ORIGINAL: treboryerf

While I appreciate your attention to detail and I understand your desire to do it right I believe you are making this harder than it has to be.I would kill all the weeds out then till the soil really good,then spread the lime and work it in,then I would go out and get 100 lbs of triple 13 and work it in with my seed.Then when you get a good stan go back over the top with another 100 lbs of triple 13,you will have a good food plot.Now if you will take some advice from someone who has learned the hard way about planting lab-lab.If all you have is 1/4 acre I would consider something else,the reason is that if you have any deer herd what so ever they will absolutley mow that stuff down in about a weeks time once they find it.I planted a strip 1 bag behind my house and had a beutiful stand and once the deer found it I could literally see where they stopped eating each day and everyday it would get smaller until it was mowed down to the ground,so my advice is that if you keep the deer out until it gets big or unless you can plant 5 acres or more you are wasting your time and money because come hunting season you won't have a sprig of it left.Now if you plan on planting something for the fall after the lab-lab is gone then no problem,but if you plan on lab-lab to last till hunting season if planted now then I think you may be wasting you time,just my thoughts on it based on my experience with it.