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| After a dismal run last year with oat hay, I decided to hold off and wait for a warm season planting of Teff in hopes the market will look better. I have experience with some smaller seeds in a Brillion but I KNOW Teff is small. I have considered broadcast planting and packing after to hopefully cover and pack but....
The Brillion we have now is only 6ft, we use for fescue yard planting. I am curious if there are other drills I can shop for with similar performance? Why does Brillion have a corner on this market?
Anyway, I can probably rent one but I am hoping to find a decent one cheap enough that I can justify just owning.
As well, I am curious what variety might be preferred in KS and what I "might" be able to expect for annual tonnage?
My plan involves scratching the ground cover with a cultivator, then either broadcasting and rolling, or running the drill on that which has packing wheels. I know a firm seed bed is important so I did not want to disc but I sort of have a wild mess in this field right now. I might need to go over it a couple times.
EDIT: please excuse my use of the word "drill". I realize a Brillion is technically a seeder though it would be great if I could tune one to plant medium grains as well. Probably not realistic though.
Edited by fastline1 4/2/2014 23:54
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Planting Teff, 1st time. Economical drill and hope
