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<blockquote data-quote="DoubleRidge" data-source="post: 5434054" data-attributes="member: 20594"><p>If I had a no-till drill there is no doubt my method would be spray & drill...I'd try my best to never open the weed seed bank and with thatch left on top of the soil we have a better chance of maintaining moisture, building soil and have less issues with erosion....but.... buying a no-till drill is a significant investment....so there is an option of renting one. Our local Co-op drill is $300 per day...catch there is you must have a tractor large and heavy enough to safely operate... especially if you are on hilly terrain....so if you don't want to plow, disk or till and cultipack....and you don't have a drill....that leaves the method of spray, sow and mow....and our experience with spray and sow has been ok...some plots better than others....none of the plots would make it in a magazine...none of them are "glamor plots"....but all of them are capable of generating tons of food for wildlife....and timing is everything with spray, sow and mow....for starters don't let the vegetation your spraying get too tall....if it's only a foot or so tall you can literally sow your seed (heavy) then spray same day and once brown the thatch, with a heavy rain, will naturally lay down over the seed....but if the material your spraying is too tall then I'll spray....wait a week....sow seed...then mow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DoubleRidge, post: 5434054, member: 20594"] If I had a no-till drill there is no doubt my method would be spray & drill...I'd try my best to never open the weed seed bank and with thatch left on top of the soil we have a better chance of maintaining moisture, building soil and have less issues with erosion....but.... buying a no-till drill is a significant investment....so there is an option of renting one. Our local Co-op drill is $300 per day...catch there is you must have a tractor large and heavy enough to safely operate... especially if you are on hilly terrain....so if you don't want to plow, disk or till and cultipack....and you don't have a drill....that leaves the method of spray, sow and mow....and our experience with spray and sow has been ok...some plots better than others....none of the plots would make it in a magazine...none of them are "glamor plots"....but all of them are capable of generating tons of food for wildlife....and timing is everything with spray, sow and mow....for starters don't let the vegetation your spraying get too tall....if it's only a foot or so tall you can literally sow your seed (heavy) then spray same day and once brown the thatch, with a heavy rain, will naturally lay down over the seed....but if the material your spraying is too tall then I'll spray....wait a week....sow seed...then mow. [/QUOTE]
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