Evan, sometimes in my experiance it's fruitless to mix seed because I've found the smaller heavier seeds tend to work their way to the bottom of the spreader as using it. Then they tend to get spread separately anyhow
Evan why don't you plant Triticale wheat in that corn field. I planted 40 acres of broke ground next to 120 acres of pasture. It worked great 20 cow calves pair grazed it over the winter. Then in the spring June harvested it at 30 bushel to the acre at 1,200 bushel at $4.30 a bushel. Worked great.
Another technique to get an even spread is to dial it back to half the rate and make a second pass at 90 degrees to the first. Doesn’t make sense on large plots but on a field this size it should work well. I’ll be interested to see how this field shapes up after another year. Good luck.
I spent years spreading hundreds of tons of fertilizer by a similar method. I had a note book with various aperture settings and corresponding speeds to fit differing conditions and it worked well. GRASS however was always different. It was iffy to put all the seed in the hopper, you need some in case of? Half rate and going over it twice is the best option. All in all,,,Good job
Thanks for sharing with us Evan, sure hope this seeding works better for you this year. You folks stay safe and keep up the great videos and the fun you all have around there. Fred.
It's been a while since we've done some seeding on our farm, probably due, overdue! It's a little bit of an art around here on the seeding and when I fertilize, usually overlap too much. I enjoyed watching, thanks and have a fantastic Friday and weekend ahead.
That brought back memories. My Dad insisted that we cross seed, go one way and then 90 degrees, across the seeding. As a teenager, it seemed like nonsense additional work. His hay fields and pastures always produced evenly. Dang it. I couldn't come up with a good argument against the cross seeding. Your video made me smile, remembering my Dad.
Been watching your channel for years now - at least two maybe three years. So I've been watching your progress and learning cycles. I dream of owning a farm, until that happens, I'm grateful for being able to live it from your eyes and kind of pre learn my lessons through you. I watch similar channels to yours, but your work ethic and unwillingness to give up (that tractor project is beyond my comprehension of taking on...your brave!). Point is, love your channel, so glad Rebecca is showing up more.
Frost seeding works great, I frost seed my switch grass in late October and I get great results, also I have frost seeded clover and chicory will great results .
Another trick for spacing i call poor mans gps take a couple of pieces of tape and put it on your window after the first pass and after you get the spacing on your 2nd pass put the tape where it covers your tire tracks through the window not perfect but over a large field!! i have even wiped a streak of spit on the window ! lol ! good luck
This was a fun video, watching how things are done. We see the machines all the time, not much in action. We are still connected. Thank you. Sonja and Christopher
Great video. We have a different climate here and so after we have spread the seed we have to go over it with a set of grass harrows to work it in. Then go over it with a roller. Thanks for showing us how you do it. All the best 🇬🇧.
Great job Evan, I just did some spreading myself a few weeks ago. Little bit different climate here so I just spread some ryegrass to hopefully help out on spring grazing.
I kick myself for not buying a spreader like that at rural king in Terre Haute it had faded paint and looked rough but functioned perfectly for 75 dollars but I wasn’t in my truck at the time I should have bought it then drove over and picked it up later that day
Our hay fields were Bahia and didn't have to replant the hay fields annually. We would top (brushhog)the bahia in the spring then fertilize and get 3-cuttings to bail.
I aways thought that was a good method Farmer Tyler Ranch came up with Evan to keep your tractor on course. I guess you could call it the poor man's GPS system. But it seems to be a good way to keep you from overlapping too much or leaving out spots. Thanks for sharing it.
Good vid. Im already too late first week of March here in NC as we are getting grass growing, trees budding and blossoming and even daffodils already up and flowering… odd winter for us this year with zero snow….Also skipped weed kill last year due to astronomical costs so in line for that with high pressure weeds in pasture this spring already… will address that first then after seed once thats managed…
Surely easier than walking and hand cranking a seeder like my Dad did. He was really good at applying seed that way though. I have never been able to establish a good rthymn to do it by hand.
It will be very interesting to see how this turns out. The broadcast spreader is typically more accessible to people versus the drill. Would you have considered adding a little nitrogen in with the grass seed to give it the first boost. Good luck.
Put the mixer on a platform so that it's higher than the trash can for ease of dumping and less struggling trying to hit the can when dumping the mix. Fewer moving parts makes for easier work.
Is there really hope of germinating seeds in an established field? I would've thunk one would have to scratch up the surface a bit with a harrow at least?
👍👍👍👍👍👌🤞nice job with the multiple runs over the pasture should help the seed to soil contact as well, hopefully you will have a very green April/May Great Job!!!
Is this over existing hay grass? I wanted to do that this fall but my grass seed wasn't available to purchase ... bad year for seed 😥. Be interesting to see how this grows 😄
Another thing to do is lighten the load. You have a quick attach loader. Drop it off on one of those grain bin slabs and the tractor will be significantly lighter. Even, just taking the bucket off lessens the weight. Good video!
I could use more volume I moved into a room with more noise and your videos are marginally loud enough at full volume I have everything at 100% now What can i do?
