No-Till Food Plots! (Introduction into Roller Crimping & Cover Crops)
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- In this video I show the process I used to start implementing Cover Crops and Roller Crimping into my food plot program. There are many benefits to this including; improving organic matter, reducing herbicide use, building healthier soils, suppressing weeds, helping retain moisture and many more!
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Great video. Glad to see others doing regenerative style food plotting. Especially in a more DIY budget friendly way.
I appreciate it! Thank you, I will be posting more videos more on r Regenerative agriculture and No-Till on a budget
@@legendaryhabitatllc7649 Awesome. Looking forward to them.
Well presented information. We plan on starting a couple of food plots on our land this year, and I found your video helpful. Thank you.
Thank you! Glad to hear, I will be posting more content this spring on No-Till food plots, with both a drill and broadcasting methods.
Good idea on the homemade crimper I've been looking at a large propane bottle and putting fins on it
Thank you! Yes that can definitely work, I would recommend trying to get a chevron pattern on it. If you go on Rodale institute’s website they have roller crimper blue prints that are very helpful.
I've been looking for an affordable roller crimper that's good enough for a few acres per year. I like your design. Do you get good results with it? The bouncing action probably improves the crimping a bit. I would pull it with a tow bar rather than the 3pt so not to put so much wear on the 3pt links. Are you planning to use it again this year? Thanks!
Thank you. The straight blade design is not optimal, but it works. Yes I will be doing more testing in No-Till practices, and also using a new crimper for this planting season.
Why not run a front crimper and have a seed drill behind for a grain/cereal crop?
I did not have a No-Till drill available at the time of this video. I will be using a drill and roller crimper this spring, so be looking for that video. Trying to also make videos that are more budget friendly, by showing you can broadcast seed, without the use of a expensive drill.
Do you have the link for the crimper from Rodale
rodaleinstitute.org/education/resources/roller-crimper-blueprints/
Why did you broadcast your seeds before roller crimping? Won't the crimper crush the seeds ?
Because the seed can easily fall down into the standing rye, making seed to soil contact. If I were to broadcast the seed after, most of the seed would probably not make it underneath the layer of rye. The tractor and crimper will actually help push some seed into the soil.
Yup, seed to soil contact is key, best to have the rye lay on top rather than the seed to try and fall through. ✝️🇺🇸🦌
Do you always lay seed before you crimp? Thanks!
Yes, this way you are laying the terminated cover crop over the seed, helping cover it and hold in moisture for it to germinate. I will be posting more videos on roller crimping cover crops soon.
@@legendaryhabitatllc7649 awesome thank you!!!
How did you summer release grow?
It grew well, but unfortunately I had a lot of weed issues due to the rye not being thick enough, which is a common problem with this method. I will do a update soon on this plot and explain what I learned and how to avoid these issues in the future.
what brand of crimper is that
I built this crimper myself. I have sense learned what I would change on the next one I will be building.
@@legendaryhabitatllc7649 keep us posted on the changes