I'm new to this forum, I was hoping someone out there could tell me what is the best forage seed that will grow and not die out in the summer heat. We live about an hour north west of San Antonio, Texas. The ground is dry and some what sandy. I haven't had much luck on the internet, of course everyone's seed is the best. Then you read the reviews and find out differently. I'm planting Rye grass now but in the spring i need something that will flourish through the Texas heat as well
I'm wanting to do some spraying with a hydrostatic lawn tractor, or Kubota just bigger than lawn tractor size, also with a hydrostatic transmission. With a manual transmission tractor it's easy enough to figure out ground speed in a given gear at a specific rpm. Up hill or down, keep the rpm stable and ground speed is the same. A hydrostatic transmission complicates matters in regards to maintaining a given speed, no tachometer and a hydo transmission and I'm lost. I'm looking for something that is hopefully cheap and easy to give me a fairly accurate ground speed. My cell phone isn't smart, the guy operating it isn't either, and with the very irregular shape and hilly fields I have I don't think an IQ upgrade to the phone would be beneficial. Any ideas?
Hello,
I have a few acres of 2nd year orchard/fescue field. We baled it this year and it is a good, clean field (we use no chemicals on it). There are spots in it, however, that are still bare and it could be denser for sure. We had no rain this summer and then it all came in a few large rain events that prevented me from overseeding the field to get the stand even stronger and denser. Since annual ryegrass can be seeded now still, are there any negatives to overseeding the field with it and getting a mixed grass hay out of it (orchard/fescue/ryegrass)? I am in the Piedmont of Virginia if that matters and this hay is intended for horses.
Thanks!
I just leased some coastal fields that have been grazed for the last ten years. Fields have a few small mesquites which a chain saw and an ax will take care of. About 2 plus inches of heavy thatch is almost present on 70 plus acres. Short of a controlled burn to remove it I am wondering how to tackle this problem. I have never had this problem and have no idea. It also has heavy weeds in the low spots above the terraces in about half the fields. I should be able to brush hog the weeds and spray this spring. I intend to rip it all apply liquid fertilizer and preemergent in the spring. Am I on the right track? Thanks in advance for any help.
