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| Some systems work because of good ground, which I suspect your ground is pretty fair.
Then I read manure and that covers most fertility.
Then you talk about long term alfalfa.
That covers the rest of the fertility.
I can see that part of the system working very well.
The weed control part is what I see being the challenge.
You farm similar to Grandpa, only he didn't graze for 5 years.
He did do a year of oats with clover or alfalfa and then made hay until the stand got weak.
One thing he did that took care of most weeds was he listed. Then came back 2x with the go-devil, sometimes 3, if the rain would knock the ridge down a bit.
Then cultivate. Then a liberal application of Grandkids for weed control.
His fields were fairly clean with very little cost.
Later years he did spray some 24d as he had elder berries that kept coming in one field, plus a few sunflowers that just looked bad.
A side note, we talked him into fertilizer on a piece. There was no yield increase, but subsequent yields dropped, until he added fertilizer again. | |
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First time no input organic corn. 1950 style corn!
