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re: Planted summer plots today
Posted on 6/7/23 at 7:24 pm to The Levee
Posted on 6/7/23 at 7:24 pm to The Levee
I’m late to this thread, but have become a regenerative ag disciple the last 2 years - building soil. I’ve planted 2 fall crops and 2 spring crops now. I’m seeing results.
Found Grant Woods, and really liked what he was saying. Then read “Dirt to Soil” by Gabe Brown, I was hooked. Ray Archuleta and Elaine Ingham explained the soil biology and importance of the right bacteria, fungi, nematodes, arthropods, etc. it all make so much sense when you compare to traditional tillage and hitting it with chemicals.
I took Agronomy at LSU in the 70s, and nobody ever mentioned mycorrhizal fungi. I don’t think they understood what the bugs all did back then.
I’ve always thrown some winter food plots together and we’ve probably attracted a few deer, but my last two years are completely different. I’m planting more and it’s producing more. Our last two fall food plots have been really successful, and I’m still not doing it right. I’m starting to find earthworms in the plots this summer tho.
I live an hour from my property, and have a 48 hp tractor. I rent a local drill, and I get fabulous germination with it. I’m struggling most with weed control. My spring planting was wiped out by drought last summer, this year it’s fighting weeds because I went without herbicide. Still I’m getting good forage and seeing lots of deer. Oh, and I haven’t had access to a crimper, but I think it’s a critical piece of the process.
We use Green Cover Seed blends and I like the inoculants - bacterial, fungal, and other. I’m committed to a 5 year experiment, and 40% in, I’m very pleased.
Prior to this program our largest deer was 137 lb. Now we have a 204 lb deer and we don’t shoot many, mostly does.
Found Grant Woods, and really liked what he was saying. Then read “Dirt to Soil” by Gabe Brown, I was hooked. Ray Archuleta and Elaine Ingham explained the soil biology and importance of the right bacteria, fungi, nematodes, arthropods, etc. it all make so much sense when you compare to traditional tillage and hitting it with chemicals.
I took Agronomy at LSU in the 70s, and nobody ever mentioned mycorrhizal fungi. I don’t think they understood what the bugs all did back then.
I’ve always thrown some winter food plots together and we’ve probably attracted a few deer, but my last two years are completely different. I’m planting more and it’s producing more. Our last two fall food plots have been really successful, and I’m still not doing it right. I’m starting to find earthworms in the plots this summer tho.
I live an hour from my property, and have a 48 hp tractor. I rent a local drill, and I get fabulous germination with it. I’m struggling most with weed control. My spring planting was wiped out by drought last summer, this year it’s fighting weeds because I went without herbicide. Still I’m getting good forage and seeing lots of deer. Oh, and I haven’t had access to a crimper, but I think it’s a critical piece of the process.
We use Green Cover Seed blends and I like the inoculants - bacterial, fungal, and other. I’m committed to a 5 year experiment, and 40% in, I’m very pleased.
Prior to this program our largest deer was 137 lb. Now we have a 204 lb deer and we don’t shoot many, mostly does.
This post was edited on 6/8/23 at 6:24 am
Posted on 6/7/23 at 9:15 pm to 76Forest
76Forest
In what area is your land?
We’d love to get to no chemicals/ no fertilizers, but fighting weeds is tough in SW MS.
In what area is your land?
We’d love to get to no chemicals/ no fertilizers, but fighting weeds is tough in SW MS.
Posted on 6/9/23 at 5:03 am to 76Forest
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Then read “Dirt to Soil” by Gabe Brown, I was hooked.
I met Gabe and Dr. Allen Williams at one of their Understanding Ag classes in Alabama last year. I'll say this, it works.
It was either Jason Roundtree or Richard Teague that found by adding livestock and moving the daily with temp hot wire added the same amount of organic matter (manure) to the soil as 20 years of conventional set-stock methods.
Keeping the soil covered in the South is extremely important. During March/April as the temp starts to rise, uncovered soil temps rise too. While at BDA in Alabama it was roughly 90 outside, I stuck my hand under the laid down grass and grass matt created by the cattle, the top of the soil was cool and moist - 73 degrees - as I hit it with the IR thermometer. If the soil is allowed to remain uncovered, all those microorganisms will die off in the heat. The grass provides the barrier.
We went for the livestock portion but there are guys that run cropland, integrated livestock and no-till practices, while increasing yields. Its fairly nuts.
This regen management is now a passion of ours. We are slowly implementing it on our place.
Posted on 7/20/23 at 12:11 pm to 76Forest
76Forest
I have always killed and burned in the fall.
Are there any detriments to this process?
I have always killed and burned in the fall.
Are there any detriments to this process?
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