Brokenbear
5 year old buck +
ZONE 6b S E Missouri
Starting from scratch after dirt pan work (river damage) on my bottom land and planted soybeans and rye grass (as soon as the pans pulled out) mid June to try to catch any rains but to no avail
We are in a drought and not enough rain to even kick the rye grass into gear ..and for the beans ..are in the 8-12" category as I type this ..but the little dab of rain was enough to keep the weed seed bank/ roots thriving
Cockerburr the tallest at 24" and pigweed shorter but most wide spread ..to add to this the pigweed is gly resistant so today I hit the whole field after church with 3oz to the gallon (field boom sprayer)
of the Liberty Link chemical which will kill the beans also as they were Roundup beans
So I am going to be starting my 365/green summer/fall program this Aug/Sept with basically a chemical burn down or possibly two and bare dirt fields ..I am going to get 5 or so soil samples and see where I am on PH as well as mineral needs and may possibly end up with a fertilizer buggy and run my 12' field cultivator (with rear sweep tines to level the dirt) and work in the fertilizer but odds are good that the soil is good as it stands
My thoughts are first pass mid August turnips, radishes, Chicory, Berseem Crimson and Ladino clover, Awnless wheat and barley
Then when the brassicas are established toward the end of September (we hope!) over seed with a minimum of 100 lb/AC winter rye
Questions:
If I am going to include say 30lbs each of wheat n barley in my plan should I hold out the wheat and and include the barley in the first pass and the wheat in the rye pass or is even that 30lbs of barley too much competition for the brassicas ?
Would you change ..add or remove from the first pass mix ?
Or changes for the second rye pass
Has any one tried running a drill through a first pass established plot to drill the rye and any other held over cereal seeds ? ...I know it sounds like a crazy question but I am going to have bare dirt and I know germination will be way better drilled cereal seeds with the current conditions of low soil moisture and nothing to hold the moisture that does fall
Of course any way you cut it ..gotta have rain ...
Bear
Starting from scratch after dirt pan work (river damage) on my bottom land and planted soybeans and rye grass (as soon as the pans pulled out) mid June to try to catch any rains but to no avail
We are in a drought and not enough rain to even kick the rye grass into gear ..and for the beans ..are in the 8-12" category as I type this ..but the little dab of rain was enough to keep the weed seed bank/ roots thriving
Cockerburr the tallest at 24" and pigweed shorter but most wide spread ..to add to this the pigweed is gly resistant so today I hit the whole field after church with 3oz to the gallon (field boom sprayer)
of the Liberty Link chemical which will kill the beans also as they were Roundup beans
So I am going to be starting my 365/green summer/fall program this Aug/Sept with basically a chemical burn down or possibly two and bare dirt fields ..I am going to get 5 or so soil samples and see where I am on PH as well as mineral needs and may possibly end up with a fertilizer buggy and run my 12' field cultivator (with rear sweep tines to level the dirt) and work in the fertilizer but odds are good that the soil is good as it stands
My thoughts are first pass mid August turnips, radishes, Chicory, Berseem Crimson and Ladino clover, Awnless wheat and barley
Then when the brassicas are established toward the end of September (we hope!) over seed with a minimum of 100 lb/AC winter rye
Questions:
If I am going to include say 30lbs each of wheat n barley in my plan should I hold out the wheat and and include the barley in the first pass and the wheat in the rye pass or is even that 30lbs of barley too much competition for the brassicas ?
Would you change ..add or remove from the first pass mix ?
Or changes for the second rye pass
Has any one tried running a drill through a first pass established plot to drill the rye and any other held over cereal seeds ? ...I know it sounds like a crazy question but I am going to have bare dirt and I know germination will be way better drilled cereal seeds with the current conditions of low soil moisture and nothing to hold the moisture that does fall
Of course any way you cut it ..gotta have rain ...
Bear