My plot I made using a lawn de-thatcher.

Here is a run down of one of my plots and what I did to make it.It is about a 1/4 acre.

I tried the spray round up a few times and broadcast seeds method last year, but with me spraying by mistake 24-D (thought it was round up left over)and a drought, 10 brassica plants and a few clover patches came up. My other plot I didnt mix in 24-d came in awesome.

So I figure I would give it another try this year as there was nothing much growing there. Plus the rocks in this plot,I kept the equipment out of it. I live on a farm with access to a big dozer and backhoe, but I choose to mess around with my ATV.

This spring I sprayed round up(tank mixed some Antler King Plot Max) at first green up with my ATV homemade boom sprayer. I broadcasted some pellitized lime and drug that in/had good rains. I followed up with spot spraying round up as needed with my Hand Pump sprayer up until last week.

This past weekend I broadcasted some fertilizer(20-19-19) and seeds (brace yourself) a Antler King mix called "Slam Dunk" (25%radishes,25%Athena Rape,25%Buckwheat, 25%Winter Pea) and little bit of their "Honey Hole" (3 varieties of rape and 2 varieties of turnips).

So I broadcasted the fertilizer/seeds and then drug my lawn de thatcher around with my 4 wheeler. Here are some pictures of the job it did. I like the lines it makes/ kinda like a cultipacker. I couldnt find any of the seeds I broadcasted as it did a good job covering it.
(crappy cell phone pictures)

Treestand view(I got a super small brassica plot right underneath me)


So I will update this post with pictures. Got a little bit of rain after planting. We will see what happens and thanks for looking!

 

here is a update if anyone is reading :


here is a up close picture and you can see the buckwheat in the mix growing taller then the brassicas and they are getting nipped off like they are suppose to.

 

Looks really great hope to put a lot in next spring. Lost time and had a lot going on.


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Nice work, turned out great!

 

Ya thanks. I just broadcasted some 19-19-19 and hope some rain is moving in soon! I also hit it with Jolt(Foliar fertilizer spray).

 

Awesome! I love that and that is beautiful country!!! Nice job, thanks for posting the followup pics!

 

Plot looks very nice. Those are some big rocks.

 

you should see the rock they got out with the payloader in the field next to this plot. Size of a car. We got some big rocks around here for sure.

 

Awesome job. Goes to show what you can do with minimal equipment.

 

Looking great! Hope it pays off for ya.

 

Wow very nice man

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That looks great!

 

Nice work - great spot to kill a buck!

 

Came out awesome man. I never thought to use a dethatcher I'm trying it.

 

Looks great! Nice work

 

looks good!

 

Looks great. Should be a real honey hole.

 

Thanks for the replies. "HONEY HOLE" is one of the two mixes I used here.

I live on a farm, so there is lots of big machines, but I choose to do stuff on the small scale. My other 3 small plots used to be brush/rock piles then the backhoe/dozer made them flat.

But armed with a pump sprayer, round up, broadcast spreader and some sorta drag you can get creative.

 

looks good

 

The plot looks great Jake. Scoot