The Throw n’ Mow Method

[scott44]

I planted my brassicas yesterday with the throw and roll method. These were planted into last year's rye but there wasn't a lot of rye in there just grasses, clover, hairy vetch and weeds. I've planted my brassicas this way for a few years and had good luck but this year I'm trying it without spraying, usually I roll and spray in one pass, we'll see how they do.

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[Ben Glantz]

Looking good! Did you use a lawn roller or cultipacker?

 

[scott44]

Looking good! Did you use a lawn roller or cultipacker?

I used a 4' cultipacker behind our quad.

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[Bowman]

i will be following.

 

[Nova]

I am going up next weekend to plant my brassica. We have a very sandy loam at the farm and it's tough to get good brassica or other fall planting when we get a dry august. I am planning on doing a form of this T&M.

I spring planted rye and oats in 2 plots. Last time up in June they were doing pretty well, about 12-18" tall and thick. My plan is to sew my brassica seed into the plots, cultipack them down(and the seed in) and then hit them with gly to kill off any weeds and the oats and rye plants. Is this a decent plan? I know we are getting to the hottest and driest time of the year so I am hoping this will retain some ground moisture and keep any late season weeds suppressed.

 

[Bowman]

Grant Woods answer: http://www.growingdeer.tv/view/ask/when-should-i-plant-brassicas-in-minnesota/

 

[Nova]

Sorry, I wasn't clear on my question. I have planted brassica for almost 10 years and have fine tuned the planting dates that work best at our farm. My question was am I using "A" correct process for the throw a mow method.

 

[bueller]

Nova, sounds good. Will you also be adding fertilizer when you plant?

 

[scott44]

Sorry, I wasn't clear on my question. I have planted brassica for almost 10 years and have fine tuned the planting dates that work best at our farm. My question was am I using "A" correct process for the throw a mow method.

That's the way I do it, broadcast my brassicas roll and spray except this year I didn't spray.

 

[Crimson n' Camo]

Whether to spray or not will really just depend on if the crop you’re mowing or rolling is at the end of its life cycle and ready to terminate naturally. If not, then you’re definitely gonna get regrowth come back that will outcompete the new seedlings due to already having an established root system.

 

[Semisane]

I agree with that CnC. If the plot has a lot of native grass it will just pop back up a few days after rolling. New seed will have an awful hard time competing. Grass needs spraying.

 

[Rit]

Whether to spray or not will really just depend on if the crop you’re mowing or rolling is at the end of its life cycle and ready to terminate naturally. If not, then you’re definitely gonna get regrowth come back that will outcompete the new seedlings due to already having an established root system.

Folks we have CnC sighting. I was wondering where he has been.

 

[Bill]

Spray, broadcast brassica's, fertilized, mowed today. Come on rain pleeezzz!




Came with a price! Posted this in the Murphy thread but here is where it happened.

 

[Semisane]

Damn Bill! There are better ways to hunt for sheds. That plot looks good. Nice looking surroundings also.

 

[nchunter1989]

Same brassica plot as above from an Oak tree on one end. November 30th 2016. A lot of yellow in there. This area extends quite a ways back into a known bedding area. I get a lot of photos of bucks cruising the edges of this cover. I left the clumps of trees in when I cleared this 2 years ago. I might clear a few out before fall.

Very nice.. something very similar to what I'm going for on one of my plots.


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[SWIFFY]

Cmon Bill! Youre clearly not doing a good enough job of pickin sheds! Looks like that ones been there a few years. Good thing it wasnt the tractor!

 

[Rit]

It's funny what a little consistent rain will do. This spot had sparse clover a month ago. Now a week worth of rain and the clover bounces right back. I have let this spot go herbicide free in hopes of generating enough natural biomass for a fall throw and mow. Oats are now sprouting through the clover.



Another spot filling in nicely. I have added very little to the plot this year. 100lbs of Oats and 150lbs of 6-24-24. Rain was the only thing missing. Some weeds in there but I haven't lost any sleep over it yet. Some of the "weeds" are getting browsed.



Alfalfa field just starting to flower and ready to be cut. This will be converted to switch next year with 2 acres of food between the field and the woods. I had plans to make it 2 acres of throw and mow but the alfalfa is just too big of a draw. So for the first year it will be a cereal grain mix and the 2nd year 1acre will go back into an alfalfa/clover plot.

I will have almost 4 acres of plots in total. I will be spraying the plot on August 15th. When I return at the end of the month I will be broadcasting WR, Oats. Peas, radish, and either frosty berseem or Crimson Clover before mowing. I will be fertilizing per soil recs a day earlier. After broadcasting I will mow and depending on how I feel might hit it with the Cultipacker after. One thing I have noticed already is the spots with cover are cool and damp. The areas exposed are dry as can be.

 

[Ben Glantz]

I sprayed this plot with 4-5 tall swamp grass 3 weeks ago. I let it die and broadcast seed, fertilizer and rolled it yesterday. Used up some last years seed, we will see if it will germinate.

 

[Nova]

Nova, sounds good. Will you also be adding fertilizer when you plant?

Good point, yes I will be spreading 150lbs per acre of urea. When do I do that, first? Spread urea, then seed, then roll, then spray?

 

[bueller]

Good point, yes I will be spreading 150lbs per acre of urea. When do I do that, first? Spread urea, then seed, then roll, then spray?

I don't know that it matters much but I prefer to seed first figuring that with each additional pass fertilizing, rolling, etc the chances of a seed getting pushed into the soil increases.