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Lancaster County, Pa. | No-till alfalfa works very well "here", I'd never go back to tillage. I think with the setup you described a packer could be a good idea. If I were going to pull the packer I'd set the drill so I was not covering all the seed with the drill. Any GP drill I've ever seen leaves those inch high ridges between the rows. If you come in with a packer and knock those ridges in you could have seed too deep. One fellow above mentioned 3/4" planting depth. If we did that here we'd never see most of that seed again. One of the advantages I see w/ no-till alfalfa is the moisture retention. When you work ground 2 or 3 times and then lay seed in 1/4" deep it's not going to do anything without rain. If I plant into decent soil moisture I don't need rain to get it going. | |
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No till alfalfa seeding
