**Updated** on 12/10 - My PA Food Plot Pics
01-09-2007, 02:16 PM
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RE: My PA Food Plot Pics - 7/21 -
ORIGINAL: jasonshawn2005
What does the lime do for a food plot.
What does the lime do for a food plot.
01-09-2007, 02:49 PM
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RE: My PA Food Plot Pics - 7/21 -
jason,
The necessity of lime is based on the current Ph levels of the soil. Take a soil sample and have it tested. From those results you can then determine, or ask a farmer or someone here, what you need to do in order to properly prep your soil for planting.
The necessity of lime is based on the current Ph levels of the soil. Take a soil sample and have it tested. From those results you can then determine, or ask a farmer or someone here, what you need to do in order to properly prep your soil for planting.
01-09-2007, 04:06 PM
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RE: My PA Food Plot Pics - 7/21 -
I just took a bunch of soil samples from my plots. We had some great weather for the entire winter so far here in Upstate NY. here is the site where I am sending my samples. http://www.mossyoakbiologic.com/pdf/soilsample.pdf
It also gives pretty good instructions on how to take the samples. I was able to get out and brush hog some hedgerows this past weekend. I was starting to get a lot of encroachment into my plots from buck thorn and sumac, as well as some smaller maples. this was cutting out some daylight, so i 'hogged them back. I also staked and caggd the apple trees I planted last year, as well as maked them with ample surveyors tape to locate them if the brush should get thick this summer. I can't wait to seewhat the soil samples tell me. I want to lime with snow on the ground this winter to give the lime time to get into the soil.
It also gives pretty good instructions on how to take the samples. I was able to get out and brush hog some hedgerows this past weekend. I was starting to get a lot of encroachment into my plots from buck thorn and sumac, as well as some smaller maples. this was cutting out some daylight, so i 'hogged them back. I also staked and caggd the apple trees I planted last year, as well as maked them with ample surveyors tape to locate them if the brush should get thick this summer. I can't wait to seewhat the soil samples tell me. I want to lime with snow on the ground this winter to give the lime time to get into the soil.
01-10-2007, 11:22 AM
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RE: My PA Food Plot Pics - 7/21 -
Rick, what type of plants are those turnips in your last picture from 12/10? Are they a Mossy Oak brand or generic? I planted a generic Agway brand of brassicas last year and the deer never ate a single one. I plowed them under and planted clover. I would like to put some broad leaves back in the area but don't know what to go with.
03-06-2007, 11:41 AM
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RE: My PA Food Plot Pics - 7/21 -
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Rick, what type of plants are those turnips in your last picture from 12/10? Are they a Mossy Oak brand or generic? I planted a generic Agway brand of brassicas last year and the deer never ate a single one. I plowed them under and planted clover. I would like to put some broad leaves back in the area but don't know what to go with.
Rick, what type of plants are those turnips in your last picture from 12/10? Are they a Mossy Oak brand or generic? I planted a generic Agway brand of brassicas last year and the deer never ate a single one. I plowed them under and planted clover. I would like to put some broad leaves back in the area but don't know what to go with.
03-07-2007, 01:24 PM
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RE: My PA Food Plot Pics - 7/21 -
ORIGINAL: Rick James
Sorry for the lack of updates. Those turnips are from a MO Biologic Full Draw. That seed ended up being mostly turnips and once hard frost hit them a few times they went bonkers over the tops. The deer are still in there eating the actual turnips now as well.........they love them. I will take pics in a few weeks when I get down there again. According to my Dad there are 10-15 deer in the plot every day during daylight eating the turnip bottoms right now.........Keep in mind the area surrounding this plot never used to have predictable deer movement in it. It was more of a travel runway to move among other core areas and the deer sightings were not regular..........now they are living in the woods all around it as primary bedding cover every day.
ORIGINAL: jhalfhill
Rick, what type of plants are those turnips in your last picture from 12/10? Are they a Mossy Oak brand or generic? I planted a generic Agway brand of brassicas last year and the deer never ate a single one. I plowed them under and planted clover. I would like to put some broad leaves back in the area but don't know what to go with.
Rick, what type of plants are those turnips in your last picture from 12/10? Are they a Mossy Oak brand or generic? I planted a generic Agway brand of brassicas last year and the deer never ate a single one. I plowed them under and planted clover. I would like to put some broad leaves back in the area but don't know what to go with.
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