Guest okie Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 This weekend I'm heading to Miami, OK to do some brushhogging and tilling on my food plot. Do you think it would be a good idea to go ahead and lime the plot, since i won't be planting for another 30 days or so. How much lime would you put down on an acre? I'm not going to do any soil samples(which is probably stupid) since my plots have grown well in the last couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 Re: Oklahoma Food Plot never too early to put down lime. I'd brushhog--spread the lime then till the lime into the soil. If you can I'd put 2000# of lime per acre. I've planted a lot of food plots without doing soil samples. PS--take lots of water and be careful not to get overheated. todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhtr1 Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Re: Oklahoma Food Plot Good advice above. Put out as much lime as possible but there are places where lime is not needed. They are few and far between but they do exist. If you are having good results already maybe put half as much or get a soil sample for next year. It only cost about 7 bucks. You can never put lime out to early. I will take about 6 months to start kicking in good anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Re: Oklahoma Food Plot Todd gave great advice here as always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest okie Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Re: Oklahoma Food Plot Thanks Guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okiedog Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Re: Oklahoma Food Plot By this time of year we have a pretty good plan for our food plots. If we don't get any rain here soon, I'am thinking we will just fill up 5 gal buckets of water and put in the middle of the fields. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest okie Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Re: Oklahoma Food Plot How much fertilizer should i put down and should i put it down when i plant my seed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 2, 2006 Report Share Posted August 2, 2006 Re: Oklahoma Food Plot Think it depends some on what you are planting and also on what your soil needs. For clovers here, I use 400 lbs 6-12-12 at planting, spring and other maintenance fertilization rates on clovers at 250 lbs per acre. For our pea and sorghum plots, I would have used triple 13, but this last time used 6-12-12(had some leftover)at a rate of about 50 lbs per 1/4 acre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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