Seeding grass in previous corn field

[Chic Rustler]

I really have no idea. But, I'd be tempted to wait until after the farmer does his bit of leveling in the spring. One thing I'd do is contact your county Agricultural Extension office. Have them put you in touch with the person who can best advise you regarding your goal. Can the farmer pull a manure spreader through that pasture? When you get ready to seed the area, you could drag an old bed spring to help cover the seed a bit. If you do your seeding before some rains are predicted, it should get going ok, even without spreading hay or straw over it.

However, I'd ask him what the "leveling" entails. If it involves heavy soil compaction, I'd pass on that! Talk to your county ag agent!!!! You might also get some advice re: an appropriate seed mix. You might even consider sowing a year's worth of green manure crops. It all depends on what your time line is.

A year of cover crops qould be awesome for new pasture!


Wheres bay? Shes the one with the super fertile pastures

 

[SprigOfTheLivingDead]

He disced it in the fall. Do they disc again in the spring?

This area is many many hundreds of feet from my house, so watering it myself just ain't gonna happen :/

 

[Chic Rustler]

Yeah, I bet there's close to zero bacterial activity going on in there . Looking forward to some nice healthy big bluestem growing out there

Search Elaine Ingram on YouTube.

 

[baymule]

You can kickstart the soil activity with raw milk. The ratio is 3 gallons raw milk to 17 gallons of water. Spray the field. I don't know how many gallons to the acre.

Do you have or can you borrow a 4 wheeler? You can buy a drag harrow fairly cheap to harrow the field after the farmer is done, spread seed, then harrow again.

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