Stacey from Dyers Crossing Farm Care runs through the process of preparing & planting mixed pasture seed using minimal tillage sowing for sustainable grazing
I like what you're doing but.... 1) You actually need to make multiple passes. You have 3 different seed sizes, that means that you NEED TO calibrate the drill for each seed size. By just drilling it in, you're allowing too much of the smaller seed to drop. 2) You never gave the actual seed mixture. That goes back to the calibration of the drill. 3) You never talked about the soil test. That's key for crop determination as well as knowing what & how much fertilizer to apply. Like I said, I really do like your over-seeding application. You put it together well. And as an FYI, that drill looks like a general grain drill. Of which a general grain drill will work to drill this type of application. Good video
Thanks for this. Would be interesting to have seen the paddock before, immediately after, and ~3 months after to see how it turned out. Also, it's not clear to me what you were hoping to achieve (e.g., just increased biodiversity? improved soil? improved nutrition?) and how well those goals were achieved.
I brought a Conner Shea direct drill to drill 400 acres would never use a direct drill again to many things to go wrong with them I am going back to a tined seeder less that can go wrong
