Seeding grasses

[jimg]

Another way of looking at this is to give the grass thats there a big advantage. Hit the broad leaf trash w/ 2,4d (or similar) and fertilize. Perhaps that would be enough to crowd out all but what you want to keep. On the flip side fertilizing weeds will absolutely positively cause your fields to be reseeded.

 

[mark.r]

Just walked in the house from broadcasting 50lbs. of paddock mixture in my last paddock. I then ran the harrow over it. I have done this in both my bare fields and and pastures that simply needed some "help" to become fuller. This was of course along with the necessary lime and fertilizer.

This paddock was done about 45 days ago . . . it's actually longer now than the last picture shows.

Harrowed>Fertilized>Broadcast Seeded>Harrowed>Limed = Worked Well!!!

 

[HayDR]

Got a question for anyone who might know. I have about 4 acres of pasture and about 5 acres of hayfield. Both are in sound shape but I would like to a mixture are grass seed to improve both. My question is would you a "cone" type 3pt spreader to broadcast seed be a decent option, our would it just feed some birds and rot on top top of the ground?

Thanks
Blee

You can rent a NO-Till Drill to over seed your hayfield and pasture. If you have too many weeds you might have to bust the sod and start from scratch. No-Till Drills are usually available to be rented from a COOP or Feed Store.

 

[mark.r]

You can rent a NO-Till Drill to over seed your hayfield and pasture. If you have too many weeds you might have to bust the sod and start from scratch. No-Till Drills are usually available to be rented from a COOP or Feed Store.

Couple of questions . . .

1. What's the difference between the Haybuster CCI has pictured and a Brillion Seeder?

2. Looking at the spec sheets for Brillions, a number of there models seem to cross over. For example, if I was looking to boost my hay crop and over-seeding and/or planting a freshly disc'd and harrowed pasture with grass seeds which would be better: Sure Stand Ag Seeder, Landscape Seeder, or the Turfmaker II Landscape Seeder. They all look like the would work but the Sure Stand Ag seems to be the better choice. That said, the Turfmaker II looks to have the capability to do oats and wheat while the Sure Stand doesn't list rates for oats and wheat. Any thoughts or explanations from any more experienced users?

 

[ddivinia]

Everyone you talk to is going to have their own idea about how this is supposed to be done correctly.
Sure you can use the cone 3 pt spreader. I just seeded about 25 acres with one. The old fashioned way to do it is with a disc and a spreader. Turn your disc so it's going straight and round and round you go. Doesn't kill the existing grass if you don't go overboard. Then spread your seed. Rain washes your seed in and usually covers the seed with dirt some.
I don't think there is really a right and wrong way to do it. Some work better for different soil types etc.

I am doing exactly that in some of my pastures that I could not sprig last year.

In the pastures that I took out a lot of stumps, I will put some angle on my disc. The other areas - straight only. Then use my 3 pt spreader to throw the seed.

My local NRCS office has seed WAY cheaper than anywhere else.

They are recommending that in a couple years - I put clover out on top of it for the cows but until I get my weeds under control it is a waste.

D.