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Drilled in my grass seed

BigAl

BigAl

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I borrowed a 12' drill to drill my grass seed in my new 10 acre pasture .

The owner said it was set to the right setting . I spent all day yesterday drilling in seed and still have over half of my seed left . I was suppose to drill in the seed at 18-20 pounds per acre. I think I averaged about 8-10 pounds per acre .
This morning we woke up to snow ,with more to come, so the planting season is over for us . Looks like I will have to reseed in the spring again . Dang :sad:!!! All I needed was one more day :doh:!
 
TiredRetired said:
I'm old and thickheaded. I do not understand the application of using a 12' drill to plant grass seed. Sorry. :smile:
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Its like a 12' wide disc with a drop seeder box on top . You set the rate of the seed to drop and the disc cut a narrow trench that the grass seed fall in . A chain is dragged behind the seeder and smooths out and covers the trenches . Its the best way to plant pasture grass to get even coverage .
 

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Broadcast the rest of the seed in the spring and cuti-pack it in. Go across the drill paths with the culti and it will come in nice. I want to put lime on my pasture this week if the weather goes along with it.
 
BigAl said:
Its like a 12' wide disc with a drop seeder box on top . You set the rate of the seed to drop and the disc cut a narrow trench that the grass seed fall in . A chain is dragged behind the seeder and smooths out and covers the trenches . Its the best way to plant pasture grass to get even coverage .
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Understood. Thanx. :biggrin:
 
muleman said:
Broadcast the rest of the seed in the spring and cuti-pack it in. Go across the drill paths with the culti and it will come in nice. I want to put lime on my pasture this week if the weather goes along with it.
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Big Al:: after you broadcast your seed..pull the lawn roller over it...it will come up just fine..The reason i say this is after a room addition i did we broadcasted seed and covered with straw...Our footprints came in a week or two before the rest germanated...:whistling::beer:
 
BRGTold said:
Big Al:: after you broadcast your seed..pull the lawn roller over it...it will come up just fine..The reason i say this is after a room addition i did we broadcasted seed and covered with straw...Our footprints came in a week or two before the rest germanated...:whistling::beer:
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Well,,,, my ranching nieghbor just told me to drill the grass seed through the snow ???????? . He says it will work fine .

I have too much other stuff to do around here , so in the morning while everything is frozen , I am putting on the tractor chains and going to open up the levers and spread the rest of the seed . I guess its worth a try .:unsure:

This is going to be one cold morning !!!!
 
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