Rockbadchild
Elite Member
Plowing is not always as effective as it seem, sometime necessary but in your case it's not. Keep mowing it and with seeding and proper soil health (fertilization/nutriment and PH) it will take over and suppress the weeds. Plowing is only necessary when brush are taking over or when you need to work the field drainage/groundwork (smooth out bumpy or uneven ground). The first field I did was 16 acres and I plowed the whole thing because it was overgrown with brush, it turn out very good, I have a few section with weeds due to poor soil nutriment in some area, I mow these area and keep seeding it to suppress them, weeds love poor soil ... Below is my second field, its 14 acres, the fist section in red I plowed late 2022 (September/October) since it was starting to grow with brush and small conifer, I plowed to removes these roots, with heavy seeding and fertilizing (seeded early summer 2023) it turn out very well (minimum weeds) by summer 2024. The section in blue I plowed in spring of 2024 I seeded it in mid summer, might have cheeped out in fertilizer (I will apply a other spread this spring) It is still early since we didn't get a whole lot of rain but this section the weeds got into it more then usual (I think), I will have lots of work pulling these out this spring/summer but it's still early to tell it might turn out... Since the blue section got more weeds that I anticipating and since the pink section had minimum overgrowth I did minimum tilling. (simply disking the hell out of it to expose the dirt) I don't have a drill so I spread my seeds with a rotary spreader, it works but it's not as effective as a drill (more waste). This section is ready to seed and fertilize this spring, I will see how this turn out by end of next summer.
Bottom line is it takes time depending on the amount of rain you get its a slow process but it's even longer if you plow, you will need more fertilizer and a many more working hours if you plow plus weeds will/can still get to it.
Bottom line is it takes time depending on the amount of rain you get its a slow process but it's even longer if you plow, you will need more fertilizer and a many more working hours if you plow plus weeds will/can still get to it.