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    Discing Prairie

    Okay, so I get bored easily and don't really like to watch TV. That usually has me coming up with dumb ideas. Sooo, I live in the middle of the woods and have deer and turkey in my yard all the time. There are 2 fawns laying out my bedroom window now in fact. I have this small prairie remnant...
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    Clover and Notrogen

    Do you get the same or similar benefit of nitrogen from clover that is chemically terminated and left on top to decay vs discing it under to incorporate?
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    Drought and Dead Seedlings

    I have been planting DNR seedlings for 4 years now. I've tubed several hundred of them. This past spring I put 100 red, bur, and swamp white oaks in tubes. I did my second round of the year spraying for weeds around all of them yesterday. I'd say the 100 I planted this past spring have 75% kill...
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    Clover Plow Down

    I am planning a red clover plow down for about 2 acres. The area is standing beans now. I plan to frost seed the clover here soon. Then in July/August I plan to put half the area in brassicas and half in oats/rye. My question involves terminating the clover. If I lightly disc it under will it...
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    Dead Osage Blowing Over

    I have been ringing and spraying hedge for 17 years now. I have some real big trees that grew in the relative open in a walnut bottom that I killed 10 years ago. The area gets wet and doesn't drain real well. We had some good wind this fall and 3 of my trees pulled out at the root ball and blew...
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    Soil PH Changes Over Time

    My PH tested at 7.8 early spring of 2021 without any amendments. I put 4 acres of ag beans in and left them for the deer - didn't combine them. I overseeded an acre in the middle of the beans with ladino clover and rye back in September. I plan to put either red clover or buckwheat on both...
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