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shotgunwilly1117
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Joined: Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:19 pm
Posts: 345
Location: Tallahassee, Fl
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 Food plots I'm new to planting food plots. Anyone got some cheap ideas for tilling and planting the seeds?
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| Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:27 pm |
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North LA Hunter
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Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:39 pm
Posts: 6976
Location: West Monroe, LA
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Re: Food plots How big of food plots? Do you have a tractor?
If you have a tractor with no disc you can take a box blade and drop the teeth and turn it like that. We always used a seed thrower that hangs on your neck and turn the handle!
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| Mon Sep 16, 2013 7:35 pm |
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krogers
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Joined: Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:24 am
Posts: 1958
Location: Bristol, FL
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Re: Food plots You really need to break the ground up, try to kill the competition too. I plant Coker feed oats and winter wheat. Triple 13 fertilizer. I plant 30-50# of seed per acre and 100-150# of fert/acre Not really anything cheap about plots, but if ur going to go thru the motions make the best of it.
You gonna have the place for a while?
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SmokeEater829
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Posts: 1830
Location: Belle Chasse, LA
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Re: Food plots Good suggestions so far. Another thing to think about, if you have lots of pine trees around you are gonna need to lime the plot!
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Greenmachine
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Re: Food plots Fourwheeler + boomless spray nozzle = easiest food plot ever...to late for this year tho
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shotgunwilly1117
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Joined: Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:19 pm
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Location: Tallahassee, Fl
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Re: Food plots I don't have much to plant and I don't have a tractor but I do have a fourwheeler. I'm just looking for a way to break the ground up and to put the seeds in the dirt. I plan on adding fertilizer and lime just don't want to have to spend big bucks on equipment.
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krogers
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Location: Bristol, FL
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Re: Food plots
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shotgunwilly1117
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Joined: Wed Aug 04, 2010 3:19 pm
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Location: Tallahassee, Fl
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Re: Food plots Yeah I was more worried hogs would take care of it haha.
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odass
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Re: Food plots I've used my ranger with a small disc that we built, that has like 4 disc . you have to Jack up the 4wheeler and put it in receiver hitch. works pretty good on sprayed field or soft soil
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Barroll
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Joined: Fri Jan 15, 2010 10:19 am
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Location: Georgia
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Re: Food plots
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BayouStateHunter
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Joined: Sat May 16, 2009 1:04 pm
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Location: On da Northshore -- Louisiana
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Re: Food plots X2 soil test. I'm guessing you could rent a 4 wheeler disc. Make your own drag out of chain link fence. We used buck busters seed mix and were happy with it. Biologic was good when we played around with a few plots. Check the bags and make sure the seed ratio is not loaded with mainly rye grass.
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SwampDonkey1
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Joined: Tue Mar 08, 2011 10:09 pm
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Location: North Central KS
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Re: Food plots
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Barroll
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Location: Georgia
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Re: Food plots I think all the biologic etc are a waste of money. I prefer not to mix seed and to patches of each anyways. The only thing I will mix is clover. I plant durana clover. Chicory is real good and I like rape as well. Wheat is my filler and I buy it by the ton. It will grow straight on a dirt road and about every where else you throw it out. It will grow in a truck bed if the seed is left in it. And deer eat the shit out of it
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