Best way to spread bermuda seed

[Stan R]

Looks great!!! Need a good rain on that ground before planting and you should be good to go!!!

Skinny

So far we have 19 inch of rain.... Going to plant the last weekend in March of first weekend of April.. But do need more...

Getting it there took alot of seat time...

So sand or corn meal?

Learning toward sand....

[Stan R]

I am going to be over seeding my horse pasture too. Keep posting pictures of the field so we can see how it turns out over the spring / Summer.

Ranchdog

I will post those in my property thread I have going.

Heck This is the first time I have done anything like this...

I just turned 60 and having the time of my life..

[Stan R]

Soil test

[Skinny]

Man those soil tests results are always freaking out of whack!!! If you figure out how many pounds of each ingredient you need based on the actual % of the ingredient, the amount will blow you away at times!!!

Example: Nitrate is 32% I believe. If you put out 100#, that would only be 32# of nitrogen available for use. You need 85# per acre, so that's around 250# of N per acre...which seems about right for a hay field, but man, when you do that same math with P and K, it's a crazy amount of product being slung per acre!!!

Skinny

[unclefish]

Hey Stan....your pH was really low like mine was too - 4.9. My soil test called only 1 ton per acre too....which was not enough. That only raised it 1 point after a year. I added another ton per acre so it should be getting closer to 7. How much did you end up putting out?

If you have access to a culti-packer it will work better than a roller for making seed/soil contact. Those grooves on a culti-packer really firm up the seed and creates a moisture slot that really holds moisture and allows those small seeds to germinate better.

I would use sand.

[Stan R]

I do have a cultipacker... with grooves... I added braces and have two railroad ties on top for weight now.



Sand what ratio??

I was told that they only recommend 1 ton per acres per year. I am sure I will lime for the next several years.


The cost for the first part of the ferlizers was around $1000 for 10 acres...

[Stan R]

Man those soil tests results are always freaking out of whack!!! If you figure out how many pounds of each ingredient you need based on the actual % of the ingredient, the amount will blow you away at times!!!

Example: Nitrate is 32% I believe. If you put out 100#, that would only be 32# of nitrogen available for use. You need 85# per acre, so that's around 250# of N per acre...which seems about right for a hay field, but man, when you do that same math with P and K, it's a crazy amount of product being slung per acre!!!

Skinny

I think the 85# is the yearly number so they divide that over 3-4 applications.... most going on after each cutting. Still lots of ferlizer...

I hope the price of hay stays up.... going to be lucky to break even...

[dragonsdaddy]

think about planting a garden. it will take over and choke out any plants you n
desire to grow, regardless of your efforts to eradicate it.

[Moose]

Why would you not just hire someone to sprig coastal or better yet some tifton? I bet it would pay for itself ten fold over the next several years-

[Randy]

Why would you not just hire someone to sprig coastal or better yet some tifton? I bet it would pay for itself ten fold over the next several years-

No doubt

[Dusty Britches]

First, buy a bag of seed. You need plenty of liquids, so pick up a pack of beer, too.

When you get home, put the beer in the refrigerator, except for 1 that you are drinking. Get the equipment out of the tool shed. Bang head on low door header. Cuss. Drink a beer to make the head feel better.

Go back into the shed to get the spreader. Remember to duck the door on the way in. Move a bunch of stuff out of the way to find the spreader. Get side tracked with the tool box you found. Oh look! That's that thingamajig that you've been looking for 6 months and finally bought a new one last week! Chuckle at how buying a new thingy is the fastest way to find the one you had lost. Drink some beer and reflect on it for a while.

Walk outside, ducking the door. Look around. Oh! You forgot the spreader! Turn and run back into the shed, slamming the noggin against the door header. Stagger around and bump into the tool box, knocking it on the floor. Too much excitement. Drink a beer to relieve the pain. Grab the spreader and duck the door on your way out.

Open the bag of seed, tear it too far down the side, spilling the seed into a pile. Cuss. Pick up the seed by hand and put into the spreader. Leave a bunch of seed on the ground. Afterall, it is really tiny.

Walk out to the yard with the spreader and pull the lever to release the seed. Cuss. Forgot to reset the lever depth for bermuda seed from the last time you used it to spread dry fertilizer. Reset the lever depth.

Start over, walking thinking about how thirsty you are. Then it hits you. Gotta p! Dance around hoping to make it to the bathroom, but realize you aren't going to make it. The side of the house works, afterall, you are a man, right?

Might as well get another beer. Start walking with the spreader. Go about 200 feet and run out of seed. Go refill the spreader. Go about 200 feet. In no time you use up the whole bag.

Then you realize - you bought enough for 5 acres and you put it all out on your 100' x 60' yard. Cuss. Drink a beer. Put everything up. Sit in a lawn chair while you tell yourself that you will have a great looking yard because you spread it so thick. Then it hits you --- you are going to have to mow it!! Aaaggghhh!!!

Good luck!

[Stan R]

The above is very funny.....

[jsrickert2]

First, buy a bag of seed. You need plenty of liquids, so pick up a pack of beer, too.

When you get home, put the beer in the refrigerator, except for 1 that you are drinking. Get the equipment out of the tool shed. Bang head on low door header. Cuss. Drink a beer to make the head feel better.

Go back into the shed to get the spreader. Remember to duck the door on the way in. Move a bunch of stuff out of the way to find the spreader. Get side tracked with the tool box you found. Oh look! That's that thingamajig that you've been looking for 6 months and finally bought a new one last week! Chuckle at how buying a new thingy is the fastest way to find the one you had lost. Drink some beer and reflect on it for a while.

Walk outside, ducking the door. Look around. Oh! You forgot the spreader! Turn and run back into the shed, slamming the noggin against the door header. Stagger around and bump into the tool box, knocking it on the floor. Too much excitement. Drink a beer to relieve the pain. Grab the spreader and duck the door on your way out.

Open the bag of seed, tear it too far down the side, spilling the seed into a pile. Cuss. Pick up the seed by hand and put into the spreader. Leave a bunch of seed on the ground. Afterall, it is really tiny.

Walk out to the yard with the spreader and pull the lever to release the seed. Cuss. Forgot to reset the lever depth for bermuda seed from the last time you used it to spread dry fertilizer. Reset the lever depth.

Start over, walking thinking about how thirsty you are. Then it hits you. Gotta p! Dance around hoping to make it to the bathroom, but realize you aren't going to make it. The side of the house works, afterall, you are a man, right?

Might as well get another beer. Start walking with the spreader. Go about 200 feet and run out of seed. Go refill the spreader. Go about 200 feet. In no time you use up the whole bag.

Then you realize - you bought enough for 5 acres and you put it all out on your 100' x 60' yard. Cuss. Drink a beer. Put everything up. Sit in a lawn chair while you tell yourself that you will have a great looking yard because you spread it so thick. Then it hits you --- you are going to have to mow it!! Aaaggghhh!!!

Good luck!

Now thats is funny!

[holdem]

I know how to do what Dusty said but I don't know how to plant Burmuda or turnip seed.

[Stan R]

Why would you not just hire someone to sprig coastal or better yet some tifton? I bet it would pay for itself ten fold over the next several years-

Checking on this now......