We have a Massey Ferguson 33 seed drill that I think is older than even my father:-) It has been used forever but still works adequately so no hope convincing my dad to replace it with a Brillion. This year we had a new meadow of alfalfa and timothy and you could see the rows where the seeds fell, and nothing in between. This being a dry year a lot of dust was kicked up while making the hay so I had to sell it for cattle.
Rather than use the seeder like my father / grandfather / great grandfather where they carefully pass over the land with a roller trailing behind, I would like to sow in one direction without the roller attached, then seed in a perpendicular direction with it attached. I would seed at half the rate because I am going over the ground twice, but I am wondering if this would give me better ground coverage (faster formation of sod), and therefore less dust if we get a dry year again?
My father never heard of anybody doing this in our area.
Seeding in 2 directions
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