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Old 01-18-2006 | 05:56 PM
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jimmy the foot
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Default RE: starting a food plot?

i did it. same size too. i hit the ground with round-up in a sprayer and then 10-14 days later plant the seed with a spreader. i don't fertilize because it only brings in the weeds. if you do fertilize.stay away from nitrogen, thats your main culprit for weeds. clover, alfalfa and other perennials are nice and are usually low maintenance. this year I'll try that frost seeding to see how that works. planted my clover one year and it came up pretty good. following year i planted alfalfa but used miracle grow and had a hard time with weed control so I'll stay away from that this year.good luck and tell us how it comes out..... oh ya, people always say you need to till to get it to work, bull. just lay the seed during a hard rain or before and you'll do fine. make sure your PH is around 6.5-7.5 and if your soil is a little low on the nitrogen, potassium or phosphorous don't panic mine was to and it didn't affect my plot at all. i may try to spray fertilize or use concentrated phosphorous. or potassium. pellets this year to see how that works. i really like the NO-PLOW seed. don't lay any down to thick or you'll end up out competing some species of plant by accident.
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