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John Duda wrote:Do you have a neighbor who has cattle, or maybe sheep that could be let into your fields? Trade some forage for the nitrogen improvement. Then till later. Is your place fenced?
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wayne fajkus wrote:Plant the trees. I see no reason to wait, so long as its the proper time to plant.
If you do till, add 2 to 3 inches of manure and dont till again (,redhawk approved). Make sure you get something planted before rains erode your soil.
Tilling can create a bigger mess than what you started with. A new weed may come up in big numbers from all the disturbance . It may rain for the next week, etc.
I'm succesfull using a hay layer spread out lightly over the seeds i broadcast. It keeps the seed in place, keeps ground moist, adds organic matter and increases germination over just broadcasting.
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This depends on the plant mix. You need good penetrating spike roots (dandelion/chicory/diakon/alfalfa...) to break up the compaction.With how compacted this soil is can I get away with not tilling and still have the cover crop take hold?
Your grassland is at a certain stage of evolutionary growth toward becoming a forest already. This is called succession. Open spaces want to become forests in your region, and so generally the longer term that the grassland has been in place, the more fungi are present toward it supporting healthy shrubs and trees, now or in the future. When you till, you knock the soil community, particularly the fungi, back to square one, or nearly so, or-in these terms-back to the first stage of succession. The first stage of succession is generally made up of annual and perennial weed species. In addition to all the new weeds, a lot of grasses will come back from the broken up roots after being tilled, even with many passes with the tiller.Tilling can create a bigger mess than what you started with. A new weed may come up in big numbers from all the disturbance. It may rain for the next week, etc.
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Chris Emerson wrote:
With how compacted this soil is can I get away with not tilling and still have the cover crop take hold? If I do as you say and broadcast then throw a light layer of straw to cover will that work? This sounds like a good option. When you do it, is it over bare soil or have you done it in something like my situation? Thanks
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Annual rainfall: 40 inches / 1016 mm
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