Re: Rye and Bermuda

Posted by Texasmark1 on May 16, 2017 at 05:36:06 from (184.21.25.5):

In Reply to: Rye and Bermuda posted by Texasmark1 on May 15, 2017 at 16:18:58:

Yesterday I experimented with several solutions. The original idea was to clip the tops off the Rye but not disturb the Bermuda shoots that were up about 4". I adjusted my brush hog tail wheel and the 3 pt for a 4" clipping height. That worked ok on the uphill parts of the field where the grass was thin and dry, but where the Rye was lush, the tractor tires smashed it down and the hog just ran over the top totally missing it.

What finally worked was to leave the tail wheel up but drop the 3 pt so that the front of the hog was in the normal cutting position...just off the ground a couple of inches.

Position of the tractor was important in that you cut a fresh row such that only one wheel was stomping down product; the other was rolling over mowed ground but right up against the uncut product.....made for a 30% loss in your cutting width but it was a workable solution whereby before I didn't have a solution so take it on the chin and get on with it. Grin

Last was cutting direction. In going around in circles as is usually the custom (around here) you are mowing in the direction of stomped down product. However if you go back and forth, every cut is in the opposite direction and having the mower low in front and high in the rear (making a wedge sort of thing) and going against the downed product, it pushed it back up and whacked it. Whadda deal.

So my quest to retain the nutrients the Rye consumed is being fulfilled in that the clippings will fall down and mulch, being too short for the rake and baler to pick up on the Bermuda bailing runs and will remain in the field to improve it's production efficiency.

Going to jot this down so I don't forget for next year.

Thanks guys for taking the time to help me with this.

Mark

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