No till drill1/8/2024 Coulters were cutting the turf nice and making a grove with loose dirt. I got one 8 acre patch that I hit a home run on. To shallow and it dries out to fast if you don't get a good rain. When it rains the seed gets washed to the botton of the grove cut by the coulter and it ends up to deep. Get on it while to wet, the coulters cut a v-shape trench without bringing up enough loose dirt for the packer wheels to push anything back on the seed. What I planted this year is on blackland prarie. That greenscape planter does look like it would do a nice job in prepared seed beds or sandy soils. The ground was on the wet side when I planted (was going to get wetter) and I ended up getting a lot of it in to deep also. I've had better luck with the Yucchi over the Apache this year, but I think planting condidtions are at play again. Last time I looked several weeks ago the clover was still to small to really identify the variety (not having my glasses didn't help). It has been to wet to get out and take a closer look lately. The ryegrass and clover were tall enough that it didn't phase them. Any clover that was in the bottom of the planting groove got covered up in the wash. It was coming up when we got a hard 3 inch rain. Hindsight now tells me I should have pulled the tubes out and let the seed fall on the ground. Decided to add a bag of Ball to the mix (try it one more time). Finally got on the last oat patch in November (still kind of wet) and was going to run out of clover seed. I was planting Apache and Yucchi in the pastures with oats and ryegrass. My attempt this year is still questionable. It takes more than 1 rain over 35 days to keep it growing after it sprouts. Most of the problem getting it started (till this year) I have to attibute to irregular weather patterns and drought. :lol: I've been trying off and on since 2005 and probably bought and wasted about $1000 worth of seed. The ball clover is getting to be a sore subject. Been busy sneezing my head off with my eyeballs rolled back in my head. Link for Greenscape if you are interested: I bought it used, I think was made more for planting soybeans than grasses for pasture. I have considered trying to add a couple of more tubes / coulters, etc to have 5-6 inch spacing instead of 8. I think the row spacing is better on the haybuster than my Marliss. I would love to have 2 haybusters and run them side by side. He says it would not work to overseed burmudagrass because the grass kept balling up on the springs, and he is trying to sell it after one season. It has a spring like device that puts the seed down in the ground instead of cutting discs. I can only plant 20 to 25 acres per day.Ī friend bought an Attchison. What I don't like about it is the 7 foot width. It will not plant clover too deep because seed is just on the surface. I like being able to plant mixture of small grain, ryegrass and clover. I plants the seed by dropping between the drums instead of in rows so you get a smooth swath of grass instead of a line in the pasture. It has 3 seedboxes, 2 for large seeds and 1 for clover. It is 7 foot wide, has 2 drums with spikes on it, kind of like an aerator. My other drill is a Greenscape conservation seeder. To get the grass as thick as I want it I have to go over it twice at 90 degree angle like a checkerboard. Also can get small seeds too deep especially in sand. The disadvantage is the rows are 8 inches apart which is wider than I want for small grain, ryegrass, or clover. The advantage is 12 foot wide, can cover more ground. I can take the front opener discs off for sandy soil and clover. I have 2 drills: a 12 foot Marliss no till that has openers in the front then 2 disc coulters, then packing wheel.
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