Smallplot
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- Joined
- Sep 9, 2011
- Messages
- 337
- Location
- Pike County Illinois
- Tractor
- 1974 IH 1066, 1969 IH 756/FEL, and 2011 TYM T603 Cab/FEL
I am going to share some photos of my 2012 planting of a Egyptian Wheat food plot screen. The seeds are planted at 1 inch deep on 7.5 in row spacing at a rate of 4.5 pounds per acre.
Here is what I started with.
Next the area for the screen was mowed.
The next step was to till the area.
Next broadcast with a hand spreader lime, 12-12-12, and urea.
Amendments were tilled into the soil profile creating a great seedbed.
Now to ready the drill.
The drill was first calibrated with the Egyptian Wheat seeds. I found the transmission gear of 2 was best suited with my seed setting at 7 on my legume seed box.
And the finished result looks something like this
The only thing left is waiting for emergence and spraying with some Atrazine to control the weeds.
If you would like to see the drill in action check out my short video on youtube. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f85UknkcOm8&feature=g-upl]Planting Egyptian Wheat Screen 2012 - YouTube[/ame]
Tractor is a TYM T603
Here is what I started with.
Next the area for the screen was mowed.
The next step was to till the area.
Next broadcast with a hand spreader lime, 12-12-12, and urea.
Amendments were tilled into the soil profile creating a great seedbed.
Now to ready the drill.
The drill was first calibrated with the Egyptian Wheat seeds. I found the transmission gear of 2 was best suited with my seed setting at 7 on my legume seed box.
And the finished result looks something like this
The only thing left is waiting for emergence and spraying with some Atrazine to control the weeds.
If you would like to see the drill in action check out my short video on youtube. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f85UknkcOm8&feature=g-upl]Planting Egyptian Wheat Screen 2012 - YouTube[/ame]
Tractor is a TYM T603