172 Mowing Cover Crops

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   After wheat came off this past summer I planted a warm season cover crop of sorghum sudan grass, radish and soybeans. I let the ssg grow 3-4' tall and then mowed it down to around 12-14". My intention was to have my two 172's out in the 50 acre field doing the mowing, but the 172 I was redoing didn't get done in time, so everything got mowed with the back-up mower I bought from Richard Aiken for this job. It did a nice job and I really enjoyed running the WD45. Some tile went in shortly after the cc was planted. Then late summer/early fall I planted a cc of winter oats and two clovers. I'll no-till corn in next spring good Lord willing.

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JimWenigOH Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: NC Ohio Points: 1212	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimWenigOH Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: 172 Mowing Cover Crops Posted: 10 Dec 2020 at 8:03pm
	After wheat came off this past summer I planted a warm season cover crop of sorghum sudan grass, radish and soybeans. I let the ssg grow 3-4' tall and then mowed it down to around 12-14". My intention was to have my two 172's out in the 50 acre field doing the mowing, but the 172 I was redoing didn't get done in time, so everything got mowed with the back-up mower I bought from Richard Aiken for this job. It did a nice job and I really enjoyed running the WD45. Some tile went in shortly after the cc was planted. Then late summer/early fall I planted a cc of winter oats and two clovers. I'll no-till corn in next spring good Lord willing.

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ac45dave Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Access Joined: 23 May 2015 Location: SE(IN) Points: 1349	Post Options Post Reply Quote ac45dave Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Dec 2020 at 10:13pm
	Solid looking 172 and nice straight wd45.Most guys these days would feel lucky to find one of those 172s let alone having two of them..lol..awesome.. I really like the one I've got.Thanks for sharing Jim... Edited by ac45dave - 10 Dec 2020 at 10:21pm
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