Have some to do and last few times we plowed and disc it. Came out real good. BUT MY QUESTION IS THIS, CAN WE GET SAME RESULTS BUY ROTO TILLING??? 3pth tractor type. Then just reseed fertilize and lime? This is small acerage but I was hoping it would reduce the time to complete it. The hay is for baling for animal feed.
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i did two 2 acres fields last year one i plowed and disc.the other i just disced it up about four times and planted .used a old john deere vanbrunt drill sowed orchard grass and timothy.i did it just to see i there was much difference but to be honest i could not tell the difference both came up good and has a good stand.maybe i just got lucky i dont know.
RICK
RICK
I ran the 4 foot tiller on some old sod I wanted to plant corn on one year.
Wow that was a slow day, got very little done in a few hours.
Tiller doesn't go real deep, so a lot of grass came back up.
I suppose with a heavy duty, 150hp 'real' tiller it would work.
Probably not what you have tho.
Paul
Wow that was a slow day, got very little done in a few hours.
Tiller doesn't go real deep, so a lot of grass came back up.
I suppose with a heavy duty, 150hp 'real' tiller it would work.
Probably not what you have tho.
Paul
Dave H (MI)
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If it is grass hay, for me it would depend on what type of grass and does it freeze in your area. Any grass with runners underground I would spray first and then moldboard plow and disk. Clumping grass you may be able to just turn it over in the fall and let the roots freeze. That being said, however, if it is grass hay I would not replant at all. Just treat it for weeds, fertilize and either over seed or do a later cutting and let it reseed itself one year. I don't waste a lot of money rejuvenating grass fields.
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There is no "absolute" answer. What tillage method works best would depend on what the ground needs. In most cases, hay fields tend to be compacted. Best results would then be from deep ripping or at least chisel plowing. Rototilling sod ground tends to produce a "fluffy" seed bed. That's not usually the best possible scenario for seeding a grass crop into. And for the record, I've had my BEST results without any tillage. I do a burndown spray, no-till the new crop after broadcast fertilizing. That doesn't always work in every climate and soil type, but it works incredibly well here. Tillage destroys organic matter, causes erosion, and in some conditions, dries out the soil too much at a time when rain fall may or may not be adequate.
My best advice is to consult county soil and water district/county agent and get localized opinion.
My best advice is to consult county soil and water district/county agent and get localized opinion.
My neighbor and I have been renewing some pasture ground. Got along good tilling it with a 5 ft tiller. Tilled it 3 or 4 times letting it rain between times. Then ran a cultipacker with the teeth down a couple of times. then once with the teeth up. Then seeded with a 12 volt spreader and golf cart. Then ran over with the cultipacker again. Got excellent results. Why would you plow then spend all that time working it back down? For bigger fields we did spray then disk a couple of times then ran a do-all a couple of times then the cultipacker.Then had fertilizer dealer spread seed and fertilize double spreading it. Then cultipacking with the teeth up.
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