Is there any kind of prep work needed before top-seeding in an existing field? I've planted a lot of food plots, and done a fair amount of frost-seeding, but we always do something to expose the surface of the soil at least a little bit, so those tiny seeds can get down to dirt. In my experience, failure to do this turns out to be feeding birds more than anything else.
Not real familiar with hay fields but for a yard you would overseed early fall. Is hay different? Reason being the grass has more time to establish roots for the sumer heat. Just a question nice video
Evan, sometimes in my experiance it's fruitless to mix seed because I've found the smaller heavier seeds tend to work their way to the bottom of the spreader as using it. Then they tend to get spread separately anyhow
I'm watching Tyler farmer ranch all time since you suggested it lol
Evan why don't you plant Triticale wheat in that corn field. I planted 40 acres of broke ground next to 120 acres of pasture. It worked great 20 cow calves pair grazed it over the winter. Then in the spring June harvested it at 30 bushel to the acre at 1,200 bushel at $4.30 a bushel. Worked great.
Another technique to get an even spread is to dial it back to half the rate and make a second pass at 90 degrees to the first. Doesn’t make sense on large plots but on a field this size it should work well. I’ll be interested to see how this field shapes up after another year. Good luck.
A farmers job is never done, God bless you
Nice video. Seeding the fields is as earthy as you can get.
I spent years spreading hundreds of tons of fertilizer by a similar method. I had a note book with various aperture settings and corresponding speeds to fit differing conditions and it worked well. GRASS however was always different. It was iffy to put all the seed in the hopper, you need some in case of? Half rate and going over it twice is the best option. All in all,,,Good job
Good morning!🌹🌹🌹
Thanks for sharing with us Evan, sure hope this seeding works better for you this year. You folks stay safe and keep up the great videos and the fun you all have around there. Fred.
Hey Fred!
Good video. Thank you Evan.
Sure hope the seeding takes hold. No worries about the spill. Happens to the best of us.
So happy you are back mate all the best to you and your wife and family mate
It's been a while since we've done some seeding on our farm, probably due, overdue! It's a little bit of an art around here on the seeding and when I fertilize, usually overlap too much. I enjoyed watching, thanks and have a fantastic Friday and weekend ahead.
That brought back memories. My Dad insisted that we cross seed, go one way and then 90 degrees, across the seeding. As a teenager, it seemed like nonsense additional work. His hay fields and pastures always produced evenly. Dang it. I couldn't come up with a good argument against the cross seeding. Your video made me smile, remembering my Dad.
Great job nice having that seeder
Your doing fine ,well done ,please keep videos coming nice to see the farm progress,
Great Work Evan...
Your experience is showing up in your work.
Seeing the previous tire marks on the field, I'm like, that's where the chain came off twice. Lol
Been watching your channel for years now - at least two maybe three years. So I've been watching your progress and learning cycles. I dream of owning a farm, until that happens, I'm grateful for being able to live it from your eyes and kind of pre learn my lessons through you. I watch similar channels to yours, but your work ethic and unwillingness to give up (that tractor project is beyond my comprehension of taking on...your brave!). Point is, love your channel, so glad Rebecca is showing up more.
Hello Evan and Rebecca
White Lyme is the best for the fields !
You ought to have really good coverage now! And they were white lunch bags
Awesome work, hope it will do well, I thought Tyler's idea with the Post was pretty good to. Thanks for sharing
Very good great job looking great love your videos thank you
Enjoyed video
You should have used a no till drill last fall.
Frost seeding works great, I frost seed my switch grass in late October and I get great results, also I have frost seeded clover and chicory will great results .
Nice job
Another great video, Evan. Can't wait to see the pastures all nice and green. Springtime is just around the corner.
Another trick for spacing i call poor mans gps take a couple of pieces of tape and put it on your window after the first pass and after you get the spacing on your 2nd pass put the tape where it covers your tire tracks through the window not perfect but over a large field!! i have even wiped a streak of spit on the window ! lol ! good luck
Here comes the birds Evan.
Good video!
This was a fun video, watching how things are done. We see the machines all the time, not much in action. We are still connected. Thank you. Sonja and Christopher
You are a hoot
Really love what you're doing to the place! The vision and details are AWESOME! Great explanations as well! I've got a LONG way to go! 😂😂
Spring is Just around the corner!
I had a question ... And at 10:08 you answered it. Awesome 😎
Great video!!!
Enjoyed another video , I sure do miss driving a tractor any more
I wish I could even think about seeding. Here in east central Minnesota, we have about 30” of snow on the ground.
Great video. We have a different climate here and so after we have spread the seed we have to go over it with a set of grass harrows to work it in. Then go over
it with a roller. Thanks for showing us how you do it. All the best 🇬🇧.
Awesome should be good this year.
Great job Evan, I just did some spreading myself a few weeks ago. Little bit different climate here so I just spread some ryegrass to hopefully help out on spring grazing.
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At 2:40 recpgnize our good old evans 🤪
Put the mixer on a tarp next time. easy way to recover from minor ooops!
Hope it works Evan have a great day.
Nice one Evan
You should do some more work with the old fashioned tractors I really like them it reminds me of my uncles farm so much
Don't birds get to the seeds before they even sprout?
