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Old 08-03-2004, 04:24 PM
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Russ otten
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Walnut MS USA
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Default RE: food plot help

To get you plot ready for the fall bow season, any of the grains will get you a 'kill' plot. They will grow even if the PH is a little low. Oats, Wheat, Rye are a couple choices. Don't know where you are at, but the grains will do OK until the first frost unless you seed Buck Forage Oats. Start planning for a new planting in the spring, check the PH with a soil test. If you state what you plan on planting, the soil test will tell you what you need for fertilizer, etc. You should get a soil sample and get it soon; as Lime, if needed needs to be on the soil a few months to do any good. A county extension agent can help you get the test run and can give you a lot of pointers.
Start reading through all the posts here and you will start to get a picture of what food plots are all about. Work, research, time, and money. There is no such thing as a quick fix.

Russ
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