On food plots I have used Shot plot with success and no till from whitetail institute. With both alls I did was rake and scratch ground with rock rake and had good success. Attached is a picture of a small shot plot I put in a field edge with same method. It was brassica and the turnips got big enough for me to harvest a few to eat in salad,lol. Deer have been hitting it too, ever since it started to get really cold here in Maine, which turns leafs sweeter.