re: No Till Drill Planting

Grant woods knows far more than me but we aren't following that system we went cold turkey no fertilizer, no herbicides and absolutely no breaking up the soil except with a NT drill.

I think there are many ways to do it and likely none of them wrong. For us we looked at fertilizer, it's full of salt which isn't good for our microbes and generally fertilizer makes the microbial system slower and lazier as they don't have to work within the rhizosphere as much to get the food the need from root exudates. Since we aren't commercially selling our crops and we aren't worried about yield we opted for cold turkey.

I would be very curious to see how each of ours do in three years. I think it's the absolute way to go make the land we care for better.

Yeah every piece of property is different. We had so many weeds we fell into his taper down prescription (by my measure). Mostly grasses and those are a pain. You won’t grow anything with so much grass in the seedbed.

We burned those grassy plots yesterday with fire. Burned down with Buccaneer three weeks ago

I purchased a Genesis 5 last fall. I planted Hunt Stratton Legacy Blend in the fall. In May, I sprayed and then planted Heritage Blend with great results. I was planning on drilling through the standing crop in October. However, Hogs knocked down much of the Milo, millet and sorghum leaving too much debris to drill through. I plan on burning my 8 plots this week before I plant. I’ve gotten away from disking as well and have seen improvement in my soil quality.

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No till better in all ways. Been using for 10 years. Add a roller crimper and you can reduce fertilizer costs.
If you have a mulch bed in your landscape, a roller crimper accomplishes the same thing…that i, building soil and retaining moisture.

What would be the difference in using a crimper vs a flail mower? The flail mulches up far more than a bush hog type cutter

Nothing. You may save some diesel. Flail mower also allows you to drill in any direction afterward too. Flail mowers aren’t cheap… but I’ve been shocked by crimper prices, too.

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For us we looked at fertilizer, it's full of salt which isn't good for our microbes and generally fertilizer makes the microbial system slower and lazier as they don't have to work within the rhizosphere as much to get the food the need from root exudates. Since we aren't commercially selling our crops and we aren't worried about yield we opted for cold turkey.

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No doubt you can put out too much fertilize but 99% of the time people do not put out enough fertilize. Growing deer is like growing cows when you are in the cattle business you are really in the forage business. Take care of the forage and you will have good production. You have to use fertilize to maximize forage. Even if you are in an are with Chernozem soil you should use fertilize. Nutrients in the soil translates to nutrients in the deer which translates to antler growth.