Planting grass seed

[JMAC]

I am on a long term project of replanting maybe 10 acres of my property with several different types of grass seeds which some could be rather pricey and I want to do a better job than to just broadcast the seed. What are some good seed planters that a individual could buy? I know rental would be much cheaper but there are no rental places in my area that has anything like this for rent and really not anyplace that I have found that seems to know much about this type of equipment.

JMAC

 

[jimg]

The two options I can think of right off are drop spreaders or a small drill. The former will cost considerably less to own and operate but you will probably have to roll the bed after spreading. Both put seed right where you want it though. Other options would be to contract the work out or lease a small unit.

 

[BillyP]

You might contact your local County Extension Office. They have equipment for rent.

 

[JerryG]

I'll second what Billy said. They have seeders and sprayers at my local office. They are not near as much as a all rents center would charge either.

 

[jimg]

Wow, must be nice. Are rates more or less than what you could get thru an equipment dealer?

 

[LoganWildman]

Your cheapest option is to work the ground up, broadcast then roll. If you want a seeder, then Brillion makes a good one. I also heard that Frontier (John deeres label) is marketing a nice one. If you use a seeder, then I recommend 2 passes, 90 degrees to each other. 1 pass will do the job, but the grass will come up in rows and IMHO looks crappy. Adding the second pass fills this in and doesn't take nearly as long to fill in and look good. You'll use twice as much seed, but it is worth it.

 

[Bellville]

I am working on a similar project and am trying this method. First I work the area with a harrow rake, tines down, spead the seed with a broadcast spreader, then rework with the harrow rake tines up.

Don't know how well it will work yet, but it has to be better than just throwing seed.

Let us know what you wind up doing.

 

[sweettractors]

Here is a Machine that will do a good job and is diversified enough to use for other applications later on. A Ebay Listing --Ken Sweet
Sweet Farm Equipment LLC *Over 30 Refurbished 2 and 3 bottom turning plows stocked*

 

[Yankee]

An FYI for future reference - many of us who review the discussion board from time-to-time from work can't hit eBay - it's not allowed through most corporate firewalls.

Bill

 

[JMAC]

Ken,
That is a interesting piece of equipment, I am interested in the 6 ft. one. I have e-mailed for a freight quote on your site.
Thanks for your reply.

 

[zuiko]

Maybe this will work for those without ebay access. It's in interesting piece of equipment, I would be curious to know how well it actually works.

 

[bigpete]

It seems to me that the Yardmaker would work well for lawn start-up. As an aerator, it's better than nothing but you would be compacting soil more so than a good core aerator. As an over-seeder, it would seem to be of marginal help in getting seed-to-soil contact. I could be wrong. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif

I've looked at them and they are well-built.

Just my take, here....I've always used a large tine de-thatcher to shallowly incorporate seed after broadcast for both new areas and overseeding. A drag harrow/chain harrow after broadcasting works for primary seeding, too.

 

[sweettractors]

Yes, We are aware of that. I send some emails to the customers work email and on occasion, the server wont let them thru after business hours or on weekends. It is good when we can get work and home email addresses, when corresponding.--Ken Sweet
Sweet Farm Equipment LLC *New and Refurbished Cultipackers*

 

[sweettractors]

Using a cultipacker like this will get a lot better germanation rate on your seed--Ken Sweet
Sweet Farm Equipment LLC *Authorized "Tufline" Cultipacker dealer*

 

[LoganWildman]

Isn't most primary seeders nothing more than a double cultipacker with a seed box inbetween?

Ken, can you add a seedbox to that cultipacker?

 

[thcri]

I have done projects like that on two occassions. But only smaller. I probably did 1/2 acres. However my best luck was to work the soil up good and then broadcast seed with my Herdseeder. When done I would drag the seed in once or twice over. This gets the seed in the ground about a 1/2 inch or so. Then about a week after I would then broadcast a good fetilizer over it that had a lot of nitrogen in it. This method actually worked better than the seed that was drilled in by our landscaping guy. Everything he did I had to go back and work over and seed it myself. Do this in the fall or spring when you have cooler temperatures. Fall is best because the ground is still warm at night.

murph

 

[sweettractors]

Not that one--However--We are a Brillion dealer and they do have that option. Too pricey for most of my foodplot customers, so I dont stock it--I would be glad to quote you one in a PM, If you let me know exactly your requirements will be?--Ken Sweet
Sweet Farm Equipment LLC *Over 30 sets of refurbished 2 bottom turning plows*