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was this guy pulling my leg? Seeding.

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Hey folks,
Will need to reseed a little in patches on a couple of pastures where round bale cages were setting. Still have snow on the ground that is going to be melted soon. Guy at the feed store said I could spread broadcast the seed on the snow and when it melted, in would seed itself because the ground was expanded now and would shrink up and cover the seed. Is he playing me???
 
When I was a kid we used to broadcast clover seed on the snow,walking while cranking the handle of the fan seeder,later they used quads instead
 
I have been seeding my pasture that way for 20 plus years and it works well saves fuel and also gets it right where you want it. I have a few pounds of seed right now that I will be putting out soon. Plus if it is wet and muddy less ruts in the field to have to worry about later. Oh by the way frost seed has been done for well over a hundred years and has worked well for all those years
 
sounds good to me....... Guess I'll get some more seed and do a little more than I originally planned.


Dave
 
Ya saves you fuel money so you can get more seed. And going by what you have been saying you need the exercise any how LOL and you might loose a bit of that belly walking around. LOL
 
Looks like a good way to feed the birds. By the way what do the birds eat in the winter when the snow covers the ground. Stan
 
Well don't you let your horses run in that pasture??? Well if you do they have taken care of the fertilizer problem for you. Ya you could also spread out some fertilizer at the same time but me I do things 100% organic on my farm.
Oh by the way Dave one reason you may have a belly problem is the beer you get there in Germany makes for a bigger beer belly or so I have been told. Never got a chance to go the Germany when I was over seas. Been to Spain, Italy, England. Scotland and Egypt.
 
In our area and most areas here, they are fed by either hunters,forest service, or private folks that can buy cheap or get feed for free from places. I'll hand feed balls tomorrow away from the area I want to seed.


Dave
 
You're right about the beer. Two (major) different ones. Pilsener (barley) and weissen (wheat).The weissen is my favorite but a PITA to drink (has to be in a glass cause you have to get the extra yeast stirred up and out of the bottle) and puts the weight all over and keeps the belly in proportion. Mostly I drink pils cause I can drink it right out of the bottle when I'm piddling around the place. Pils is the belly beer.

Horses do handle the fertilizing with me pulling a harrow over the pastures with the quad. Things should be a little better this year with all the snow and I spread a little extra on everything last fall.

Dave
 
Old folks around here (Southern Illinois) always said to sow red clover on snow in early March.

Paul
 
I have always wanted to try a true German beer but you know how it is here in the U.S. to get a true German beer here is like pulling hens teeth. Ya there are a number of wannabes but that is about it,
As for the pasture on my place I bale hay off the same pasture as my horses are on so baling hey spreads things out real well so no need to work it in because the rake does a good job of moving it around when your baling
 
Keep the seed in the house till you plan to throw it out. That way it is warm and will melt into the snow just a little bit and then the birds can not get to it easy
 
Some real good weissen beer brands are Erdinger, Paulaner, and Franziscaner. I found all at carryouts when I was in the States along with Bitburger, Becks, and Warsteiner (Pils).
I was told by an Erdinger rep when I was on a tour of the brewery that there is no difference in the beer I'd buy there and one I'd get here. True or false?

If you can't find any of them, send me your address and I'll send you a couple. If you get one of the weissens, They are there best at 45 degrees fahrenheit. You have to drink them from a glass, because there is yeast in the bottom of the bottom of the bottle that you'll need to swirl the last half inch or so and empty into the glass.

Dave
 
I've sen the Beck but was told there no German. Of course there is the Henican (sp) and years ago there was Lonibrough but not any more. I have also had what is call Goursch that has a flip top type set up but that is getting harder to find any more.
As for temp yep when I was in England they serve it at room temps but call it lager.
 
Becks is German, but North Germany. Real German Beer comes from the south. Heinekin is Dutch (I think). It's funny, in the land of the best beer in the world, some Germans go apesh!t over Budweisser........ I'd drink cystern water first.


Dave
 
What I used to do, ( understand we had only 2 horses ) was to put the seed in an old ice melt bottle, with a shaker top on it. When I cleaned out the barn, I would take the old bedding and manure out into the pasture in a cart. I would spread the crap on the bare spots, and spread the seed over it. Sometimes work it in with a rake. Worked out pretty good, but obviously only a small scale technique.
 
Ya that is sort of like Coors beer here in the U.S. back in the 70s. Coors was not shipped past the Mississippi river back then so lot of people on the east coast wanted it. I was home on leave one time, I was stationing in Groton CT but then and had guys ask me to haul in some Coors. I think I loaded up something like 10-15 case of the stuff and hauls it out to them and boy did they go crazy over it. Me I hate the stuff. Now days I drink Busch beer most of the time but then it is hard to get a good affordable beer in Missouri
 
Very common practice in this part of the country. Even the city farmers know that trick. Sombody mentioned if the snow was not to thick. I have never had any trouble only ting is walking in deep snow is harder. Ideal for this part of the country is about a 2 in snow anytime from now on. Put the red or whit clover to existing pastures and early in the year it will come on. Ferterlize any time after the first of march that you can get over the ground and not leave ruts.
 
Used to get Old Cloister when I was in Augsburg.
Came in flippies and a wooden crate. Made in some small town south of Augsburg. Good stuff!
Got it in Mo a few times in the 80s haven't seen it for a long time. Most local beer in Germany is not pasteurized. export is all pasteurized. Totally different flavor.
 
Supposed to be minus 4 or so the end of next week, and got so much snow on the ground can't drive the Ford 7700 to go get round bales.

I guess that's why the frost seeding isn't so popular up here in MN. Hear of it, but our climate does not do so well - all that snow melting will wash the seed into clumps on top of the frozen ground in a typical spring melt.

Works well tho from what I hear in mid-USA.

--->Paul
 
I like to get mine mixed up in some bulk fertilizer. Hopefully, the end of this week, I'm going to get a spreader with a ton of DAP and 1500 pounds of muriate of potash. Add to that 400 pounds of red clover seed and 100 pounds of white clover. If the ground is soft frozen on it goes. I normally set the spreader as tight as it will go, which ends up being about 90 pounds of mix per acre. I could put it on with a tractor seed sower but it just goes on so much faster this way.

I've only had good luck when the ground is eaten off pretty bare. The back 40 acres here I'll have to drill a bit later on.
 
Not enough snow to have a big run off of melted snow as it takes the seed with it.Slow melting when its freezes at night and thaws during the day is the perfect time
 
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