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 03-13-2017, 03:18 Post: 38324
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I bought my property 3 in AL years ago the fields were in tough shape. The previous owner had twin boys in their teens that ran wild. They had 4 wheelers and dug the whole 13 acre field up. The soil here is red clay.
As soon as I got the pasture I cut it and dragged the field with a flex harrow. I repeated the dragging a couple of times. This removed the thatch and scarified the ground. I have since fertilized the field also with the flex harrow behind to allow the fertilizer to penitrate the ground.
I have also tried to keep it mowed.
After 3 years it is not perfect but 100% better than before. It supports 3 horses. I use the flex harrow to knock down the piles.
I have not added grass seed other than planting annual rye to suppliment the horses in the winter. But you can harrow and overplant a better pasture grass to increase rate of recovery.
Hope this helps.PS I have a set of disk harrows and plow but only disk the winter feed areas.






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 03-13-2017, 08:12 Post: 38325
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Paul
If your choose to buy, with only 2.5 acres I would be inclined to beg or borrow, the flex harrow then get the heaviest you can. I believe mine was English. It is harden steel I can drive over concrete and it doesnot touch the tines.
Another alternative, if the fence is good, is to get goats first and allow them to clean it up and eat the weeds.






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 03-14-2017, 08:44 Post: 38368
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We had a spike harrow that we would drag after disking when I was a kid (northern Lake Ont). I am sure it would do the trick. Its just a little difficult to handle.
They are impossible to find here, new or used. I guess that they never used the additional leveling.






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 03-15-2017, 09:17 Post: 38414
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They claim mine is self cleaning, to a greater extent it is, but the odd stick does get caught up and I have to stop and remove it.






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