Got a tractor and disk? Sure make things a lot(!!!!!) easier.
With only 40 acres, there's some implements you can get for a 4 wheeler to make things easier too. Best o luck!
Got a tractor and disk? Sure make things a lot(!!!!!) easier.
Going back and forth about tractor and implements, sold everything when I sold my farms in Missouri. Thinking I might be money ahead to just rent a tractor when I need it.
You do not need a tractor. No need to disc dirt. All your doing is killing your top soil. Sprayer is your best friend. Start spraying plots now with glyphosate. Soil sample is most important. Without it you are just wasting money on fertilizer. Build your own brassica blend and add clover. After you spray everything. Get ready to do it again in August or September. Usually 1st weekend in October is planting day. Unless we are in a drought. Go broadcast your seed mix. Then mow all the dead grass with a mower leaving it about 6" tall. If there is any grass left. Usually we spray sooner and after a bit you have bare dirt. Do not over plant. When looking at brassica it will say 20 lbs per acre. If you mix 4 different seeds, that does not mean 20lbs of each seed. You are going for 20 lb total. Or 30 lb being broadcast. No fertilizer until plot is growing good and about 4 to 6 inches tall.Going back and forth about tractor and implements, sold everything when I sold my farms in Missouri. Thinking I might be money ahead to just rent a tractor when I need it.
Where do you send a soil sample? There was a university extension office where I am from that you picked up or requested a sample box be mailed to you and then you sent in the sample with a check. How does it work here?
I plant over in AL. I buy the sample boxes from the local COOP. They send it off to a commercial service for analysis. A report comes back and then I talk with the local manager about what and how much fertilizer lime to use.Where do you send a soil sample? There was a university extension office where I am from that you picked up or requested a sample box be mailed to you and then you sent in the sample with a check. How does it work here?