Carl,
The final use of this grass is for pasture for my horses. This stuff would be pretty expensive to use as a ground cover/w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif. I also agree with you that crop rotation is a great idea to help build the soil back up.
You are also correct about the discing only getting the top layer of soil, but for planting grasses, it is just about all anyone around here ever does. Perhaps just laziness, or maybe the soil here is pretty well areated to begin with I do not know.
About the soil testing, you are quite right again. Also might mention that to get good results, you should sample many different areas of the property to be planted, as soil conditions might vary widely even within a small plot.
Thanks for all the tips...
The final use of this grass is for pasture for my horses. This stuff would be pretty expensive to use as a ground cover/w3tcompact/icons/sad.gif. I also agree with you that crop rotation is a great idea to help build the soil back up.
You are also correct about the discing only getting the top layer of soil, but for planting grasses, it is just about all anyone around here ever does. Perhaps just laziness, or maybe the soil here is pretty well areated to begin with I do not know.
About the soil testing, you are quite right again. Also might mention that to get good results, you should sample many different areas of the property to be planted, as soil conditions might vary widely even within a small plot.
Thanks for all the tips...