New to this whole plot thing.

[Marsala-man]

Been a lurker for a bit on here. Decided to join in on the fun. I'm brand new to the food plot thing but luckily have a really great situation. I'm a caretaker on a large piece of land and I got the owner to invest in some equipment and the necessary materials to put in roughly 10 acres of plots.

1. About 1 acre that's WTI Oats Plus.
2. 3.5 acres of WTI Fusion
3. 4 acres of WTI Vision
4. .25 acres of WTI Edge
5. .25 acres of WTI No Plow
6. 1.75 acres of WTI Tall Tine Tubers

I've bee working on these since March. Taking fields and working with the discs to really turn the ground. It's been grass fields for the 4 years I've been up here doing this. Spraying , RoundUp, liming, fertilizing and then No-til drilling the seeds. Progress on my two largest plots is slow. Got them planted 9/7 and then suffered with no rain for almost 2 weeks! So they are slow growing. The other plots I got in middle of August and they are plugging along. Limed early spring and then fertilized at the beginning of August. 

Anyone that's got any advice on ensuring success I'd be glad to have it. I'll post a few pics and then add more to the thread as the season goes. 

[Marsala-man]

A few more showing the progress. The first is the Tuber plot. The second is the Vision plot and the last one is the No Plow plot. If you look carefully you can see my stand. The cherry tree in the middle is the 40 yd. mark. 

[Cabin Fever]

Looks fantastic! Lots of work, I hope it pays off for you!

[BowmanMike]

Does look pretty good. You just keep plugging along,keep reading and you will do fine. That should keep deer very interested.

[LET EM GROW]

Looks good sir! Best of luck to you.. I imagine a few deer finding there resting place in the bulb/tuber field this fall/winter! 

[UpStateRedNeck]

Looks like you got a pretty good grasp on it!  I'm new to it this year too, but starting off smaller.  Read GMan's posts, he does some really awesome work on his land, always has good advice.

[Marsala-man]

All set up for the youth hunt. My son should have a great chance for a deer. I jumped 8 of them last night taking a a ride around the place. 

[doebuck1234]

14 minutes ago, Marsala-man said:

All set up for the youth hunt. My son should have a great chance for a deer. I jumped 8 of them last night taking a a ride around the place. 

Out of likes.best of luck to you and your son.looking forward to the hero pics!!!!

Edited October 12, 2019 by doebuck1234

[Steuben Jerry]

8 minutes ago, Marsala-man said:

All set up for the youth hunt. My son should have a great chance for a deer. I jumped 8 of them last night taking a a ride around the place. 

That’s a cool pic! Good luck!

[crappyice]

Well done good luck to the boy!
Don’t be afraid of loading up the whats for dinner thread with some marsala recipes...i imagine that is your forte


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