Food plot progress

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

I spread the lime today 600+lbs on a half acre. Tilled it in, and I was raking with a York rake while my dad was runnin a chain link fence to smooth the dirt... needed weight to a few logs and my younger brother did the trick.

 

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[BowhunterNJ]

Sweet! Looking good!

 

 

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[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Planted 50 Norway spruce trees today, thanks brian!

I'm gonna need to buy some cedar trees next year to mix in

 

 

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[TroutandBucks]

Food plot looks great hope it goes well for you Jay 

[Integracingsr]

Looking good, Jay.

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Ok- today I got the fertilizers spread and drug in.. I fenced and mulched my fruit trees, I spread the half acre of clover seed and sat down for a rest.

As soon as I sat down, I realized I spread the whole 50 lb bag of nitrogen when my soil only called for 22lbs. Too late now :/ hope it doesn't affect it too much.. I doubled the dose I needed.

 

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[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Just called whitetail institute to see if I need to neutralize it- they said it should be fine, just hopefully it rains soon.

 

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[strikerII]

Plant some jumbo laudino clover or other varieties. It's s perrenial and deer LOVE it. Every winter you can frost seed it in and have great results at spring green up. 2 weeks before you hunt it during the rut, fertilize it with Urea and you'll draw every deer in the area to the sweet, luscious plot.

[strikerII]

Ok- today I got the fertilizers spread and drug in.. I fenced and mulched my fruit trees, I spread the half acre of clover seed and sat down for a rest.

As soon as I sat down, I realized I spread the whole 50 lb bag of nitrogen when my soil only called for 22lbs. Too late now :/ hope it doesn't affect it too much.. I doubled the dose I needed.

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No you did it correctly. A 50# bag of urea is a 46-0-0 mix, meaning about 23 pounds of the bag is nitrogen.

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

This is what it called for...(pic shows per acre, I'm doing roughly a half acre so half of the listed amounts)

 

But I did;

50 lbs of 33-5-0 (I was supposed to use half the bag, but forgot and dumped the whole bag)

And

100 lbs of 0-0-61

 

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Edited April 10, 2017 by JerseyJaysTaxidermy

[06roadking]

I spread the lime today 600+lbs on a half acre. Tilled it in, and I was raking with a York rake while my dad was runnin a chain link fence to smooth the dirt... needed weight to a few logs and my younger brother did the trick.20170409_183054.jpg

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Yer brother looks thrilled. Good luck with it Jay!

[MS22]

Looks great! As for grass select herbicide, it's cheaper to grab generic clethodim than some of the brand name stuff. To be honest, on our plots in upstate ny, we haven't had to apply much as a mowing has given our clover plots all they need to outcompete the grass(just make sure you have the mover deck high(6-8"). We planted our plots in the fall after burning the field with gly. That has also helped the clover get ahead of the grass as it seems to come up earlier in the spring(we were at the property this past wkend and the clover is getting started). Eventually, as the plots get older, we'll need to spray. Our plots have a mix of jumbo landino, Alice and kopu II white clovers from welter seed and honey co. Deer hammer it and it stands up very well to the pressure.

[MS22]

Saw this and immediately thought of this thread. In this case, your lawn is your plot.

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Planted a weeping willow down by the mineral site.. (sunny edge of pond) just for fun

 

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[LPJR]

Looks like your having fun with this Jay. Everything looks good, can't wait to see the results. 

 

Also it was cool that you supported a local farm like Brodheckers  for your project. Nice!