Mitigator33
Bronze Member
We recently had 20 acres select cleared with a fecon grinding machine on a hydro ax and a rotary ax. All stumps were ground even with the ground however there are still a few stumps here and there from 10 years ago that were logged. After the clearing we then control burned the land to remove debris. There are still a good number of mature trees present so we will be getting partial shade/sunlight throughout. The soil test has been taken and sent off we just have not received the results back but from the looks of it we have some pretty good soil. No clay so far.
The plan is to plant the front 5 acres in fescue some will be finish mowed the other bush hogged. The next 7-8 acres in fescue clover mix and the remaining in fescue, bahia, corn, clover, etc for attracting turkey and deer.
The question is how would you do the prep on the soil. We have a 5 disc plow (it works great for the thrash roots and whatnot we will encounter from all the previous overgrowth) and can borrow a disc harrow and drag.
Should we plow it/disc it/ drag it then broadcast seed or could we get away with just discing and dragging then broadcast for the grass areas?
It will be a beast to plow with the trees that are remaining and we are trying to avoid plowing if possible because we are weekend warriors and this would take some time to do. If it needs to be done to do it right then we will do it but that will probably push us to seeding in the fall and we are trying to get this thing planted to help take root and start to fight off the privet and other weeds that may be trying to grow back.
Thanks for any help in advance.
The plan is to plant the front 5 acres in fescue some will be finish mowed the other bush hogged. The next 7-8 acres in fescue clover mix and the remaining in fescue, bahia, corn, clover, etc for attracting turkey and deer.
The question is how would you do the prep on the soil. We have a 5 disc plow (it works great for the thrash roots and whatnot we will encounter from all the previous overgrowth) and can borrow a disc harrow and drag.
Should we plow it/disc it/ drag it then broadcast seed or could we get away with just discing and dragging then broadcast for the grass areas?
It will be a beast to plow with the trees that are remaining and we are trying to avoid plowing if possible because we are weekend warriors and this would take some time to do. If it needs to be done to do it right then we will do it but that will probably push us to seeding in the fall and we are trying to get this thing planted to help take root and start to fight off the privet and other weeds that may be trying to grow back.
Thanks for any help in advance.