Guest HardwoodsgreenHD Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 I am thinking about puting out a couple of the "no till food plots" in the woods this weekend. Any one tried these type plots, ie, Biologic Hot Spot or Antlerking? How did they do? Any planting tips? Did you use 10-10-10 fertilizer and/or lime? What was your growing time? Thanks, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainebuck Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Re: No till food plots? I experiemented with one of these this year. I used the Quaker Boy stuff called Whitetail Management System No-Till QUICK PLOT. I had a somewhat secluded spot on a pipeline I wanted to plant it. I ended up planting two spots relatively close to each other. One had more sandy soil, the other nice rich dark soil. The sandy soil did not do too well. The other side did pretty good. Here's the process I used: June 26 - selected location - trimmed back tall weeds and cleared them out, applied first treatment of herbicide July 2 - applied 2nd treatment of herbicide July 13 - cleared dead vegetation, loosened soil best I could with a steel rake, applied lime - raked in, applied 10-10-10 and plot seed - raked in pray for rain July 31 - after a couple weeks growth, plants coming up August 20 - after about 5 weeks groth, plants about a foot tall, trimmed back the tall grasses to get more light on the clover. I plan to hunt the plot on Sept. 10 or 12th. Hopefully the deer will be liking it. There have been a few tracks around it, but they don't appear to be hitting it real good yet. We'll see how long it lasts in this cold climate come October. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kat Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Re: No till food plots? Excellent post, I was wondering the same thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HardwoodsgreenHD Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Re: No till food plots? mainebuck, Thanks brother! Very nice looking plot! Congrats and good luck in Sept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Re: No till food plots? very nice mainebuck. most people think that since it is a no-till all you have to do is throw it down and BOOM a beautiful food plot. This is not the case---mainebuck took the time to spray the area with herbicide and use a rake to clean off all the debris and "roughen" the soil a little--this will make all the difference in the world between a good plot and a failed plot. todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mainebuck Posted August 23, 2005 Report Share Posted August 23, 2005 Re: No till food plots? I knew going in I'd have to supply a little elbow grease during this process, but let me tell you, for a 10yd x 15yd plot, it took a LOT of elbow grease. There were old branches, rocks, all kinds of stuff to deal with during the loosening of the soil process. One of those tiller attachments for your weed eater would really help I think and I'll be using one next year. not to mention using the weed eater to knock down the weeds before spraying herbicide would help. I used a pruner to cut down the big weeds. If I had a 4 wheeler it'd be no big deal to get the stuff out there, but unfortunately I do not so everything was carried out about 300 yards on foot, tools, buckets, seed, lime bags, fertilizer bags. In the July sun I lost some weight getting this thing planted. Hopefully it will pay off. Anyone who does this will find out the no plow plots are not an easy way out, but more work than if you had a tractor and the tools to plant it the normal way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowJoe Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Re: No till food plots? You did and excellent job!! Hopefully all that carrying only helped you prepare for carrying a few bucks and does out of there as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckblaster Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Re: No till food plots? great job bro, im gonna do something like that this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nuhf Posted August 30, 2005 Report Share Posted August 30, 2005 Re: No till food plots? nice plot i was going to plant mine this weekend. what do you think it will do in the woods with 4hrs sun light along a creek bottom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonLKHunter Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Re: No till food plots? Was not sure how good a plot would grow without tilling, good job!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Re: No till food plots? Nice job Mainebuck. Have never tried any commercial brands of no till products, but have used rye just broadcasted in to overseed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted August 31, 2005 Report Share Posted August 31, 2005 Re: No till food plots? Excellent work there on the food plot MB. You taught me a few things! Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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