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planting with push seeders in heavy mulch

 
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Hello everyone,
does anyone have any experience planting with push seeders through heavy (1 inch and more) cover crop residue?
I tried it with the earthway seeder but it doesn't work well at all. I was watching
and it seems like the Knapik seeder may work, because of the double disc opener. But would it work in system with more residue?

 
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I don't have experience using one, but I've just watched several videos and I haven't yet seen a product that I'd trust to work in a heavy residue. The operating examples are usually on clean dirt.
 
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