Recent content by Diesel5610

I planted BC Big Rock last year at 7lb an acre out of the small seed box. Started calibration at the alfalfa setting and only had to tweak it a little. Worked great. I have read that Big Rock might be a tad bigger than other switchgrass but I don’t know that, still pretty small. Biggest issue is...

Absolutely not. This is when I do all my topworking in western NY and northern PA. I just did several in the last week and have one more to do I just found that beavers lopped off. 😡 9 year old Golden Hornet that a beaver some how got his teeth through the cage. Was only worried about bucks...

We are a year behind you in the same quest. Progress is going at about the same speed as yours. Better filtration, more worms and better plant growth with each passing year so far. We stopped fertilizing when we started. Seems to be working slowly but surely.

I have been registered to be notified when back in stock since he quit selling them. Never been notified. I just registered again and it said I am already registered. I am about out of space anyway and only do a few trees a year now. Ryan’s Dolgo rootstock have been the best I have used and it...

Unless the price was right I would look for another machine. Could be fine but I always trust my gut and sounds like yours is telling you something.

Dolgo has become my favorite rootstock. All of mine have done great. I wish Bluehill still sold the rootstock for grafting.

Almost every one of my B118 trees look just like that one. Not a fan. Luckily I only have a few.

Buckwheat and follow up with rye as a cover crop for the clover/chicory in the fall.

This is my ROD patch. Probably 10-15 years old, I have posted pictures of this before if someone wanted to search for the threads. I planted 100-200 seedlings with a dibble bar a year for several years before it finally got ahead of the deer. Took a few hours a year and the seedlings were dirt...

That definitely describes my planting conditions. My 606NT has the turbo coulters and smooth press wheels. Totally happy with how it performs and would not change anything. I rented a 706NT for a decade with the same setup.

I have the turbo coulters and smooth press wheels on mine. Don’t think I would change anything if ordering another one. Western NY/Northern PA. It’s a great drill, you will love it.

I own one of those drills and you will be fine unless you have significant hills or sloping plots, then just plant downhill. Drilling the seed gives you a little wider window but you still need moisture. The drill gives you the benefit of using moisture from any rain before you plant as the...

Get the Hydro for what you are doing.

What are you looking for?

I just seeded 3 plots with rye/clover in the last 2 days. I will get a couple more in this week weather permitting. I have a bunch of plots that have to be done so I have to start this early. I am on vacation one week mid August and head to elk camp in early September so I have had to work...