spreading rye

[Beefy]

i was getting hay from a fellow the other day and he had the fertilizer truck out there spreading fertilizer AND rye seed. does anybody else do this and with what results. he looks to have a pretty good stand each year.

 

[IL Rancher]

Neighbor does this but runs a harrow over it after he is done.. Might disk it lightly instead... Doesn't put the fertilizer on it until it starts growing... Works very well for them, wish I had 160 acres or so of ground I could do it on, would really cut down on feeding come early spring...

Talked to one guy once who had it flown in over standing corn and beans... Sounded like a great idea as long as you didn't have a wet harvest.

 

[Caustic Burno]

i was getting hay from a fellow the other day and he had the fertilizer truck out there spreading fertilizer AND rye seed. does anybody else do this and with what results. he looks to have a pretty good stand each year.

I spread most of my winter pasture seed mix in fertilizer. Get it mixed at the co-op.

 

[Proverbs 12:10]

i was getting hay from a fellow the other day and he had the fertilizer truck out there spreading fertilizer AND rye seed. does anybody else do this and with what results. he looks to have a pretty good stand each year.

I've done the same several times but had best results when I ran a cultipacker over after spreading.

 

[Med]

I have tried spreading it in with the fertilize, but I just don't think that you can beat drilling it in no till with a grain drill. Our co-op has one to rent out and I think it is the only way to go, unless you are seeding fresh ground that has been disked.

 

[Jogeephus]

Most everyone around here does it that way on cropland. Once spread, they disc it in.

 

[Wewild]

Most everyone around here does it that way on cropland. Once spread, they disc it in.

I was talking with CB earlier. I've seen it drilled until this year. From what I can tell they spread it then bushogged it. This looks as good as it did for the past several years. I got to stop and ask him just what he did.

I know he's got good rye up. It was not drilled. The grass was clipped short at the time it was spread.

 

[Jogeephus]

I don't follow. What is there to bushhog in a peanut field?

 

[Wewild]

I don't follow. What is there to bushhog in a peanut field?

I missed the cropland part. I was thinking of the overseeding that goes on around here.