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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5655279" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>OK, a couple of questions for the experienced no-till planters on here. If I try to plant my fall plots using no-till (and not using a drill - my ground is far too rocky for that), what is the proper sequence of events? Let's assume I have knee-high to mid-thigh-high summer growth in the plots to start with. If I spray glysophate onto this standing growth, I probably won't get a good kill as the spray won't reach any ground-cover weeds. However, if I mow first and then spray, I still won't get a good burndown because duff will be covering a lot of the ground-cover weeds. Would I have to let the mowed areas regrow for a week or two and then spray to get a good burndown, then broadcast seed and cultipack? Any negatives to spraying and spreading seed and cultipacking on the same day? I would prefer not to have too much plot unproductive downtime, but I guess I could do plots in stages, keeping some productive while others are going through the mow/spray/seeding process.</p><p></p><p>In the past, when I used throw-and mow-planting techniques, I would mow, wait a week, spray, wait another week, and then broadcast seed. Germination rates with this technique were poor, but then I never considered cultipacking after spreading seed. Nor did I ever consider spraying and seeding the same day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5655279, member: 17"] OK, a couple of questions for the experienced no-till planters on here. If I try to plant my fall plots using no-till (and not using a drill - my ground is far too rocky for that), what is the proper sequence of events? Let's assume I have knee-high to mid-thigh-high summer growth in the plots to start with. If I spray glysophate onto this standing growth, I probably won't get a good kill as the spray won't reach any ground-cover weeds. However, if I mow first and then spray, I still won't get a good burndown because duff will be covering a lot of the ground-cover weeds. Would I have to let the mowed areas regrow for a week or two and then spray to get a good burndown, then broadcast seed and cultipack? Any negatives to spraying and spreading seed and cultipacking on the same day? I would prefer not to have too much plot unproductive downtime, but I guess I could do plots in stages, keeping some productive while others are going through the mow/spray/seeding process. In the past, when I used throw-and mow-planting techniques, I would mow, wait a week, spray, wait another week, and then broadcast seed. Germination rates with this technique were poor, but then I never considered cultipacking after spreading seed. Nor did I ever consider spraying and seeding the same day. [/QUOTE]
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