Seeding in for Hay Questions

Trueby · Aug 7, 2009

we are working with a 15 acre piece of land and it was spring plowed, from grass hay, and planted into wheat. We are wanting it to get back to something we can bale. (hind sight is 20-20...we should have never rented it out to start with)

Do we have to plow this area to plant grass and alfalfa? can we field cultivate it up and disc and drag then seed? Being it was plowed this spring does it need to be plowed again?

Thank you!

Anonymous-0 · Aug 7, 2009

Where are you located? Around here wheat stubble is being ripped up now and if you were going to sow alfalfa now is the time to do it. This is in norther Ohio. Not much hay grown here however.

Leroy · Aug 8, 2009

Must be located in a spring wheat area, any place that I know of you plant wheat in the fall so any plowing this past spring you would not be planting wheat untill late September or early October So actually when was it plowed and what was planted and when and where are you located?

gitrib · Aug 8, 2009

Here in Oklahoma we fall see Alfalfa with no nurse crop. Last fall we tore up a field of Bermuda and seeded to Alfalfa. It has to be done by middle of August. First of August we burned the Bermuda down with Roundup, the 14th we deep moldboard plowed. We disc it heavy Then went over with a drag harrow to level. We then cultipacked it twice. Sowed eighteen pounds seed to the acre then cultipacked again. Here is a picture of first cutting this spring. We are now on the forth cutting.
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Trueby · Aug 8, 2009

We are in MN, wheat was planted this spring because the person farming the land waited too long to plow last fall, it froze before he got to it.

What I am wondering is can we get by with out plowing, and just rip the ground up with a field cultivator, disc, and then drag. (I do'nt have a plow at this point and know this is the time to seed here if we are going to do it)

Thank you.

GordoSD · Aug 8, 2009

You don't need to plow. Now is ggod time to prep field and plant. Disc it up real well, several directions.. Wait two weeks for weeds/grass to emerge , then spray with roundup. Then spike tooth harrow, then a cultipacker. Broadcast the seed and pack once more. Pray for rain.

Gordo

Leroy · Aug 8, 2009

Did you get a wheat crop? If so remove the straw and disk, several times, a disk will not cut thru much straw.

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