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Being this is my first year with my own property I am interested in putting in a food plot. I have read dozens of articles and have friends that instructed me about soil testing and their opinion on what to plant. My question is about a local renal company that rents what they call a 5' tiller. Is this what I need to turn the soil to get ready for planting?

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If its a tractor attachment or a pull behind five foot tiller it would work good, unless you have rocks to contend with. If you don't have the right equip., like someone said may be best just to get a local farmer.

I have to agree. Last year I rented a rear tine tiller from agway and it's a lot of work, especially if your soil is rocky. If the tines don't grab the soil it will definately drag you. If you can have someone turn the soil over this year, it probably won't be that tough to do on your own next year.

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When you mention a 5' tiller, I am picturing a unit mounted on a three-point hitch on a small ag tractor. Those things can churn up some ground pretty fast and pretty thoroughly. However it does depend on the ground being worked. Is it ground that has previously been worked or is it something you have hacked out of a brush-lot or woods. Stumps? Rocks? standing water? That all makes a difference as to what you should be using. Hand tiller? - one acre?.....forget it.

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DO what WNYBuckHunter sad and pay someone to come in and do it,most farmers have all of the right equiptment to do the job right.

If you break a piece of rented whatever,you have to pay for the repair.Been There,Done That.

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if you own a tractor, buy yourself a field culitvator, and put sweeps on it. 6 tines, with sweeps will run you about 230$ or so can break the ground up and be almost ready for planting requiring only dragging to break up clumps. if i was only going to own 1 piece of equippment thats what i would buy.

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I have a 5 foot tiller for my 30hp tractor.. It works great.. I tilled and planted about 4 acres last year.

This is my process...

Mow the area I am going to till as low as I can.. Then I spray it with roundup or similar chemical. Wait 2 weeks until everything is really dead and then I till.. After tilling I roll the area, seed and then roll it again...

I have been doing this for about 5 years and all I will tell you is that the most impartnat part is killing what is there first. If you don't, the weeds are uncontrollable and the plot will suffer.

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