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Needless to say I dunno what to plant? Other than huntin over a farmers soybean field once or twice I've never really been involvded with foodplots. I'm wantin to plant it in the woods. What would yall recommend, if not too late.. an how how should I do it all? I'm open to products that require tillin.
 
Without a more detailed explanation of your situation it is impossible to tell you what to plant.
 
roughly 50'x50' great topsoil no rocks to worry bout wouldnt be able to attend it but once a wk so nothin with too much work.. what all would you need to know
 
BristolS said:
roughly 50'x50' great topsoil no rocks to worry bout wouldnt be able to attend it but once a wk so nothin with too much work.. what all would you need to know
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50 by 50 is really not a big enough area to plant much, I would go with grain, Wheat, oats, rye. Anything else will not tolerate the grazing pressure.
About 60 lbs per acre is adequate for any of these. One bag of 15-15-15 would be adequate fertilizer.
 
yeah the whole "micro-plot" idea is great for people that dont have a lot of land but want to try and do something. The number 1 issue is simply - how many deer do you have hitting the area? If it is too many - you cant plant enough for the stuff to outgrow how fast the deer are eating it. If you dont have a lot of deer, then your own little honey hole in the woods can be great and the hard work can pay off if you get a deer over it. The type of soil makes a big difference generally but if you are planting something like a wheat of some kind, it will grow on a cinder block or even some in the bed of my truck right now that is trying hard to grow! Best thing about it is that it is cheap relatively speaking so you arent out $200 if your magical bio-logic super mega giant rack brassica plants dont work out.
 
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i reckon i could try somethin bigger we own a 500 acre tract the hills are too rough to get a tractor in would grain whetas oats an rye work just scratchin up ground with rake
 
My favorite way to plant a plot is to use chicory clover alfalfa or some type of greens and prepare the ground as follows.

Burn off whatever spot you can find that has enough sunlight reaching the ground. (this may require using some herbicide a week or so in advance to kill the existing vegatation.)

Sow the seed, fertilizer, and lime at the same time. Be sure to get the proper amount of each per acre.

Cut down a medium size tree. Preferably a cedar or some other type of bushy tree, drag the plot using the tree until the ash is spread across the plot at a uniform rate.

The seeds I specified were because they do the best being broadcast on top of the ground, they do so because they are a much smaller seed. Oats wheat or rye will also do moderatley OK using this method. It would probably help to use the rake. But seems like a lot of work, maybe a heavily weighted chain length fence would be better.
I just realised you might not have access to a four wheeler, if not, burn as described and try to use something to get the ash to settle.
 
ive got a fourwheeler an draggin somethin wouldnt be a prob only thing is my dad an uncle would be pretty iffy bout burnin ill figure out somethin with the same concept an do what i can with the info all yall have provided me one more ?.. someone said turnips might be a key for me? opinions..
 
BristolS said:
ive got a fourwheeler an draggin somethin wouldnt be a prob only thing is my dad an uncle would be pretty iffy bout burnin ill figure out somethin with the same concept an do what i can with the info all yall have provided me one more ?.. someone said turnips might be a key for me? opinions..
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IMO if your deer dont actually dig up and eat the turnip, it is better to go with rape or kale, but the affect is pretty much the same. Brassicas would be fine, they are treated by the deer in very diferent ways in different places, in some places they eat them before they reach two" in heght in others they wait until a very hard freeze to eat them if they eat them then.
 
reckon ill prob give rape an chicory a shot thats two ive heard a lot bout preciate all the info from everyone youve been a big help an good luck to ya
 
BristolS said:
reckon ill prob give rape an chicory a shot thats two ive heard a lot bout preciate all the info from everyone youve been a big help an good luck to ya
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Good luck to you, when this spring keep the weeds out of the chicory with sethoxydim.
 

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