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I spray them, wait a couple weeks, sew seed, then drag over it. They make a chain harrow that scratches up the surface some too for those that have crusty soil. Cabela's sells them, but they are heavy and are not cheap.
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I had the best results last year on plots that I sprayed and waited 3 weeks to broadcast seed/fertilizer vs broadcasting seed/fertilizer and bushhogging. This year I'm going to spray all plots and try to skip bushhogging all together.
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Well I bush hogged a field yesterday. Seeing the rain but not got time to disk would mow and throw possibly work with all the rain coming tomorrow? It was about 6 foot tall in a creek bottom. Not sure if seed would make it to the dirt with all the grass
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Well I bush hogged a field yesterday. Seeing the rain but not got time to disk would mow and throw possibly work with all the rain coming tomorrow? It was about 6 foot tall in a creek bottom. Not sure if seed would make it to the dirt with all the grass It's hard to say for sure without knowing more but you probably stand a good chance with the moisture we're about to get. Broadcast your seed and then mow over it again trying to get the mower as low as possible to stir the seed into the thatch and process the vegetation. Try to leave it looking neat and not windrowed and it'll help you get more even germination.
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Thanks. I read about this last year but forgot until today. I guess I will disk it now I done let the day get away from me
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I put in lime and 13-13-13 today two weeks after throwed and mowed. Now more waiting for rain. good stand of clover popping up and about 4 chikory plants.
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Got all my stuff in the ground ahead of this rain too. I'll update with pics soon. 
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I planted all of mine, at the farm and the club. Bring on the rain.
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Had a meeting in Chicago all weekend. Gonna have to wait on the next rain prediction I guess.
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I sewed my seed into dead thatch, and didn't even drag it this year. I walked around and pulled the thatch back and the seed had already made it to the ground. I had sprayed about 3 weeks ago and the thatch, mostly grass, had already laid down.
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I sewed my seed into dead thatch, and didn't even drag it this year. I walked around and pulled the thatch back and the seed had already made it to the ground. I had sprayed about 3 weeks ago and the thatch, mostly grass, had already laid down. I'll be curious to see how that turns out. Keep us posted. 
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Your sick, Harold! But, hey its free fertilizer. Dgallow would be proud.
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Your sick, Harold! But, hey its free fertilizer. Dgallow would be proud. I threw that one in there just for 257 Itll be interesting to see how that spot does. Its heavy clay that was growing thick in some type of grass. Its got a nice layer of dark soil across the top of the clay so Im hoping the seed is able to establish well.
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Cereal grains are already sprouting tails this morning. It'll probably be popping the ground by this weekend. Looks like a chance for more rain this weekend also. That would be awesome to get a follow up shower on everything.
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[img:center] https://imgur.com/gallery/DIlU5[/img] Looks like clover happening. But need to find a few ounces of clethodim and spray the grasses Still struggling with IMGUR images showing in the posts
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What type grass is that? I have some of that showing up at my place. Grows in a small bunch.
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Did you have cereal grains in there too? I think the cleth will nuke them as well if so.
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All that seems to growing is clover and foxtail that got bushoged. Foxtail is what we think the grass is. I'm gonna wait and see what continues to come up. Owner may mow again he is trying to have it look less like an overgrown mess. If the foxtail doesn't push out the clover I may live with it
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Wanna see something amazing?......and I say that because Im sitting here in amazement myself.Ive got cereal rye that has jumped out of the ground overnight. I dug some of the seedlings up just to verify it and sure enough, they were attached to seeds. I actually think it may be the volunteer rye from what I grew off in the spring.  Heres the amazing part. Look at the roots these seedlings are already sending down. Soil health fellassoil health. 
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