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Re: Throw n Mow Q&A
[Re: toothdoc]
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11/08/16 04:50 AM
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I'm completely new to this whole deer farming thing. Can you give a detail on how you are preparing the fields? Are you literally just spreading seed and fertilizer? No, there’s a lot more to it than that even though the process may sound that simple. I’ll see if I can find some of the old threads. You other guys who have been doing this for a while help me out here too.
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Re: Throw n Mow Q&A
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11/08/16 06:34 AM
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CNC,
What you think about my thatch I was able to cut down?? Sufficient or not? Hope seed comes up and I am able to cut it all back mid summer or so and let weeds and such take over again. We will see. From the pic it looks like you've got a pretty decent amount of thatch over your seed but it's all just gonna hinge on if we ever get any substantial rain. A 1/4 or 1/2 inch of rain isn't gonna do much.
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Re: Throw n Mow Q&A
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11/08/16 07:27 AM
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I hear ya on the rain. It has to at some point!! You would think so but I’m about ready to throw in the towel. It was looking promising for the first of next week but now the chances have went back to nil.
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Re: Throw n Mow Q&A
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11/08/16 09:01 AM
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Very cool. So over time, this should actually improve the soil too right? Correct.....soil improvement is a big part of this method. It's meant to simulate what folks are doing with no-till drills but a more feasible approach for those of us who don't have the money or need for such an expensive piece of equipment.
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Re: Throw n Mow Q&A
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11/08/16 07:47 PM
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CNC, like you, I tried to double crop but now I don't have enough to mow. I've only got two T&M fields because the hogs jacked up one of them. I'll be running the disk over the plots with the gangs in a non-aggressive position. I'm hoping that I can keep most of the thatch on top. We are going to spread our lime and fertilizer this weekend and wait for a better forecast before slinging the seed. Per my earlier report, I mowed too much this summer. What grew back was sprayed and was laid over by the time we spread seed two weeks ago. We spread the seed. I then ran over it with the disk with a slight bite in the front gang, the back straight and a drag behind the disk. I went slow and I was impressed with the results. The seed was covered with soil and the thatch stayed on top. I hopped off the tractor several times to investigate. The disk only scratched the surface of the soil. FWIW, my disk is about 6' and weighs 650 lbs. It took a little longer than mowing but not much. Just to clarify, I did not disk before spreading any seed. We are getting rain at the camp now. Hopefully I'll have some good news to report.
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Re: Throw n Mow Q&A
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11/09/16 07:59 AM
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CNC, like you, I tried to double crop but now I don't have enough to mow. I've only got two T&M fields because the hogs jacked up one of them. I'll be running the disk over the plots with the gangs in a non-aggressive position. I'm hoping that I can keep most of the thatch on top. We are going to spread our lime and fertilizer this weekend and wait for a better forecast before slinging the seed. Per my earlier report, I mowed too much this summer. What grew back was sprayed and was laid over by the time we spread seed two weeks ago. We spread the seed. I then ran over it with the disk with a slight bite in the front gang, the back straight and a drag behind the disk. I went slow and I was impressed with the results. The seed was covered with soil and the thatch stayed on top. I hopped off the tractor several times to investigate. The disk only scratched the surface of the soil. FWIW, my disk is about 6' and weighs 650 lbs. It took a little longer than mowing but not much. Just to clarify, I did not disk before spreading any seed. We are getting rain at the camp now. Hopefully I'll have some good news to report. 
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Re: Throw n Mow Q&A
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11/15/16 03:34 AM
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You lucky sob. Hope it does well.
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Re: Throw n Mow Q&A
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11/16/16 06:11 AM
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youre lucky you only had to go 30 days, today makes either 59 or 60 days for us without rain
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Re: Throw n Mow Q&A
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11/16/16 06:27 AM
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The weather man said this morning that we would have to get 12+ inches of rain to get us out of drought conditions. It's just not gonna happen this year fellas. 
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