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5-6yrs ago I gave up on a summer plots mainly soybeans because I couldn't grow enough and the deer wiped them out before ever producing and pods so I didn't plant any for a couple years and my summer sightings of does and fawns and deer in gerneral went down. 3 yrs ago I started these rolled down plots and have added other seed to the soys and my sightings have came back up, I now plant these knowing that they are going to get hammered and not to expect much but the other seed I've added seems to last into the fall. Just my thoughts on soys.
Clover plot with some apple trees in it, scrape line running down the right.
We are supposed to be getting rain wed/thurs/fri so I planted my brassicas today, planted them in last falls rye. The rye wasn't quite as thick as in the past so grasses came up also, not bad still adds mulch.
A couple comparison pics, first one is 6 days ago and not much rain in the last month and the next is after a couple inches of rain, finally taking off.
The throw and roll summer plot I did this year is kind of a bust between the deer, turkeys and little rain it didn't make much. The lightly disked side looks real good.
Scott......Your thatch layer may be so thick that you're actually suppressing seedling growth with a clean pressed mat like that. Just something to consider. Be sure to watch that video "Undercover Farmers". Pay particular attention to the part where they're showing how well they suppressed weed growth by pressing a mat in the same fashion. The reason their seedlings were allowed to come through the mat is because they cut out opening in the mat with their no-till drills.
Scott......Your thatch layer may be so thick that you're actually suppressing seedling growth with a clean pressed mat like that. Just something to consider. Be sure to watch that video "Undercover Farmers". Pay particular attention to the part where they're showing how well they suppressed weed growth by pressing a mat in the same fashion. The reason their seedlings were allowed to come through the mat is because they cut out opening in the mat with their no-till drills.
If you fear a heavy thatch layer in a field with lots of weeds and grasses, would you benefit by just spraying and not rolling or cutting? Or will everything lay down on its own quickly?
Scott, bout time for the rains ah, we got 1.12 between Saturday & Sunday. I was planting my foodplots on Saturday when it starting coming down sideways.
Scott, bout time for the rains ah, we got 1.12 between Saturday & Sunday. I was planting my foodplots on Saturday when it starting coming down sideways.