Without killing the green sod before planting the mixed blends, it would be hard to get a good established stand. I think you got a pretty good stand by doing it the way you did.
Ruminant animal impacts, hooves massaging the soil, urine and manure fertilizing the soil will help improve soil and plant health. Your seed bank should grow without you planting. Check out Alejando Carrillo from Las Damas Ranch in Chijuajuan desert. He went from poor soil and poor forages to much better soil and forages.
Thanks for sharing Cliff! I like to see a wide variety of grass species in a pasture so it’s interesting for me to watch you experiment. In regard to your burn pile, the ash and other nutrients will feed the soil and that’s why that part is so lush. I try to place my burn piles on patches of poor ground so that the ash will improve it. Roll out hay over the ashes and then graze it and you will see good results. Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!
Good to hear from you, Doc. The cattle looked good. I’m no grassman but they seemed to like the millet. I would be interested in seeing the pasture again after a few days to see how they graze it. I have seen other ranchers clip their pastures and that seems to allow the less dominant grasses to get a foothold. Take care and make more videos.
Cliff glad to see you back, hoping to see some of your spring calves from this year you all ways have some great looking South Poll and mix South Poll calves, hope you have great day.
Enjoy the videos. The tall plant at 5:10 is sunn hemp, several short three leafed plants look like cowpeas to me. Maybe have a little sorghum in the mix. Man, cows like millet! I’m in Austin County, similar soil and climate, I’m managing for wildlife. Planting mixes for three years now, from Green Cover Seed and the soil has turned on. My first crops were pretty spotty too. I plant fall and spring, and each successive planting has been noticeably better. My big problems now are ferrel hogs and neighbor’s cows that invade every winter when they’re hungry and I have groceries. The dang cows have seeded my food plots with Bermuda grass and you might be interested to know that Bermuda grass will choke out a lot of what you’re planting. I’m attributing my crop improvements to soil changes from planting the mixes, and that has taken some time. One more thought, if you have deer, that could be why you haven’t seen some of the crop mature, they can wipe out 5 acres of sunflowers overnight. They love the peas and sunflowers.
Thank you for the insight! I’ll bet you are right about the deer! They are the likely culprits! In going to follow your lead and keep on planting. Thank you!
If you ran a mineral buffet you would see which minerals your soil lacks by what the ruminants choose to eat. They would pass those nutrients through to your soil via their fecal deposits. Would boost animal health, but is costly up front.
Most likely a nutrient deficiency considering how it grew in the area of high organic matter. I tried the same in Bosque county with the same vendor with similar results. I think tall solo plant is sunn hemp.
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Without killing the green sod before planting the mixed blends, it would be hard to get a good established stand. I think you got a pretty good stand by doing it the way you did.
Ruminant animal impacts, hooves massaging the soil, urine and manure fertilizing the soil will help improve soil and plant health. Your seed bank should grow without you planting. Check out Alejando Carrillo from Las Damas Ranch in Chijuajuan desert. He went from poor soil and poor forages to much better soil and forages.
The tall one with seed looks like sorghum sudan.
The little stunted one that didn't do much looks like a cowpea
This summer in Texas has been good. Plenty of rain. Nice looking cows.
I've tried the same on bahia grass. The main problem is soil compaction. The place where you dug a hole with the track hoe loosen the soil.
Thanks for sharing Cliff! I like to see a wide variety of grass species in a pasture so it’s interesting for me to watch you experiment. In regard to your burn pile, the ash and other nutrients will feed the soil and that’s why that part is so lush. I try to place my burn piles on patches of poor ground so that the ash will improve it. Roll out hay over the ashes and then graze it and you will see good results. Great stuff! Thanks for sharing!
Good to hear from you, Doc. The cattle looked good. I’m no grassman but they seemed to like the millet. I would be interested in seeing the pasture again after a few days to see how they graze it. I have seen other ranchers clip their pastures and that seems to allow the less dominant grasses to get a foothold. Take care and make more videos.
Cliff glad to see you back, hoping to see some of your spring calves from this year you all ways have some great looking South Poll and mix South Poll calves, hope you have great day.
Hope to make a video of the calves this week!
Soil nutrients would affect plant species that grow. Plants that grow from the seed bank will indicate what issues your soil has.
Enjoy the videos. The tall plant at 5:10 is sunn hemp, several short three leafed plants look like cowpeas to me. Maybe have a little sorghum in the mix. Man, cows like millet!
I’m in Austin County, similar soil and climate, I’m managing for wildlife. Planting mixes for three years now, from Green Cover Seed and the soil has turned on. My first crops were pretty spotty too. I plant fall and spring, and each successive planting has been noticeably better. My big problems now are ferrel hogs and neighbor’s cows that invade every winter when they’re hungry and I have groceries. The dang cows have seeded my food plots with Bermuda grass and you might be interested to know that Bermuda grass will choke out a lot of what you’re planting.
I’m attributing my crop improvements to soil changes from planting the mixes, and that has taken some time.
One more thought, if you have deer, that could be why you haven’t seen some of the crop mature, they can wipe out 5 acres of sunflowers overnight. They love the peas and sunflowers.
Thank you for the insight! I’ll bet you are right about the deer! They are the likely culprits! In going to follow your lead and keep on planting. Thank you!
@@curtkates9514 Agree, I planted 2 acres of a mix from green cover, and the deer wiped out most everything.
Cattle were excited when they got in.
Sub-soil plow for compaction
Indicator species can tell you what your soil has and what it lacks. Allen Williams and others from Understanding Ag discuss this concept in videos.
If you ran a mineral buffet you would see which minerals your soil lacks by what the ruminants choose to eat. They would pass those nutrients through to your soil via their fecal deposits. Would boost animal health, but is costly up front.
Free Choice Minerals is one option, likely some competitors...
I looked into the buffet that Greg Judy uses. Was quite expensive so I decided to mull it over. I’ll reengage again. Thanks for the reminder!
Most likely a nutrient deficiency considering how it grew in the area of high organic matter. I tried the same in Bosque county with the same vendor with similar results. I think tall solo plant is sunn hemp.
... so basicallyy ... you don't know shiit.
@papaa|7014 I know a lot about a few things, a few things about a lot of things, and....you are right though, I don't know 💩 about some things, and one of those is plant identification Lol 😂 😂. Feel free to help me out!
you added to the seed stock if nothing else... you may have to work on the pasture to see more results...
Thanks, Any ideas on what you would do next?
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if anything i would inoculate with a good compost tea... microbes are what feed plants...
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