The 5 acres of clover have been growing well on Spring Street this summer. To maximize N contribution and reduce headaches, I opted to not try haying any of it and just keep it all on the field. On September 15, Ron mowed it down with an ordinary brush hog. This did a nice job.
On September 17 & 18, Ron plowed down the entire field. We are only going to plant 3 acres in Turkey this Fall, and save the other 2 acres for Marquis Spring. But it made sense to plow up the entire field now.
We are going to plant the 3 acres in back to Turkey, since this are of the field is slightly lower than the field up by the road. The idea is to save the driest possible part of the field for planting in Spring, when dry fields are hard to come by. This area was worked with the disc about 5 days later, and then worked with the cultimulcher twice.
Here you can see how the seed bed looked prior to planting. The field to the right is the front part that we will seed to Marquis Spring, hopefully in late March of 2016.
On September 25, Ron & Mary drilled in the Turkey Red. This is certified seed from Ehmke Seed Company, from stock maintained at Kansas State University.
Here is how the planting looked by October 4. It rained once since planting, but not much. However, nights have been damp.
