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    Food plot help for next year- rough soil

    in Land Management, Food Plots and QDM

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    13 minutes ago, LET EM GROW said:

    Possibly, but if you have weeds growing id like to think its not to compacted. logging rds unless really wide.. are hard to get brassicas to grow. Did you make sure your seed was fresh? as in the test date? Also, you need good steady rain to get seeds to germinate so timing plantings are crucial. As birds will pick seeds as well. Its also best to terminate your weeds spread your seeds into and lay your dead weeds over top of your seeds. You can try the harrow drag and see what happens. It sometimes does take a decent disking to start a good no till process. 

    Thanks. What would you suggest planting for logging roads. We have no way to get tractors in or anything other than a atv and plant by hand

    Food plot help for next year- rough soil

    in Land Management, Food Plots and QDM

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    38 minutes ago, LET EM GROW said:

    Our plots are full of shale as well. ITs a PITA.. if your set on breaking ground you should use a harrow drag, but the only down fall is it will bring up a ton of rock. A disk would be your second best option. A tiller would take a serious beating, I know mine did.

    The problem with shale is(if your not going to pick rock after your scratch the soil) you wont be able to pack or roll your soil/seeds for good contact. Your rock will be in your way and also be covering up a ton of surface area where your seeds could be growing. If this makes sense..

    I highly recommend trying the poor mans/no till methods or a no till drill, when you have rock problems. IF you have the funds to double crop, and utilize summer, fall and winter blends in your plots, you wont ever have to worry about rocks again.  I do the poor mans no till plantings with ease and great results, providing it snot dry planting conditions. Done it with all seeds besides field corn. No till methods with good seed blends will treat you very well sir. 4 or 5 seeds that aid in herd health as well as work your soil for you, aid in soil health and help you with your next planting, all at the same time..  

    I tried the no till method this year on old logging roads. Terrible results. We used a leaf blower and cleared all leaves away. Sprayed 41% gly (3 treatments) had no weeds etc just plain dirt. Threw done brassicas, clover, wheat. Nothing grew. Im thinking the soil was to compacted? So next year I'm hoping to have a harrow break up the soil a bit. We had a disc on the Atv that did nothing. So hopefully the harrow will loosen it up enough that I can disc it, then plant

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