Food Plots Crazy Food Plot Question

[Spurhunter]

Everyone I talk to that plants food plots constantly begs for rain that we never get. Say I had one of those 500 gallon plastic totes with the metal cage around it and I cut the top out, put a screen over it, placed it on a big hill above a 1/2 acre food plot, and let it catch rain all year. After planting, I could water the plot with a water hose hooked to the tote. How much good would 500 gallons of water do on a 1/2 acre plot? What am I missing here? Why wouldn't this work?

 

[megalomaniac]

Hmm... lets see... 1 inch of rainfall on 1 acre is 27,154 gallons. If my math is correct, 500 gallons on a half acre would be the equivalent to a 0.035in rainfall event. Better than nothing I suppose, but not much better. Now if you watered 1/10th of an acre with 500 gallons 4 or 5 times from Sept thru mid Oct, that would absolutely make a difference.

 

[tellico4x4]

Everyone I talk to that plants food plots constantly begs for rain that we never get. Say I had one of those 500 gallon plastic totes with the metal cage around it and I cut the top out, put a screen over it, placed it on a big hill above a 1/2 acre food plot, and let it catch rain all year. After planting, I could water the plot with a water hose hooked to the tote. How much good would 500 gallons of water do on a 1/2 acre plot? What am I missing here? Why wouldn't this work?

1" rain over 1/2 acre equals 13,577 gallons

Mega beat me to it LOL

 

[Spurhunter]

I guess I should've done the math. 500 gallons sounds like a lot. Until you do the math. Thanks guys.

 

[Spurhunter]

I just measured my plot on OnX and it's actually 1/4 acre. The math is getting better.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

I plan on doing something similar, but for fruit trees. We have several of those big tanks and will elevate them and install a drip system for our fruit trees groves

 

[BigAl]

I made a similar post on this issue. When I saw how much water was required I decided it wouldn't be worth it.

 

[Spurhunter]

I made a similar post on this issue. When I saw how much water was required I decided it wouldn't be worth it.

I figured if it was easy as it seems I wouldn't be the only one that has considered it.

 

[XCR-2]

I can use 3 hoses and water one of mine every day because it's close to the house