Milpa Seedbed Prep: Broadcasting vs. No-Till Drilling
Learn how to prepare your seedbed for milpa based on your planting method. Whether you're broadcasting seed or using a no-till drill, we cover what it takes to get good seed-to-soil contact and set your milpa garden up for success.
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0:00 For seed bed preparation for the melpa.
0:02 Garden kind of depends on how you're.
0:04 Seeding it if you're going to be.
0:05 Broadcasting then you really should have.
0:07 A tilled seed bed to get good seed to.
0:10 Soil contact.
0:11 If you're planting it with a drill a.
0:14 There's not a lot of seedbed preparation.
0:16 That needs to be done. The important.
0:18 Part is to get seed to soil contact and.
0:20 There's going to be a variety of ways for you to do that. It's really going to depend on the equipment that you have. So again, the important thing is that seed needs to be touching the soil, ideally in the soil half to three quarters of an inch. But if it's on top, it just needs to have seed to soil contact to give the best chance of success.