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Here’s some results from throw and mow on one our smaller plots..

Sweet!......Mines just now popping the ground as well from the hurricane rain…..It would be great to catch another round of rain right on this next front.

Wish I could have planted before the hurricane. I got most of my seed out Friday and plan to put the rest down when I get out of the woods tomorrow. Hopefully the birds have not eaten it all since we have had no rain.

Starting to see a little tinge of green this morning...…..

Looking good, CNC. You’ve certainly changed my whole food plot routine. And saved me dozens of hours and gallons of diesel!

Plots this year are the best I’ve ever had, disc or no disc.

Dang turkeys are eating all my seed. Planted Tuesday and the turkeys have been having a field day.

Looks great!!

Looking good Harold. Doc, is your seed covered? Had any rain?

It's only covered as much as my current biomass will allow. I planted it last Tuesday and no rain until yesterday. I'm going to see what germinates, then overseed any bare areas if I need to with some rye and crimson clover. I'm not a turkey hunter, but dang I'm eat up with them. May have to smack a few this spring.

How many pm’s did this get you?

When y’all throw the cereal grains do u go ahead and include the clover?

Yep. Or Brassicas. Or both.

Yep....me too.

I’ve asked this before but can’t remember the answer so I’m asking again....is it better to bush hog first then spread the seed or vice versa? Also, how close to the ground does the field need cut and how much seed per acre need applied?

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Third year of throw and mow and first year planting without a tractor at all.They look better than ever. I sprayed and waited 3 weeks and pulled drag behind seeder and worked great. No more bush hogging for me.

Order doesn't really matter. I actually hogged first. My fields look great this year. I probably did 100 lbs to the acre.

I always add about 25% more seed than what it calls for.

Mine are still coming along. I feel like they are slower to the eye as far as growth. I'm attributing it to the lack of brown to green contrast possibly??? My first plot is thickening up and becoming solid green and passing the eye test.

I am curious about Brassicas though. When do you plant them so they can get "tall"? I planted a TnM Brassica plot (majority brassica) on 9/28 and got great germination. They are nice and green but I see no way they will get 6" tall before a good first frost. I'm sure they'll grow a bit more after that, but approximately when in NW Central AL (heck Fayette Co.) do y'all plant brassicas to get decent growth and maximum tonnage. I assume early September? I just worry about worms.