We worked ahead of the rain today to finish planting; this time the bigger food plot. Another bag of Pennington seed, then over-seeded with five pounds of inoculated turnip seed, along with lime and 10-10-10 fertilizer. We'll see how she does.
The six foot tiller on the Kioti prepares a really smooth seed bed. Metering the seed was difficult with the yellow seeder on the John Deere. Turnips, rape, and clover are tiny, winter grasses are bigger, and the cowpeas are very big. Spreading this seed with any shot at even coverage was an excercise in futility. We finally settled on a setting of "7" for fertilizer and "8" for the seed. Next year, I think we'll make a small seed pass and a peas pass if we're still broadcast planting.
A quick drag with the small chain harrow behind the mule, and we're done. On these small plots, this rig is a whole lot easier to drag with than a tractor with the big harrow. Wish we had a cultipacker though. The rain started as I dragged the plot, and kept up nice and gentle all night. Some seed had sprouted within 3 days.
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