Bucksnbears
Well-Known Member
K guys. On my little 32 acre piece of riverbottom, I've carved out all I can do for foodplots.
Got 6 plots and all are no bigger then a 1/4 acre.
For 14 years, I've sprayed to keep them completely black from early spring until time to plant.
Pumpkins June 10, Brassicas July 25.
Never had a failure barring timely rains.
After watching some YouTube stuff, seems I have been BAKING my soil.
So this year (have had lots of rain), I figgered I'd just mow each plot with a 54" riding mower.
I got my pumpkins planted a Fer days ago, bout an acre worth on 4 different plots and was amazed at the amount of earthworms I dug up planting them. Literally every place I put in seeds I'd have worms.
This should be a good thing from what I understand right?
Have got 2 different 1/4 acre spots for brassicas for future use. Just got done mowing them for the 2nd time to keep the weeds from getting thick and seeding out.
I'm not a soil guy but the soil just looks fantastic.
Question is, will those growing weeds take up much nutrients or will cutting them,retaining moisture and adding the organic matter (clippings) be beneficial?
Kinda time consuming but just seeing all the worms makes me thing this may be the ticket for healthier soil.?
Got 6 plots and all are no bigger then a 1/4 acre.
For 14 years, I've sprayed to keep them completely black from early spring until time to plant.
Pumpkins June 10, Brassicas July 25.
Never had a failure barring timely rains.
After watching some YouTube stuff, seems I have been BAKING my soil.
So this year (have had lots of rain), I figgered I'd just mow each plot with a 54" riding mower.
I got my pumpkins planted a Fer days ago, bout an acre worth on 4 different plots and was amazed at the amount of earthworms I dug up planting them. Literally every place I put in seeds I'd have worms.
This should be a good thing from what I understand right?
Have got 2 different 1/4 acre spots for brassicas for future use. Just got done mowing them for the 2nd time to keep the weeds from getting thick and seeding out.
I'm not a soil guy but the soil just looks fantastic.
Question is, will those growing weeds take up much nutrients or will cutting them,retaining moisture and adding the organic matter (clippings) be beneficial?
Kinda time consuming but just seeing all the worms makes me thing this may be the ticket for healthier soil.?