redlevel
Senior Member
I drove down to Tifton to Agri-Supply last week and bought a Fimco seeder to use with my Kawi Mule. I’ll use it mostly to sow ryegrass and millet for grazing. It would be a great unit for a serious food plot situation. In the past I have been mixing the fertilizer and seed in a cone type spreader and spreading it with the tractor. Then, just drag over it with a drag made from old tires. Neither ryegrass nor millet needs to be planted deep. That worked well when I could still get Ammonium Nitrate. AN could be left on or near the soil surface without fear of losing it to volitization, caused by hot weather or moisture on the soil surface. The urea nitrogen we have to use now is another story. If it isn’t incorporated by rainfall, at least 1/4 to 1/2 inch, or by harrowing it in at least an inch deep, it starts going into the atmosphere as a gas Pretty quickly. So now, Iam applying the fertilizer, harrowing it in, then spreading the seed and dragging it.
Anyhow, I bought the seeder, and a kit to mount it with a 2” receiver hitch. It can even be mounted on a truck hitch. I went a step further and had a friend weld me up a receiver tube to mount to the front of the mule. I can see where the seed is going, and adjust the width of throw on the fly. I spread about 10 acres of ryegrass Friday, and drug it in on Saturday. The unit worked very satisfactorily.
Anyhow, I bought the seeder, and a kit to mount it with a 2” receiver hitch. It can even be mounted on a truck hitch. I went a step further and had a friend weld me up a receiver tube to mount to the front of the mule. I can see where the seed is going, and adjust the width of throw on the fly. I spread about 10 acres of ryegrass Friday, and drug it in on Saturday. The unit worked very satisfactorily.