Jimmy had planted triticale as a cover crop on the fields where he wanted to ultimately plant millet. Triticale is a hybrid of wheat and rye. For more information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triticale
On Saturday, the large spray rig came through to spray herbicide to kill the triticale and fertilizer for the ground.
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| This large spray rig has GPS controls that will stop the sprayers on one or both arms if he is going over an area that it knows was already sprayed. |
Today, Jimmy spent much of the day getting the seeder ready to plan millet. He started planting near dusk today.
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| Note how brown the triticale is in just a couple of days since the spraying on Saturday. |
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| Jimmy's seeder has just about a 9 foot swath compared to the 30 foot swath of the commercial sprayer, so he will make a few more passes on the field than the sprayer. |
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