We use very little herbicides compared to conventional bare soil farming because the cover crops hold down weed pressure. I've found the less chemistry you can spray on your soil the better biological gains I see.
Corn roots love porous topsoil where the roots Gan grow down and out, I agree this is not the time of year to have root competition in a corn cash crop, hence the cover crop was terminated 2 weeks before planting. Now the corn roots have all those nutrients releasing from the cover crop root rhizosphere and avaliable for the corn roots to uptake and quickly. I'll post the emergence video, the corn plants pop up dark green, not white like alot of chemical corn grown around me. Just an observation. Farming, there is no "right way" to do it! Lol. Thanks.
Regenerative soil health and sustainable ag has consumer market asking for food grown this way, we need to connect the consumer directly with the consumer. Everyone wins.
Well.... we did it your way this year... used 28 for my carrier on the burndown. Rain delayed getting in this year though so termination was only 4 days ahead of planting. What type of clover? Also how many pounds of clover/vetch/rye are you planting?
Hopefully this way works out for you! Lol. I dunno if I'd call it "my way" I'm simply sharing observations. Have you noticed that the corn came up better and found nitrogen sooner? The weather throws us somthing totally diff every year. We had alot of late planted soybeans around my area. I won't curse the rain. I'm drilling about 35-50 lbs of elbon cerial rye specificly and about 3-5 lbs of clover and maybe 5-8 lbs of vetch. Vetch does not over winter that well in my area I'm finding. It's tuff to find a good overwintering legume you can count on! Let me know if you've found any you have consistent luck with. Usually just a cool season white or crimson (red) clover. I've tried em all. The Rye is definitely doing the bulk of the soil aggregation and pushing roots 40+ inches deep. I'll be interested to see how your stuff looks. You should put up a vid once it's looking good! I'll give it a shout out. Thanks. And keep in touch. I subbed your channel.
@@growthefarmup2606 I had a filter plug on my boom that I didn't catch in time. So I have about a 1.5 rounds where 20 ft of the boom wasn't spraying the best (if at all). I will have to get a video of the difference because when I went back to fix the spray job I just used water not the 28%. That corn sure doesn't seem like it is going to do much. As far as the rest of it.... Probably the strongest no till stand I have ever had. I am not too good of a corn grower though, but I am excited for what areas of this field will do. You are pushing the cover pounds more than I am willing to spend, but boy does that look nice. I have been doing 8-10 way mix but still less pounds. After wheat this year I put black oats in the mix for the first time and LOVED the root structure in the late fall. Looks like you plant on an angle compared to the row crop. I have been doing that as well. I think it makes for a more consistent furrow when you are crossing the cover row rather than running in it the entire time. Legumes are tough. I do use crimson clover and typically it does ok. Winter peas have been hit and miss. I need to get back to vetch, haven't included it the last couple years. Seems like I remember an older video of yours where it was all peas and had a good stand. How did that corn finish out???? 616 901 0251 feel free to call or text any time. Love what you are doing. Would like to visit your farm some time but I am quite a way away (Lansing MI).
@@bantambrio I'm glad your liking what you see. Sometimes what I think are mistakes at the time... turn into an education. I try to not make my education too expensive! Lol. Your right that would be a very interesting video, I've tried it and had much the same result. Thank you for the kind words. I'll be looking for that vid!
Btw your videos are great, and the fact that you are not trying to make money out of it gives extra points.
Absolutely interested in more!
Thanks for the input, ive been a terrible youtuber lately. Lol. I'll get more vids of emergence and get into it!
how is the corn able to whitstand the herbicide?
We use very little herbicides compared to conventional bare soil farming because the cover crops hold down weed pressure. I've found the less chemistry you can spray on your soil the better biological gains I see.
Corn roots dont tolerate other roots, is that for live or dead plant roots?
Corn roots love porous topsoil where the roots Gan grow down and out, I agree this is not the time of year to have root competition in a corn cash crop, hence the cover crop was terminated 2 weeks before planting. Now the corn roots have all those nutrients releasing from the cover crop root rhizosphere and avaliable for the corn roots to uptake and quickly. I'll post the emergence video, the corn plants pop up dark green, not white like alot of chemical corn grown around me. Just an observation.
Farming, there is no "right way" to do it! Lol. Thanks.
Praise God for organic agriculture
Regenerative soil health and sustainable ag has consumer market asking for food grown this way, we need to connect the consumer directly with the consumer. Everyone wins.
Well.... we did it your way this year... used 28 for my carrier on the burndown. Rain delayed getting in this year though so termination was only 4 days ahead of planting. What type of clover? Also how many pounds of clover/vetch/rye are you planting?
Hopefully this way works out for you! Lol. I dunno if I'd call it "my way" I'm simply sharing observations. Have you noticed that the corn came up better and found nitrogen sooner? The weather throws us somthing totally diff every year. We had alot of late planted soybeans around my area. I won't curse the rain.
I'm drilling about 35-50 lbs of elbon cerial rye specificly and about 3-5 lbs of clover and maybe 5-8 lbs of vetch. Vetch does not over winter that well in my area I'm finding. It's tuff to find a good overwintering legume you can count on! Let me know if you've found any you have consistent luck with. Usually just a cool season white or crimson (red) clover. I've tried em all. The Rye is definitely doing the bulk of the soil aggregation and pushing roots 40+ inches deep. I'll be interested to see how your stuff looks. You should put up a vid once it's looking good! I'll give it a shout out.
Thanks. And keep in touch. I subbed your channel.
@@growthefarmup2606 I had a filter plug on my boom that I didn't catch in time. So I have about a 1.5 rounds where 20 ft of the boom wasn't spraying the best (if at all). I will have to get a video of the difference because when I went back to fix the spray job I just used water not the 28%. That corn sure doesn't seem like it is going to do much.
As far as the rest of it.... Probably the strongest no till stand I have ever had. I am not too good of a corn grower though, but I am excited for what areas of this field will do.
You are pushing the cover pounds more than I am willing to spend, but boy does that look nice. I have been doing 8-10 way mix but still less pounds. After wheat this year I put black oats in the mix for the first time and LOVED the root structure in the late fall. Looks like you plant on an angle compared to the row crop. I have been doing that as well. I think it makes for a more consistent furrow when you are crossing the cover row rather than running in it the entire time.
Legumes are tough. I do use crimson clover and typically it does ok. Winter peas have been hit and miss. I need to get back to vetch, haven't included it the last couple years. Seems like I remember an older video of yours where it was all peas and had a good stand. How did that corn finish out????
616 901 0251 feel free to call or text any time. Love what you are doing. Would like to visit your farm some time but I am quite a way away (Lansing MI).
@@bantambrio I'm glad your liking what you see. Sometimes what I think are mistakes at the time... turn into an education. I try to not make my education too expensive! Lol. Your right that would be a very interesting video, I've tried it and had much the same result. Thank you for the kind words. I'll be looking for that vid!