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steven in tn 10-02-2012 06:18:08 64.12.116.80 Report to Moderator	got a little ground tore up and ready to plant sun. evening. was going to plant next morning before it rain, did not happen. so i go out inbetween rain and broadcast my k-31 seed. very little rain after i planted grass, seed is still laying on top of ground. are there any thing i can do about this? [Reply]   [No Email]
Hogleg 10-19-2012 06:52:53 38.104.162.74 Report to Moderator	Re: advice on planting grass seed in reply to steven in tn, 10-02-2012 06:18:08   I had soft ground on an over-seed recently, so I drug a 16 ft cattle panel sideways behind the seeder. Grass came up good. Was a pasture with cattle and horses so it broke up the manure piles as well. John [Reply]  [No Email]
donjr 10-03-2012 20:39:26 72.71.177.74 Report to Moderator	Re: advice on planting grass seed in reply to steven in tn, 10-02-2012 06:18:08   A pasture drag works great- it doesn't dig and levels what is there. [Reply]  [No Email]
steven in tn 10-03-2012 16:04:45 64.12.116.80 Report to Moderator	Re: advice on planting grass seed in reply to steven in tn, 10-02-2012 06:18:08   may try to run the disc over it tomorrow as light as i can. [Reply]  [No Email]
eldo case 10-03-2012 08:18:33 70.195.6.51 Report to Moderator	Re: advice on planting grass seed in reply to steven in tn, 10-02-2012 06:18:08   Spike tooth harrow. [Reply]  [No Email]
LAA 10-02-2012 08:53:42 86.51.147.113 Report to Moderator	Re: advice on planting grass seed in reply to steven in tn, 10-02-2012 06:18:08   I use a rotary hoe, it scratches and levels and covers the seed just a little, I got mine cheap several years back because very few row crop farmers in my area use them anymore, everybody went to no-till. It also works real good to incorporate lime and fertilizer and overseed ryegrass or oats in sod. [Reply]  [No Email]
jackinok 10-02-2012 06:38:43 162.58.82.136 Report to Moderator	Re: advice on planting grass seed in reply to steven in tn, 10-02-2012 06:18:08   packer is best without a doubt,failing that,you can simply drive back and forth over it but youll leave it pretty rough..ive in the past got good stands by using a drag if its dry enough.took a stick of 2 3/8 drill stem about ten foot long,welded old tire chains to it that i had laying around. not too awful heavy so it doesnt bury seed too deep.just about anything to get seed to soil contact,with burying seed to deep will work.last year i sowed some ryegrass on top then went in and drilled oats in over it.the drill with heavy drag chains covered enough i got a good stand. normally we plant grass here about dec 1,or real early spring up till about end of april. though ive planted this early if i was going to plow it down as a green manure crop. [Reply]  [No Email]