Planting Oats

[bowhunternw]

Looking for a better method to planting oats. I tilled, spread seed and then ran a spike tooth drag over the top. In the end most of the seed was still on top of the ground. Trying to do a mixture of rye and oats, the rye will take off with enough rain but the oats seem like they need to be buried. Has anyone found a simple way to get more of the seed covered up?

 

[Booner21]

If the ground is dry I drop the tiller down but don't engage the pto and drive quick covers the seed pretty well

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[nitro27]

If you have an old drag disk, set it so it runs straight and does not dig at all. Run over broadcast seed at a fairly fast clip, you'll cover at least 90% of the seed. If you have a cultipacker then cultipack.

 

[Tree Spud]

Looking for a better method to planting oats. I tilled, spread seed and then ran a spike tooth drag over the top. In the end most of the seed was still on top of the ground. Trying to do a mixture of rye and oats, the rye will take off with enough rain but the oats seem like they need to be buried. Has anyone found a simple way to get more of the seed covered up?

Even if you cultipacked ... it is all about soil, heat, & moisture ... the fact you left the oats up top, requires a heavy rain to bury seed to create soil contact.

I did what you did, but disked lightly after planting ... had oat sprouts 5-6 days later, not 4-5 weeks and I have seed pods. Even in sandy, loamy soil results will happen ...

 

[S.T.Fanatic]

You just need rain. Last year I seeded oats on top of tilled ground then raked by hand (maybe 1/4 acre). It started raining shortly before I was finished and it grew great.


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[Bill]

Mixed rye and oats this week. Just top spread. It rained hard and both are sprouting. I've got all green sprouts and red bottomed sprouts so I know both are coming in.

 

[bowhunternw]

Well we have gotten a couple of good rains now and checked the plots last night. Some of the oats that are on top are starting to grow. I will try the advise given next year, I just think that in years with less than perfect rain it is going to be better to get them covered up as best I can. Thanks.