The Sweet Clover Thread

[matinc]

SD after watching your video again your cultipacker does a great job. Because of your OM, and amazing foliage it really flattens it. My fields have more grass and that's why I believe they didn't crimp or flatten as well as yours. Do you believe as my OM rises and this years mass seeding matures next year the grass will decrease allowing it ti flatten easier?

 

[SD51555]

SD your carpet is really going down rapidly. So your saying the duff from last year is now gone?

Pretty much.


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[SD51555]

SD after watching your video again your cultipacker does a great job. Because of your OM, and amazing foliage it really flattens it. My fields have more grass and that's why I believe they didn't crimp or flatten as well as yours. Do you believe as my OM rises and this years mass seeding matures next year the grass will decrease allowing it ti flatten easier?

As you grow a biomass layer on the soil, it should perform better, and that means your grasses should finish on time and roll better.

The whole idea revolves around the grass hitting old age and stalling out for the rest of the season. From there, it needs to be kept alive to keep the next grass from coming as opposed to cutting or tilling or spraying and restarting the weed cycle.


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[SD51555]

This throw and roll is really looking good. The winter trit is punching thru nicely.

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[Skeeter]

In your experience, can you roll thistles early enough that they haven't gone to seed, but late enough that they'll stay down and not reflower? I've been mowing (or cutting mine depending on location) and trying to find that perfect timing where most haven't gone to seed but don't grow back enough to flower again and set seed. Seems to be about a one week window in central Minnesota. Do you think rolling would work better than mowing/cutting? I'd love to just let them go later but the township won't let me. Apparently, some folks are deeply offended by a thistle hedgerow.

 

[SD51555]

In your experience, can you roll thistles early enough that they haven't gone to seed, but late enough that they'll stay down and not reflower? I've been mowing (or cutting mine depending on location) and trying to find that perfect timing where most haven't gone to seed but don't grow back enough to flower again and set seed. Seems to be about a one week window in central Minnesota. Do you think rolling would work better than mowing/cutting? I'd love to just let them go later but the township won't let me. Apparently, some folks are deeply offended by a thistle hedgerow.

I really don’t know. All you could do is try to get them pressed and crimped before the flowers mature.


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