[Market-farming] dealing with rye
sunnfarm at netscape.com
sunnfarm at netscape.com
Wed Jun 25 08:44:44 EDT 2008
John, When you bush hog tall rye and plow, the plow rakes up the straw and created giant "rye gobs".
I bush hog then if Im in a hurry I Howard rotavate it about 2" deep then plow which is what Im doing today with a vetch rye mix that I let go late into the season for its nitrogen value...One thing you can do is wait a month and let the rye straw weather then it will cut up with a disc harrow then plow... Bob.
Sunny Meadow Farm
Bridgeton, NJ.
--- john at seldomseenfarm.com wrote:
From: John Ferree <john at seldomseenfarm.com>
To: Market Farming <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [Market-farming] dealing with rye
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:05:21 -0400
last fall i put in about two acres of rye vetch. . .
may was cold and wet. then in june we got 13" of rain in two weeks. so
the rye is probably at or past the milky stage and 6' tall. i bush
hogged 3/4 of it. . . will hit it again, and probably overseed clover in
august. Since the spring has been messed up due to rain, a cold may,
etc. I was hoping to recover some losses with expanded fall plantings
in the last 3/4 acre patch of rye.
borrowed a 3 bottom plow. . . got it setup, and made a mess. the rye is
too tall and clogs the plow 50' into the field. plowing after mowing
creates a similar problem.
suck it up and buy the bagged fertilizer for a clear field? or is there
a way to salvage that 3/4 acre field?
really makes me wish i had a howard or spader. . .
thanks
john
danville,in
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