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Mulch, and appropriate lime and fertilizer
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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5868628" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Funny thing is, back when I first started working with food plots, I had no equipment, so the only type of "food plotting" I did was "throw-and-mow." And back then, we were mowing 2 1/2 acres of food plots with weed eaters! We tried summer plots but the weeds took them over quickly and we gave up on them. We stuck with just fall plots. <em>Grant laughed at my food plot efforts and the idea of throwing and mowing.</em></p><p></p><p>For years, we worked at building up our equipment, first ATV-pulled mowers and even pull-behind disks we pulled with trucks and jeeps. Eventually we got much of the required equipment (tractor, tiller, sprayer, etc.) and we were off to the races for planting the "right" way. In years with good summer and fall rains, tilling and planting worked great. But in years with extended drought periods, tilling allowed too much soil moisture loss and the plots were failures.</p><p></p><p>Now, after years of using the "right" equipment, we're going back to throw-and-mow, albeit a much better designed and timed system. Last year, mostly by accident, it worked quite well. I'm hoping this year we can fine-tune the timing and species mixture to get it just right and accomplish what we're after - better quality soil, soil that holds more summer/fall moisture, plants that will compete with native weeds/grasses, and a species mix the deer like and will grow well with throw-and-mow techniques in our thin, chert, ridge-top soils.</p><p></p><p>So you could say I've come full-circle, from simple throw-and-mow, to standard tilling/planting techniques, and now back to throw-and-mow (although a bit more high-tech throw-and-mow than I used to use).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5868628, member: 17"] Funny thing is, back when I first started working with food plots, I had no equipment, so the only type of "food plotting" I did was "throw-and-mow." And back then, we were mowing 2 1/2 acres of food plots with weed eaters! We tried summer plots but the weeds took them over quickly and we gave up on them. We stuck with just fall plots. [I]Grant laughed at my food plot efforts and the idea of throwing and mowing.[/I] For years, we worked at building up our equipment, first ATV-pulled mowers and even pull-behind disks we pulled with trucks and jeeps. Eventually we got much of the required equipment (tractor, tiller, sprayer, etc.) and we were off to the races for planting the "right" way. In years with good summer and fall rains, tilling and planting worked great. But in years with extended drought periods, tilling allowed too much soil moisture loss and the plots were failures. Now, after years of using the "right" equipment, we're going back to throw-and-mow, albeit a much better designed and timed system. Last year, mostly by accident, it worked quite well. I'm hoping this year we can fine-tune the timing and species mixture to get it just right and accomplish what we're after - better quality soil, soil that holds more summer/fall moisture, plants that will compete with native weeds/grasses, and a species mix the deer like and will grow well with throw-and-mow techniques in our thin, chert, ridge-top soils. So you could say I've come full-circle, from simple throw-and-mow, to standard tilling/planting techniques, and now back to throw-and-mow (although a bit more high-tech throw-and-mow than I used to use). [/QUOTE]
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