Excellent. Im working on my first attempt at roller crimping on our small plot of land. We have grass weeds mostly but they do roll down to make a nice mat of mulch. Im going to go over it twice to be sure then I will manually plant in the mulch and then put in a cover later in the season. Then crimp again before dead winter sets in here in Northern California. Im working towards no till and repair our soil. We have used no poison or pesticide for 20 years. Now we need to bring good life back to our soil. A steep learning curve but Im going to get it done. The crimper was a bit of an investment.
The rye was not mature enough to get a successful crimp. I wanted to get the beans planted earlier than when the rye would be ready to crimp so they would canopy sooner and have a better yield potential.
I wonder how it would work to plant and then cut the rye and spread out wide as possible? It would eliminate rye that is not crimped. That way theres not toxicity.
@@markriegler430 it isn’t toxic to soybeans or so I’ve been told. Generally it’s harder on smaller seeds that aren’t planted deep. Small weed seeds on the soil surface for example.
Can't complain about that yeald . I've been cover croping for about 6 years now, it has its challenges, some years I get really thick and tall rye sometimes 6' tall , on those years the dirt stays very mellow and I couldn't simulate a better seed bed . Other years just like wheat I get water kill areas and no cover survives , in the areas with no rye the ground bakes out hard like cement . What I've found is there's no wrong way to plant and terminate. This year I got some early opportunities to plant and then roll almost a month later like this video. Other fields im planting and rolling right after with very similar results. I might have missed it but what maturity beans were those ?
3:45 - 3:55 "or possibly" Why didn't you properly analyze the development of your crop? So that you know "for sure". 4:14 "not sure" 4:14 - 4:20 you don't know for sure. What yield will it make? I would need more data before risking my pocketbook on your new farming methods. There are some missed opportunities in this presentation.
Hi Rachael, why would you assume they didn't properly analyze? Do you know their parameters, desired outcome? Maybe their analysis was perfectly suitable for their desired outcome?
@@mrpush2532 Hello. Farmers need answers to real problems. Farmers have a much higher "desired outcome" content than the video gave. Yes I expected mature level info from organizations with such words in there titles, SARE and PU. Sustainable, Agriculture, Research, and Education, and University.
@@rachaelmorrow6669 Hi, well if you are not satisfied with the results or method someone uses when experimenting with something you are sure welcome to do the experiment yourself and then you will know and don't need to be critical of how others performed their own experiment. How about that as your "solution"?
Excellent. Im working on my first attempt at roller crimping on our small plot of land. We have grass weeds mostly but they do roll down to make a nice mat of mulch. Im going to go over it twice to be sure then I will manually plant in the mulch and then put in a cover later in the season. Then crimp again before dead winter sets in here in Northern California. Im working towards no till and repair our soil. We have used no poison or pesticide for 20 years. Now we need to bring good life back to our soil. A steep learning curve but Im going to get it done. The crimper was a bit of an investment.
How heavy was the rye planted?
Question, Why did you wait until the soy were already growing? Why not seed soy in standing rye and then crimp straight away?
The rye was not mature enough to get a successful crimp. I wanted to get the beans planted earlier than when the rye would be ready to crimp so they would canopy sooner and have a better yield potential.
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I wonder how it would work to plant and then cut the rye and spread out wide as possible? It would eliminate rye that is not crimped. That way theres not toxicity.
Rye is not toxic unless infected
Rye puts a toxicity into the ground once it reaches 14" is what I've always been told?
@@markriegler430 it isn’t toxic to soybeans or so I’ve been told. Generally it’s harder on smaller seeds that aren’t planted deep. Small weed seeds on the soil surface for example.
Have you results of Harvest ?
I got 55bu/ac on this field.
@@Jpwfranks Wow that seems extremely high. How is that compared to your traditional yields?
Can't complain about that yeald . I've been cover croping for about 6 years now, it has its challenges, some years I get really thick and tall rye sometimes 6' tall , on those years the dirt stays very mellow and I couldn't simulate a better seed bed . Other years just like wheat I get water kill areas and no cover survives , in the areas with no rye the ground bakes out hard like cement . What I've found is there's no wrong way to plant and terminate. This year I got some early opportunities to plant and then roll almost a month later like this video. Other fields im planting and rolling right after with very similar results. I might have missed it but what maturity beans were those ?
3:45 - 3:55 "or possibly" Why didn't you properly analyze the development of your crop? So that you know "for sure".
4:14 "not sure"
4:14 - 4:20 you don't know for sure. What yield will it make? I would need more data before risking my pocketbook on your new farming methods. There are some missed opportunities in this presentation.
Hi Rachael, why would you assume they didn't properly analyze? Do you know their parameters, desired outcome? Maybe their analysis was perfectly suitable for their desired outcome?
@@mrpush2532 Hello. Farmers need answers to real problems. Farmers have a much higher "desired outcome" content than the video gave. Yes I expected mature level info from organizations with such words in there titles, SARE and PU. Sustainable, Agriculture, Research, and Education, and University.
@@rachaelmorrow6669 Hi, well if you are not satisfied with the results or method someone uses when experimenting with something you are sure welcome to do the experiment yourself and then you will know and don't need to be critical of how others performed their own experiment. How about that as your "solution"?