[quote=crenshawco]CNC and others, do yall think these 2 plots would be good candidates to attempt a throw and now? It's mostly ragweed anywhere from 4 to 6 feet high and fairly thick. I've got 2 more plots I couldn't get to because of a blowdown, but I'd assume they're in similar condition. None have been touched since they were planted last Fall.

This field looked like yours before throw and mow 2017-18

If you're in that sand pit dirt I would try it. If it don't work don't do it next year.

I think it'll do fine if you're dealing with a sandy soil and the surface isn't rock hard or anything.....Looks like you've got a good bit of biomass for thatch.

It is sandy soil, but not hard. This whole area is low lying swampy terrain.

Dean, what was your planting method and what did you plant? That's a nice looking plot

We sprayed waited about 3 or 4 weeks, put out wheat, oats and rye. Bush hog and then put out the fertilizer. We put out a mix of Crimson, Arrowleaf and Ladino clover on top of that. We also got good rain on it.

That'll be good then.....moist areas usually work really well.

thats how every food plot on my lease looked and we throw and mowed every one of them. the dog fennel was much taller than that though. I didn't even spray, I waited for all the plants to mature and then broadcast then mowed

Sprayed Labor Day and planted today. My summer growth had started falling over and with some good chances of rain went with it. Only thing after seeding and fertilizer the thatch was pretty much layer down and saw very little seed on top. I’m thinking bush hogging would be a waste of time. Trying to decide whether to go back and pull a drag over them or just let them go?

Got my drill dialed in late yestrday. Let it rip for a few hours this pm. Planted 10 acres in as dry of conditions I've ever planted into. I'm wondering why I waited so long to buy a no till drill. Got max downforce setting on it now and covering my triticale, clover, radish mix about 1/2" just under the surface. Will plant another 15 acres tomorrow. Avg 4.8 acres per hour easing along at 5.2 mph.

Making us jealous....

You can buy 5 of em. New ones at that.

Planting this weekend
MN

Probably gonna plant the new property next weekend then my place the following weekend. Looks like the weather may be breaking next week.

I think my 2 weeks ago raked in, backwoods plot may have been premature

I'm spraying this weekend then going to give it 2 or 3 weeks and wait for a good rain forecast

One of my plots that I t&m last year looks a lot like the one in the picture with all the dog fennel, etc.. It didn't do that well, and was really the only one that I used the method on that didn't work great. I thought it was because the soil was so bad. I'm now beginning to wonder if it's because the ground was too hard. It's sandy soil. I did run a disk over it to lightly break up the surface, but wondering if I didn't go deep enough. I suppose I'll try it more one more time, but if y'all have any suggestions, please let me know.

Wather man saying 3-4" up here next 7 days. Just planted 20 acres. We'll see if he's right

I got mine sprayed yesterday. I should have plenty of thatch. That dog fennel was thick

Didn't spray this time just bush hogged. I've been just spraying and dragging the last 3 years so is was nice to change it up but dang that crabgrass was thick. Had to go over some spots 3 times to get it processed better.