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Looks like my planting decision paid off. Rain baby rain.

Same here. I’m thrilled I got it done.

I took this pic as I finished my last plot today. Got .5" last night and .4" just as I backed under the shed. Just about right

Can't hide money.

Looking good

Sweet rig. Does the loader give that size tractor a ruff ride?

Not whatsoever. Got 100 gals in each rear tire. Drives smooth as silk

mannn I wish I had a rig like that, matter of fact I wish I just had one with ac and a radio

Yea, i'm happy as a pig in slop. We've gotten a lot of rain on our freshly planted T&M plots with no worries about seed washing and the seed will stay damp for days with the thatch over it.

Unfortunately, I missed out on planting this weekend, and with the rain we got yesterday and predicted for the remainder of the week, it looks like I'll be going up tonight.
Last year I hedged my bet by planting twice, once early with rain, and then on opening weekend as rain was predicted and it worked out, all I really did was make sure I hit some areas that were thin as the first round took well. Any reason I shouldn't do that again?

I've got chicory, rapeseed and buck forage oats as I have them already. I was going to scatter some of the biologic radishes in too. 1) to see if the deer would eat it 2) to help bust up the soil a little bit. Mixture was gonna do 3 parts Chicory, 3 parts rapeseed, 2 parts BFO and 1 part radishes. shaken not stirred.

anyone got a reason to go another way??

I sprayed one place Sept 9th and plan on seeding/fertilizing next week. It's hilly and dries out quick so shouldn't be an issue. This will be 4th year of T&M on this place and last year was our best plots in 10 years.

One of last years plots


Started the T&M process on another place by spraying dry plots on Sept 16th. Went back and sprayed wet plots that had dried out on Sept 23rd. With the amount of rain we've received and will receive this week I'm not sure when I'll be able to seed/fertilize.

Sprayed Sept 16th


Sprayed Sept 23rd

Pirate bob, i'd add some durana clover for the turkeys this spring and maybe some yucchi as well.

[quote=270wsm]I sprayed one place Sept 9th and plan on seeding/fertilizing next week. It's hilly and dries out quick so shouldn't be an issue. This will be 4th year of T&M on this place and last year was our best plots in 10 years.

One of last years plots


What all is in this mix? Looks like a load of tonnage in there. Trying this T&M this year on some old grown up greenfields that have sat for a few seasons untouched as experiments this year in what I'd call already good dirt, got one in yesterday with some random small seed mixes,. mostly brassicas and clovers. I have another plot that was sprayed on the 23rd that I'm going to sow and mow in a week or so and test out as well. Still going conventional on some plots for now, depending on the success of the TM. Looks like you've got it whooped though.

Rye, rape, pt turnips, crimson and advantage clover in this plot.

Photos below taken 6 weeks later

Planted clover in my two small plots Sunday just before the rain hit. I used more of a throw and roll method by pushing down the tall weeds with the front of my ATV and then pushing them down against the dirt with a very light atv disk. The disk is too light to actually do any tilling in heavy grass so all it is doing is scratching the surface and somewhat cutting up the larger weeds. This method worked really well last year and it should do well again this year. It looks almost the same as if I had bushhogged it. Next year I may just drag a weighted chain link fence section. Unless you are dealing with a very large plot, you can 100% have a great food plot with nothing but an atv and practically anything to drag behind it.

Thanks for the report on your method. I've got a real light atv disk but have been debating buying a cultipacker or harrow drag. I think I'll just save my money and run my little disk over it. In the dog fennel I've got, it's not going to be cutting any dirt anyway

ok I am on board to try the T&M method , had scheduled to do it this weekend, is all this rain any reason to change plans, or am I over thinking this?

it shouldn't hurt you if you are doing throw and mow, if anything it should help you later on if you go a few days or more without rain as the thatch will retain the moister for the most part

Best to plant ahead of the rain. I did mine last weekend, and loving all the rain.

I agree, but sometimes things just don't happen like we want, to many irons in the fire.