[Farmall] O/T...but serendipity

[John Junkroski]

Jim,

If I can butt in..

Anything you can do to get the seed into intimate contact with the  
soil will increase germination and therefore speed up the  
establishment of your planting. Having the soil surface loosened up  
and raking the seed into it is worth the effort.

I would have to agree that removing the rocks is not a major concern,  
unless they're large and numerous enough to damage your machines.

Mixing the seed with moist vermiculite or sand or a wood-pulp medium   
can also help retain moisture during the critical first few weeks.  
Assuming the area is too large to "sprinkle" as one might do for a  
seeded lawn, this can be important.
\
John

On Nov 19, 2007, at 6:08 PM, James Moran wrote:

> Carl-
> I have been musing on this little project and, with your advice in  
> mind, focusing upon "best practice".  What about this....suppose  
> that I did NOT break up this area but, rather, were to simply  
> "blend" the various seeds in a sand mixture and, then, spread or  
> broadcast them directly upon the ground.  I ask this because this  
> specific ground DOES seem willing to support chicory and St. Ann's  
> Lace, etc. (at least to some extent).  I wonder if this fact  
> suggests that the varieties that I had mentioned would, in turn,  
> "take"?  This is not to suggest that I am adverse to cultivating  
> the ground (not taking the "lazy man's out"). I can easily enough  
> do something more extreme, but I wonder if this more direct and  
> more simple approach would be effective and, in several ways,  
> "better" overall.
> Jim
>
> szabelsk at gdls.com wrote: Can I suggest that you just plow the area  
> and, if you can then get your
> hands on a set of spring tooth harrows, drag the plowed area with the
> harrows set so that it breaks up the clay chunks and snags the
> rocks/stones (let the clay dry out some first). You may wind up with
> several piles of rocks/stones that will be easier to pick up and  
> haul away
> instead of having to walk all over the place looking for them. You may
> even want to try the harrows first to see if you can snag the
> rocks/stones. Of course this all depends on how big the rocks/ 
> stones are
> and how deep in the clay they are.
>
> Carl Szabelski
>
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