Using a Seed Drill to Overseed our Hay Field and Pasture - Kasco HayMaker
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2024
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Hi..... Evan and Rebecca thank you for showing your video homestead beautiful great good job BYE
That's a fancy chicken feeder. 😂
U beat me to it😀
It pays to have friends like Kasco Manufacturing, great video and great job as usual Evan.
YOUR CHICKENS ARE UNDOING YOUR HARD WORK !
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Your chickens are enjoying the seeds
I really enjoy your videos Evan. I grew up on a farm and always wanted one of my own. But with all the health problems I have that’s not possible. I get a lot of enjoyment watching your videos. Hope you have a wonderful day.
Drill some turnips in with your pasture mix, makes great winter feed for stock
Good job Evan. I hope it grows well ! I LOVE YOU GUYS !!! 🥰 🥰
As always great video my friend thank you and God bless you all mate
Looks like the seeder did a great job. Too bad we have to wait so long to see the results. Nothing like seeing something grow.
Cannot wait to see the seeds growing to lush fields. ❤
Great video. Nice mix of grasses. Looking forward to what the hay field looks like.
The Haymaster did a really good job. Darn those chickens. ❤❤
Did you not see the chickens eating the seeds? You bought some pretty expensive chicken feed. I would have run a roller across the fields closing the furrows. But that's just me. 👍👍👍
Having never farmed, it was cool to see how those farm implements work. Thanks.
Seed to soil contact means the seed has no exposure to air/sunlight. If you get a rain you'll be okay.
The most challenging part of running a rig with a packer is the conflict between getting disks to penetrate while having enough pressure on the packer to close the furrow. Its easynto have the packer pressure set so strong that it holds your disk openers off the ground - or visaversa.
Many grasses do fine if broadcast over the top of a growing crop. The only issue is whether they can compete with established plants for moisture and get sunlight once they germinate. Good luck.
Great video the cleanup crew looks like they follow you and make sure that there’s no extra grass seed
Absolutely love this kind of content. Something about seeding pastures I just interesting.
LOL At 11:50 you are talking about wasting seed and the chickens stroll past, DON'T MIND US JUST LOOKING FOR SEED. 🐤🤣
yes, but they're not in main pasture
@@snake21ab He just seeded that area as well.
And they are'nt even having to scratch for it...bahaha
quite amusing watching the chooks eat the seed you just drilled!
That is just what your fields needed. The result will be impressive wait and see.
Looks like your timing just right for moisture , time of year and the fields grass is at a good height as well .
That seed drill did a nice job, I should use one of those for my pastures. I have tried broadcast seeding before with about the same results as you. I hope that it does good for you, thanks for sharing, have a good evening!
I have roughly disced ground, broad cast seed, then pulled cultipacker over to bond seed to soil. Always had good results with this method. btw you can pull old chain link fence.
Nice mixture. I use Timothy, rye and orchard grass seed which is my favorite. Good luck this hay season!!!
We researched novel perennial fescue grass. It has “safe” endophytes for livestock but it lasts longer than endophyte free fescue. We are using our new drill seeder today on pastures for future horses etc today with that seed included! Our local feed store didn’t even know about that seed either! They were very interested. We are in Indiana.
Nice job
I recently watched a video where they show a technique of germinating grass seed before they spread the seed. The seeds were soaked and strained in 5 gallon paint strainer bags. They had to be planted at the first sign of germination or the bag becomes a tangled mess. The grass grew quickly and without the need for extra watering care that is usually needed to get the grass to germinate.
You both have a really nice place.
Thanks Evan
Learned a lot !!!!
Ya that seeder does a great Job, nice mixes also 👍 I'm playing manure spreader today ( #no tractor only 2 acres ) I just use a wheel barrel & muck from the winter area and a very long garden hose lol. The hose is 2 100' hoses connected so it reaches quite far on our 2 acres. I'm in Northern BC Canada, we still have some snow in patches on the field and its quite wet, so a tractor would just make a mess n e way
Fescue, orchard grass, clover is an excellent grass hay mixture.
Great job
The best way to seed in a hayfield to get a (mixed variety) hayfield like (a legume and a grass like timothy) is to drill each type of seed separately into different areas of the field in wide strips or across the field like maybe corner to corner of the field so the tall grasses don't shade or crowd out the legumes and then after cutting rake the two together to get a mixture for baling. That should help make it to where less reseeding is required and if you do reseed it will be easier to see and remember to use the right seed in the right area of the field.
Thx for sharing
@11:27 Explaining over seeding and seeds, chickens are thinking buffet time!!!
Might have to put more tension on rear roller to close furrows better.
Good job explaining your work...really enjoyed video....Spring is here !!!
There's your chickens enjoying the new seed supply to scratch around for.
Planting this way rather than broadcast the seeds go into the ground and are safe from birds eating half of them. Good job one more time.
Property is looking great. We have never had luck seeding in the spring. Those chicken's love grass seed you know. I left a bag by the shed one year while seeding the field 3 chickens were in the seed bag enjoying the buffet I left them.
I really think you will want a seed drill of your own ! once you see the results you get from using it...the problem is they are more than a decent tractor !!!! very expensive ! but from what I understand , they are worth the money ! I think you will need to seed drill the big pasture you have been prepairing real heavy sense it hasn't been hay last year... i would plant it real soon ...it will be expensive to seed that big field but it will be a great crop if you do ! and you might consider renting a bail truck to make it easier good luck Even, keep after it !
2ees educational enjoying
I really admire the care you and Rebecca put into your land. Removing trash and debris, making sure the pasture produces good hay. So many farmers just seem to treat their land worse than dirt.
How could that be ?The land is farmed to produce best yields possible, which produces more income. The more you put into something, the better reward.
