never be able to develop a root. (The ground is basically shale). One of the things I have gone back and forth on was to use Kale and...
So in your example, are you spreading 2lbs/ac before spreading the winter rye? Are you spreading the clover with the rye? I tried crimson clover for the first time this year and got terrible germination. not sure what happened.
I think I am going to have to practice to figure out how to...
My deer do keep my brassica plots in check in general, but it seems to happen more around end of September the last two years. I didn't see any browse on the leaves.
4# turnip 3# rape 2# radish. Still struggling to figure out proper seeding rates using throw and mow type operations.
This is...
This was my first year doing a modified version of it on my smaller plots which I usually tilled. (I killed and dragged versus mowing). Results were great and much easier. I am 75% sure that I am probably going to start on a few year run of just trying to build soil on this plot next year. I...
In Northeast PA here and I wanted to get thoughts on if I am just wasting my time trying to make brassicas work in one of my plots. I put 3 food plots in brassica this year (two 1/4 acre kills plots and one larger acre and a half plot on a ROW). My small 1/4 plots do what I expect them to...
Thanks. I've planted the LC Mix before and had good success. I guess I'm more wondering if 10lbs per acre had worked with some tillage in the past, what should be my rate throwing into existing thick thatch where the germination rate is not going to be as good.
Killed my food plots 2 weeks ago and will be planting in front of the next rain. I am planting about 2 acres using a modified throw and mow method (killed all vegetation, broadcast seed, drag with a chain harrow several passes and possibly brush hog if the dead vegetation doesnt lay down...
So planted in a mix there is no need to take a break for s few years? I only use brasicas in mixes.
I wanted to turn most of my small plots in PA into oats/rye/brasica/clover mixes since this mix has been much more productive than my clover plots. Also planning a new property that im going to...
This is probably a stupid question... regarding the recommendation to not plant brassicas more than 2 years before rotating, can you plant a different variety in year 3? Can you plant turnips for 2 years and then rotate to radish or kale in year 3?
I appreciate all the help on this thread. Being up at my property again with the insight on these smaller tractors, I think I've come to the conclusion that I will get the best value for now and what I can imagine in the future by getting a larger/heavier tractor and just dealing with two of my...
I do have a problem spraying. I overheated a few times last year and only fill up my 25 gal sprayer half way now to keep weight down.
Also, i fully intend to purchase a used tractor for everyone saying save your money. Sounds like the smaller more manueverable ones are still going to have...
Probably my mistake explaining. Ive used a chain harrow on my high ground which is more rocky and a push behind honda rototiller on my bottomland plots that have better soil and more moisture and deeper soil. Probably my problem that im trying something that fits both.
My real problem is...
Thannks for this. For a 4 ft tiller, 8xs would be 32 hp at the pto? That would make what im looking at way undersized.
Getting a larger tractor is what kept me from pulling trigger last year. I have 5 small plots in the woods with tight corners. For the larger plots i wanted a heavier...
I plant and plan to continue planting perenial clover plots and cereal grain mix with brassicas. Mix of oats rye turnips have done well with monimal tillage although ive never produced big tubers either radish or turnips. All of our soil is rocky including the ag fields and pasture field the...
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After a few years of foodplotting with ATV's and walkbehind equipment, I've decided that next year I am going to invest in a tractor and expand the acreage of plots that I...
Not to hijack, but reading the original post gave me a question. Is it better to plant alfalfa with oats vs rye so that you don't run the risk of smothering the alfalfa the following year if the rye gets too far ahead? (1/4 acre experiment)
Interested in this as well. I have the same issue and my timeline is the same. I planted in 2015... it was flush last year and then two weekends ago was very spotty in one plot and looking perfectly fine in another. (I also lightly frost seeded this year)