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<blockquote data-quote="1982vett" data-source="post: 735456" data-attributes="member: 7795"><p>That greenscape planter does look like it would do a nice job in prepared seed beds or sandy soils. </p><p></p><p>What I planted this year is on blackland prarie. Heavy soil. Get on it while to wet, the coulters cut a v-shape trench without bringing up enough loose dirt for the packer wheels to push anything back on the seed. When it rains the seed gets washed to the botton of the grove cut by the coulter and it ends up to deep. To shallow and it dries out to fast if you don't get a good rain. I got one 8 acre patch that I hit a home run on. It is Yucchi. Coulters were cutting the turf nice and making a grove with loose dirt. The day I planted it was supposed to rain all day. Could have gotten more planted had I started the day before getting the planter ready but since it was supposed to rain I didn't. Finally after noon, it still wasn't raining and didn't look like it was so I got busy and managed to get 8 acres in before dark. Rained that night a slow inch or so. Stuff was coming up in just a few days so at least I now know that I can get it right. I think this year would have been a good year to just throw it out on the ground and drag or let the cows walk it in. Tried that in 2006 but it didn't work. Rains weren't coming often enough. Didn't even try in 2007 and 2008 drilled but was the same old sprout and die from lack of rain thing. </p><p></p><p>I know how you feel about wasting money on seed that you can't get to come up and grow. I've spent a fair amount the past couple years with no luck, but it wasn't any different for me or anyone else in the area that was optimistic enough to try.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1982vett, post: 735456, member: 7795"] That greenscape planter does look like it would do a nice job in prepared seed beds or sandy soils. What I planted this year is on blackland prarie. Heavy soil. Get on it while to wet, the coulters cut a v-shape trench without bringing up enough loose dirt for the packer wheels to push anything back on the seed. When it rains the seed gets washed to the botton of the grove cut by the coulter and it ends up to deep. To shallow and it dries out to fast if you don't get a good rain. I got one 8 acre patch that I hit a home run on. It is Yucchi. Coulters were cutting the turf nice and making a grove with loose dirt. The day I planted it was supposed to rain all day. Could have gotten more planted had I started the day before getting the planter ready but since it was supposed to rain I didn't. Finally after noon, it still wasn't raining and didn't look like it was so I got busy and managed to get 8 acres in before dark. Rained that night a slow inch or so. Stuff was coming up in just a few days so at least I now know that I can get it right. I think this year would have been a good year to just throw it out on the ground and drag or let the cows walk it in. Tried that in 2006 but it didn't work. Rains weren't coming often enough. Didn't even try in 2007 and 2008 drilled but was the same old sprout and die from lack of rain thing. I know how you feel about wasting money on seed that you can't get to come up and grow. I've spent a fair amount the past couple years with no luck, but it wasn't any different for me or anyone else in the area that was optimistic enough to try. [/QUOTE]
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