Giving up on No-Till, Planting Food Plots with Vertical Till, Rotory Tiller and Cultipacking

This site has soil that is silt in some areas and a stony silt in others. It dries out very quickly, causing a struggle for summer food plots. Weed pressure is tremendous due to no maintenance in the summer.
So, to get rid of the dense root mass of grasses and other weeds, I will use my plow, a rotory tiller, and Brillion seeder.
This type of seeder packs the tilled soil, drops small seeds randomly and packs the soil again over the seeds. It creates a perfect seed bed and planting for clovers and brassicas.
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[@kapperoutdoors]

I also believe in old school tillage. The clean plot should do well. Good luck!

[@kapperoutdoors]

The video was spot on and that's almost exactly the way I like to plant. I get some haters at times, But that matters not when the fescue and crab grass is so tenacious.You gotta do the best you can not Only to terminate the grasses but to destroy the root system.Nice video, thank you.

[@ChilcoteForestryServices]

@@kapperoutdoors I couldn't believe how hard it rained and wash the seeds.I've never seen that before when I planted with that seeder. I just can't win with the weather these days. Its all germinated and coming up, I'll post something to show how it's growing later

[@troybrake5686]

After i planted about 3 weeks ago we got a gully washer and my brassica plot washed up like that and it sucks, i got bare spots and had to go back by hand and sow a few spots , i done a no till and it looks awesome for a first yr plot planting in weed thatch, im sowing wheat/rye next weekend over it! Wish me luck, i had a big 3 yr old 10 last yr that stayed on my 12 alot!

[@ChilcoteForestryServices]

@@troybrake5686 did you spray out weeds and broadcast brassica?

[@kapperoutdoors]

I love using my chisel as well.

[@patschuette8045]

Switchgrass produces nitrogen.

[@ChilcoteForestryServices]

Yes, i recently saw a video about N fixation by NWSG. I suppose i should sample that soil

[@scrappydappy2827]

Definitely interested in the build. Looking forward to the video!!

[@ChilcoteForestryServices]

Unfortunately the weather is not cooperating. I'll do a follow up video mid october.Hopefully something survived this weather

[@oxford821]

A tiller is on my list, looks like it makes a nice smooth field.

[@ChilcoteForestryServices]

Should work well in your fields

[@TheMws1]

Why did you not spray to kill the crabgrass ?

[@ChilcoteForestryServices]

Its not my land. Owner sprayed in spring but the warm season weeds show uo in mid summer.