Pasture prep

[Mitigator33]

I had 20 acres select cleared with a fecon mulch machine and then I burned it. I have plowed and disced the entire 20 acres and am getting ready to seed but while plowing and discing I noticed a lot and I mean a lot of half burned small tree part and limbs and a few large rocks. We are planting grass and will be bush hogging 2-3 times a year. I am concerned about this debris.

Should I leave it alone and just plant it or should I rent a landscape rake and rake it before planting to remove the debris

 

[JohninCT]

I'd get large rocks out. Small wood pieces I'd leave since it'll rot or get ground up with brush mower.

 

[boomer1025]

If it's one thing I don't like, it's wood & rocks in grass. It's hard on mowers and bush hogs. Also it makes nice missle's. depending on the size of the wood it could take years for it to rot up. Most of it should have got turned under when you plowed it. If you got the time, I'd rake it and burn the piles, if not run a harrow over it and plant oats and grass seed.

 

[Mitigator33]

I can throw what few rocks are there in my FEL. The thing that is the problem are the wood pieces. They were not all turned under.

It would taked forever to pick 15-20 acres worth up and throw in FEL by hand that is why I was thinking rake.

Scott

 

[whistlepig]

Maybe a Rockhound?

 

[Carykong]

If the wood is laying flat on the ground,less than 3" diameters,I would not worry. Its not worth the effort to remove. You are only going to hog this pasture. Best results for a pasture are gained by mowing at least 5 to 6 inches high. You will not even notice the wood once the grass takes over nor will your brush cutter touch the wood. You live in the South, that wood will rot fast. Good luck.

 

[whistlepig]

If the wood is laying flat on the ground,less than 3" diameters,I would not worry. Its not worth the effort to remove. You are only going to hog this pasture. Best results for a pasture are gained by mowing at least 5 to 6 inches high. You will not even notice the wood once the grass takes over nor will your brush cutter touch the wood. You live in the South, that wood will rot fast. Good luck.

I totally agree here. Even up north, if the wood doesn't interfere with the mowing, it will quickly rot away. I don't think it worth the effort to remove it either.