I kick myself for not buying a spreader like that at rural king in Terre Haute it had faded paint and looked rough but functioned perfectly for 75 dollars but I wasn’t in my truck at the time I should have bought it then drove over and picked it up later that day
The birds will enjoy that seed. 😊
Our hay fields were Bahia and didn't have to replant the hay fields annually. We would top (brushhog)the bahia in the spring then fertilize and get 3-cuttings to bail.
Love the little plug for Farmer Tyler Ranch there 👍👍
well I guess Arms Family Homestead they buying a drill to drill some grass seed for his fields but he got more then you do I think
I aways thought that was a good method Farmer Tyler Ranch came up with Evan to keep your tractor on course. I guess you could call it the poor man's GPS system. But it seems to be a good way to keep you from overlapping too much or leaving out spots. Thanks for sharing it.
You could pick up an old grain drill cheap and run grass seed through that
Hello Need to wear safety glasses an a mask mixing seed
I’ve had great success with frost seeding clovers but very little with over seeding grass. No-till drill would have been the ticket.
good stuff Evan :)
Good vid. Im already too late first week of March here in NC as we are getting grass growing, trees budding and blossoming and even daffodils already up and flowering… odd winter for us this year with zero snow….Also skipped weed kill last year due to astronomical costs so in line for that with high pressure weeds in pasture this spring already… will address that first then after seed once thats managed…
Surely easier than walking and hand cranking a seeder like my Dad did. He was really good at applying seed that way though. I have never been able to establish a good rthymn to do it by hand.
It will be very interesting to see how this turns out. The broadcast spreader is typically more accessible to people versus the drill. Would you have considered adding a little nitrogen in with the grass seed to give it the first boost. Good luck.
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Put the mixer on a platform so that it's higher than the trash can for ease of dumping and less struggling trying to hit the can when dumping the mix. Fewer moving parts makes for easier work.
If you make a platform to put the mixer on, raising it higher than the trash can it would be easier to mix feed then pour into the galv trash can
Nitrogen would also help on the yield. U got the spreader for it to🤩
Is there really hope of germinating seeds in an established field? I would've thunk one would have to scratch up the surface a bit with a harrow at least?
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👍👍👍👍👍👌🤞nice job with the multiple runs over the pasture should help the seed to soil contact as well, hopefully you will have a very green April/May Great Job!!!
it is Korean tractor . TYM
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you might need to cultipack that seed in
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Does your dad have a farm as well?
Expected germanation %% ?
Maybe just my preference, but I prefer no music in the b roll parts of the video.
I post the non-music version on facebook.
Is this over existing hay grass? I wanted to do that this fall but my grass seed wasn't available to purchase ... bad year for seed 😥. Be interesting to see how this grows 😄
Quality seed isn't cheep. I will keep my fingers crossed.
I'm thinking 25ft is 12.5ft to each side of the spreader.
Yes, that is how I calculated it.
Have you tried any of the GPS farming apps for your phone. They help track you around your fields.
looks like you are in 4 wheel drive....if you use 2 wheel drive you won't rut your field up as bad when turning
I turned the 4 wheel drive off after I noticed the tracks.
Another thing to do is lighten the load. You have a quick attach loader. Drop it off on one of those grain bin slabs and the tractor will be significantly lighter. Even, just taking the bucket off lessens the weight. Good video!
It is the 4WD that tears up sod on turns
Simple Fix. Or do it while ground was still frozen solid. Best Wishes.
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You are.
I could use more volume I moved into a room with more noise and your videos are marginally loud enough at full volume I have everything at 100% now What can i do?
Front tire looks low
Is there any kind of prep work needed before top-seeding in an existing field? I've planted a lot of food plots, and done a fair amount of frost-seeding, but we always do something to expose the surface of the soil at least a little bit, so those tiny seeds can get down to dirt. In my experience, failure to do this turns out to be feeding birds more than anything else.
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Did you give up on alfalfa?
Seed too expensive for too little results?
Alfalfa always needs reseeded every few years. So I thought grass would be more persistent.
Are you going to seed the bigger hay field?
Question >>>can you buy grass seeds mix??????? Just asking
Yes. Special blend.
The sell mixes. And some places will make custom mixes.
How many acres is the first field you spread on?
Good idea how many hrs do you have on the TYM tractor now?
Around 260 hours
Greetings from Australia Evan...another great vid mate! Tell me though...did you do any soil surface preparation prior to seeding?
How much did you spend on Seed?
What did your seed cost this year? I need to drill some orchard grass next month
Your spreader was too high
You need clover to improve your field.
Evan like the video but sound is very low .
Tie plastic bags on the posts works great for a half blind guy like me
Man your tractor really looks like it was tearing up your field, or was that compost I’m seeing in the drone shots?
He put compost on the field last video
Compost was spread the day before. But as time progressed, the field thawed out and the tractor was making tracks in the soft soil.
Not real familiar with hay fields but for a yard you would overseed early fall. Is hay different? Reason being the grass has more time to establish roots for the sumer heat. Just a question nice video