Don't do it man. Be strong my friend. May the force be with you.

As much as you seem to be enjoying the thread you might as well......

So this is right in line with what nt2 and I were just talking about with producing summer biomass. This also goes back to what I�ve said in earlier posts that if you are just starting out and your first goal is to produce biomass to cover and feed the soil�.then you would be better off just growing summer weeds and clover�..

Here is a case in point. This is my apple orchard where I�m growing clover and �weeds�. You can see that in the time I�ve been fiddle fuggin around with planting the test field, that will ultimately just be wiped out,�.my weeds and clover have already produced a nice crop of summer biomass and is now ready to mow, release the clover, and produce a second crop of biomass. If you are just starting out and trying to get OM to your soil�then which way is going to produce faster results??�..2-3+ crops of OM like in my apple orchard??�or 1 struggling crop of cowpeas and sunflowers or whatever??



I've already mowed between the rows. No shortage of clover in the understory. You can see in the tree rows the type of standing biomass I mowed down.

I got up to the property yesterday to test this out in a spot on our gas line only to find out it got mowed by the gas company. Ended up having to break out the disc.

Mines coming along good but the deer are starting to nibble on the new growth.

That's a bummer. Really the fall is an easier time to do your first throw and mow planting anyways.

Mines not really getting hit to hard yet but its likely just a matter of time. I've got the understory of my property in pretty good shape and there's a lot of native browse for them to feed on with the rain we've had. Plums and peaches are falling right now too and they're hammering them as fast as they fall.

I've got 17 acres of 5 year old long leaf with plenty of natural browse in them. I'm planning on putting some ribbon around the fields tomorrow to try and keep them off a while.

Them deer wouldn't get a plum though I like them green.

This is from a different variety�..AU Producer I believe. The other pic was Chickasaw Plum.

These are Santa Rosa plums compared to the Chickasaw....but I digress. Back to throw and mow

Too ripe for me but I bet the deer and coons love them.

Could you, would you if I made it into jelly?.....

I might could make a biscuit or two out of some. I'll eat them ripe but I love a green plum with salt.

I thought this was the thread where guys interested in the throw and mow method could share idea's, but it seems the debate thread has taken over. Might as well delete the other thread.

It's all good blum.....Let's talk throw and mow.

Germination is beginning to peak now. Very pleased with how things are coming up. I knew I shouldn�t have thrown in that extra milo though�..its starting to look like it might be pretty thick in some places. This was the first time planting buckwheat but I�ll have to agree with what other folks have said in that it sprouts very easily. You can see it coming everywhere in this pic. Also notice those reddish brown stalks�theres a cluster toward the right of the pic. That is yuchi arrowleaf clover that�s putting back out now. The other clover right next to it is the durana. The stuff that looks like blades of grass shooting up is the milo. Looks like we might have a stray weed in the center.

Buckwheat is the easiest plant i know of, to grow.

this is how all 9 of my fields looks after I broadcast my sunflowers, iron clay peas, millet, sorghum and soybeans into them and pressed everything down on top of them. I know the White clover will compete with the summer stuff but I want the deer to eat it so it'll be like a buffet. first time doing this, and no one in my clubs believes it will work so I hope it does. It's gotten roughly an inch of rain over the last 12 hours. just so the seed has time to germinate I spread crack corn and feed wheat up and down our main roads to keep the turkeys away from it.
whatcha think CNC?

Cool!! I think that will work out good for you Turkeymaster. I�ll be interested to see how much the white clover competes. Give it 2-3 for everything to get up and going. It�ll take the little seedlings a minute to get up above that thatch. Nice job��.