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Covering Seed

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fergienewbee

02-05-2008 04:09:38




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I'm planning to broadcast milo for a food plot. To cover the seed, I plan to use a piece of chainlink fence on a 3ph. Would you use a longer length--4 to 6-feet or a shorter--two feet or so? The shorter one would be easier to lift to start a new row but the longer one might cover better because it would spread more dirt. Any thought?




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GeneMO

02-05-2008 08:59:13




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 Re: Covering Seed in reply to fergienewbee, 02-05-2008 04:09:38  
Depending on how big your plots are. If you are not real pressed for time and have a small disk you can disk it in. I have used a small wheel disk or a pull type. Set it as straight as possible and drive slow. Generally a disk will incorporate material at half the depth it is being run. So if it cuts in 3 inches deep you seed is being placed 1 1/2 inches. It even gives the effect of it being rowed. I dont think you will get it deep enough unless the ground is really rough. I have been doing this for 35 years now with good success.

I also like good productive food plots so I fertilize and spray. I do leave the outer edges unsprayed, about 10-15 foot unsprayed. This lets the foxtail grow up, which quail really like.

Unsprayed foods plots get taken by the weeds and produce very little grain. I also try to locate some " forage" type sorghum seed. It grows head high. I use that half and half with regular milo. The deer dont bother the tall milo as bad and you will still have a little seed left when the winter is bad.

Just my two cents.

Gene

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Steve Moyer

02-05-2008 08:29:37




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 Re: Covering Seed in reply to fergienewbee, 02-05-2008 04:09:38  
I made a 2x4 frame 6ft. wide that keeps my chain link spread. This is then easy to attach to my draw bar with a v- chain. My chain link is 5 ft. and the 2x4 frame sits on top of the chain used lots of long electric staples to attach it. I also built the frame to hold 4 concrete blocks and I use that after I disk to prep the bed for seed. Works great.



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Jim in N M

02-05-2008 07:44:41




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 Re: Covering Seed in reply to fergienewbee, 02-05-2008 04:09:38  
Hi, I've used a 16' log chain with a spreader bar(or pipe) 8' long worked great ,I used it for 10 yrs doing landscapeing. HTH Jim in N M



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Charles Santhuff

02-05-2008 06:19:43




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 Re: Covering Seed in reply to fergienewbee, 02-05-2008 04:09:38  
Longer length probably do a better job. I have used cedar tree tops tied behind the tractor to cover with and they do a good job.



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