Posted by super99 on May 28, 2016 at 19:03:01 from (74.32.249.162):
It's a learning experience, every year is different. I have 70 acres of sandy hill ground prone to erosion. I like the cover crop to protect the soil and it helps hold moisture thru the season. Long ago, I was told to kill the rye by April 15 and have always got it sprayed close to then and no till corn around the 1st of May. I'm still trying to find a good way to get nitrogen on corn. I like side dressing NH3 best, but it really murders the end rows and now I have Roundup resistant waterhemp coming on so I thought I would try having the roundup sprayed on with liquid N. CPS put me off taking care of the big farmers and didn't get mine sprayed until May 3. The rye had gotten pretty tall by then and it was slow dying out, so I took the flail shredder and mowed the rye off so I could plant corn. Not sure how it will turn out, but I got along better planting where I mowed it close to the ground as opposed to leaving a high stubble. I had trouble seeing the mark, so I wrapped a log chain around each marker arm for weight, that helped a lot! It rained .8" on May 13 and I started planting corn on May 17 and finished on the 18th and got it sprayed. It was plenty wet but it was time to plant, so I went ahead. I was afraid that the rows would dry out quickly but they didn't. The corn is up enough to row it thru the stubble now and looks good. I'll post more pictures thru the year so you can see how it turns out. Chris
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