diff between min/no till drills

   / diff between min/no till drills #11  
"There's a distinct difference between the two concepts. (Minimum tillage vs no-till)...."


Yes, depending upon where you're at and what you are doing this is true. Here, for a long time, "min-till" was often considered making one pass with a chisel/disc and drill over a field in order to introduce new seed with as little effort with the belief that any new production from it was worth the limited effort.

That, and no-till really seems to work best in northern areas where the harsher winter and freezing conditions help with the breakdown of surface organic material to push the process along. I couldn't tell you the last time I was driving down the road and saw a no-till in use here....not very common.
 
   / diff between min/no till drills #12  
Sorry for the lag but Ive been really busy lately. First, thanx a million for the replies!!!

Guess it would help to understand what Im thinking about:

Now that I have my Timothy fields planted and going Id like to never have to burn down again. At least not any time soon. My plan is to dress up whats there as needed and occasionally rip using my pasture renovator. In regard to dressing up that means Im going to be drilling into some amt of sod. What I think Id like to do is 'plow' narrow strips (thats where the coulters come in) followed by dropping seed and fertilizer. The fertilizer would be dropped (not on the surface) in this 'plowed' strip beside the seed. Given my experience so far drilling into sod is really tricky...VERY difficult to get good germination. I really dont want to plow the entire field but think I need to plant into something other than sod. This is why Im trying to figure out strip-till. Also I have an idea that I might be missing some trash management devices. Im sure that would help too. I planted Timothy/OG into some really heavy trash (from the burn down) and it needed to be dressed up this spring.


Very low tech.....but it works. Google "Farnam Pasture Renovator". Lots of 'em floating about. They've been around for ages. Simple, relatively inexpensive, and they really do work. (seeds directly on top of fresh ripped strip. rips 0" to 9". works best (for me) @ 4" depth.) It's NOT a deep ripper.
 

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