Food Plots the Simple Way

[Mennoniteman]

Sulfur is considered the fourth most important nutrient after N,P, and K, but if you are using dry fertilizer you are often getting all the sulfur you need, and you get 5 to 20 lb from the atmosphere per acre each year. High levels of OM are usually a sign that your sulfur is good. If your sulfur is good you don't want to put too much on because it can help make the soil acidic. Sandy soils are often low in sulfur due to leaching, if your soil test shows low sulfur AMS will give you sulfur and nitrogen at a cheap price of about $13 for 50 lb.

 

[Flo1919]

Nice Job!
As someone who started off without a tractor and implements, I appreciate simplicity.
Minimizing steps is essential. Especially now that I have little ones who consume my time. My goal has always been "kill plots", I have 7 of them. I let the ag fields around me grow them big, and in the fall they hit my plots in the woods. My property is only 75 acres though.

An ATV, tank sprayer and some Rye seed can make an excellent plot of most places. A few of my plots are deep in the woods where I can't get implements. I kill the weeds and spread Rye a few weeks later. By fall, they're lush.

I think Paul once said that Rye will grow in a bed of a truck. It does. Even without soil testing the truck.

 

[Sir Miss A Lot]

Osceola, this is what I use for my small plots. Works great in sandy loam. Hard clay soil I usually wait till it rains.

On the discussion of ph, I have started using chicken manure instead of lime. Just food for thought and opinions are welcomed. Enjoyed the read, Osceola.

 

[Sir Miss A Lot]

 

[Creek chub]

View attachment 12120 View attachment 12120

Iron clay cow peas?

 

[Creek chub]

Osceola, this is what I use for my small plots. Works great in sandy loam. Hard clay soil I usually wait till it rains.

On the discussion of ph, I have started using chicken manure instead of lime. Just food for thought and opinions are welcomed. Enjoyed the read, Osceola.View attachment 12119

What kind of disc is that? It’s really nice and I’d love to have one like it

 

[Sir Miss A Lot]

Iron clay cow peas?

Soybeans. They seem to hold up better to browse pressure and they are less expensive

 

[Sir Miss A Lot]

What kind of disc is that? It’s really nice and I’d love to have one like it

King Kutter from Tractor Supply.

 

[Sir Miss A Lot]

Im trying to post pics but it keeps denying me.....help!

 

[Creek chub]

King Kutter from Tractor Supply.

What size atv you use? I got a 300 but I’m not sure how hard a disc would tax the motor and tranny

 

[Sir Miss A Lot]

I use a 400 Yamaha. A 300 should be sufficient

 

[Sir Miss A Lot]