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JeffPA

04-22-2004 18:57:25




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I have a chance to get oats for $1.00/bushel. I want to use them for a cover crop for new hay seeding. Problem is that they have not been scoured. Will this still work for seed? I don't care about the oat crop just want them for cover.




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Bill

04-23-2004 08:03:19




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 Re: Oats in reply to JeffPA, 04-22-2004 18:57:25  
Do you have a local feed mill? They may clean it for you. We had our own fanning mill with a motor. Weed seeds would be the problem I see and also the drills with grass seed attachment just put the grass seed on top, cover lightly or cultipacker as it wont come up. If you're not going to harvest the oats don't plant it too thick. Grass and clover seeds are small - keep them shallow that's why you plant the cover crop to hold the moisture in. Plant as early as possible so it's growing before the summer heat.

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Frenz Farms

04-23-2004 06:57:09




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 Re: Oats in reply to JeffPA, 04-22-2004 18:57:25  
I wouldnt advise using a spring tooth harrow or any tillage tool after your hay seed is on. You'll run the risk of putting your seed in too deep. What I would suggest is use a cultipacker. That will firm up your soil and provide plenty of seed coverage without stirring up the soil any more. You arent looking to get ideal seed placement for the oats, you want it for the *hay*.



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Farmall450man

04-23-2004 06:03:43




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 Re: Oats in reply to JeffPA, 04-22-2004 18:57:25  
40 some years ago when Dad would get ready to sow oats he would sometimes open up the clearance on the cylinder in the combine and run his seed oats back through the combine to clean the weed seeds and chaf out. Once he set up a fan and used a shovel to throw the oats up into the air and let the fan blow the lighter stuff out of the oats. We used a broadcast spreader that had a smaller chute that mixed the hay seed with the oats. The field was prepared by discing and the oat/hay seed was harrowed in. By the way, this would have already been done by this time of the year in western Iowa. Good luck.

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TP from Central PA

04-23-2004 03:40:52




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 Re: Oats in reply to JeffPA, 04-22-2004 18:57:25  
We had the same problem..... ..Put the hay on with the Drill(More accurate) and then seed the cover crop with a broadcaster spreader on the 3pt of a tractor..... ....Then just run a spring tooth harrow or preferably a cultimulcher.

That is how we have done it since we sold the drill and cleaner..... .Use the neighbors old JD Drill on the Super A to seed the hay.



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paul

04-22-2004 19:40:06




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 Re: Oats in reply to JeffPA, 04-22-2004 18:57:25  
Stems like to plug up the drill if you are drilling, & you will be planting more weed seeds, but other than those issues it works.

--->Paul



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