Yea, actually ground that has been throwed and mowed holds a lot more moisture and the soil temp is significantly lower of what bare dirt is. The thatch holds moisture against the seed. It takes more rainfall to get T&M plots going, but that's a good thing. Seed in bare dirt sprouts with just a small rain, and then if no more comes, well you know what happens. For us food plotters on small properties we cant justify buying seed drills when we can get similar results.