Thanks for sharing!
Enjoyed your video. Hopefully you some great hay fields this year.
You should mow the hay fields now that you seeded to put a good layer of mulch and organic matter on the field
Terrific video. But the chickens eating the grass seed at the end was a little frustrating.
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On another farm channel the guy was putting corn seed in the ground and he
set his planter at 1". WOW! I think thats a bit deep, but, he is the professional.
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1st comment great video as always
thx
Great job keep up the great work love your videos thank you
Ideally you now leave that reseeded pasture for at least a couple of months to let the grass get deep enough roots to avoid being pulled out by grazing sheep.
@ 11:41 those silver laced wyandottes was pickin at your work
Living in TN, I’ve tried fescue sowing in the spring and it’s never worked. Every time I’ve done fall has been a huge success.
I sub to a farm channel in NJ. They put 3500 ac into hay each year. One spring, after planting he told us he put $30,000 worth of seed in the ground that season.
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Your chickens are eating your seed, hope you grow lots of grass.
I don’t know where you buy your seed but learned a hard and expensive lesson one time. The place I’d been getting seed from had a huge stockpile in some warehouse. Some of the seeds were old as dirt. Once I found a place I could buy fresher seed I got a much much better result using the same seed drill I’ve used many times on the other seed. Sometimes it is not the method or the timing, it the seed.
i have always liked the double disk openers on drills they seem to Cut the furrow open through grass a little better most single disk openers have a boot with a knife between the disk and seed boot. couldn't tell on the little drill you had. most new drills are "fluted feed " and older ones are what is called "double run " with a large side and a small side seed cup, i dont think they work very well for grasses . a paint brush works good to "sweep " the drill out . reseeding is hard as the seed is shaded and some grasses (alfalfa) produce a chemical that restricts germination
Nice way to inner seed a pasture. I've been thinking about trying to step up some of my pasture ground. But I grew up being told you can't plant alfalfa behind alfalfa. It has to be rotated out for a year because of what they call auto toxicity. But since yours was all dead anyway, maybe it will grow for you. This past fall I planted rye on a few acres to try it as a cover crop. It got a good start, and my beef cows really like grazing it. They have eaten far less hay than normal, but it has also been a mild winter. I'm seriously considering drone seeding it again into standing corn this fall for them to have for grazing next year. If it saves as much hay as it has this year, it'll be worth it. From what I've read, they say to seed it when the corn is starting to turn brown and dry down. I'll be looking into that this summer for sure! Good luck with your rejuvenation, I'm anxious to see it work for you!
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De kippen nu ook. Die zien het zaad ook liggen
Chickens love it
Surely beats the bag slung over your shoulder and cranking the broadcaster while you tromp across the field like my Dad used to do!
Great work! Who put up your pole barn? I’m looking into putting one up and I’m in southern IL as well.
Evan, why plant in Spring? I thought most folks plant grass in Fall. Where did you get the seed from?
Enjoying your channel very much
Looks like your chickens are recycling your newly planted pasture seeds, will be intresting to see results of your reseeded pasture?
What’s the expected germination time on the pasture and hay field? I’m anxious to see how they turn out.
Would a broadcast spreader work or is it dramatically less effective?
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Better to seed after cutting the hay as it gives the seed better chance with less competitions from the established grass
Have u put out any manure/fertilizer Evan?
We fertilized earlier this year, based off of the soil sample results.
Hey Hey hello y'all, I see no green house on your property. Wondering why
Does adding a layer of straw help with germination after seeding then watering?
Only in window boxes and raised beds.
The chickens are eating up all the seeds you put down!😂
Oh wow you may find some grass seed inside your chicken eggs?
RYE grass, it comes up good, but it does nothing and most dies off every year. blue grass is a good spring grass but dies easy in the heat, and clover. all these cover good, but your feed stock fescue, gets smothered out by all of this from the start. and once the other three start to die, your fescue is left thin, so its not a good feed source unless you seed every year, just some old time advice. check on it with someone who has been doing much much longer.
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Are you going to plant any alfalfa?
The chickens will eat the seed they can get to.
How does a guy get on the free loan program, I live about 50 miles from Shelbyville ?
It looks like your 1 chicken was eating the grass seed you had just put down.
Thanks for sharing with us Evan, the planter was doing a good job and the UN-Planters (chickens) were sure enjoying it too. Didn't look like the compacter was doing it's job on the last pasture? The chickens could see the seeds and were eating good. Stay safe and keep up the good work. Fred.
That's what I was thinking. It seemed like most of the seed was visible especially since we could see it in the video. Hopefully works out.
Well I think your chickens are going to eat all your seed.LOL
How far can you spread per full hopper?
All depends on how big the hopper is, the seed variety, and the desired cropping rate.
The Chickens will eat half your seeds or more.
Your chickens are out there, eating the seed
At $15k that thing better work. Now I see why you borrowed that and not just went out and bought it
Doesn’t look like it’s closing up real well.
It looks like you need to get your chickens out of there, or your seed will be kaput !
I was thinking the same thing
Have you eaten the rooster yet ???
Well. Those chickens will eat’n your seeds you just planted .. maybe not..
Either the grass grows or the chickens will fatten up. Chicken plucking fowl, ever relentless. Their time will come.
I don't trust this yet. Already 2 freezing nights.
Keep the chickens & birds out of the fields bc they will come in and eat the seed before it has a chance to sprout.
Peter said to them repent and each of you be Immersed in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins Acts 2:38
Your chickens are going to eat them all
New way of feeding chickens lol. Hope it all turns out okay
Hope the chickens not eating the seeds
No, they are just counting them, and checking that they are the right way up.
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