I started prepping one of my food plots. This is my first year doing them so I have lots to learn. The area i'm putting this plot is a dried up pond. Its been dry for 2 yrs. I started by cleaning up the dead grass and once i get a larger enough area cleaned up i will till it up. What do you guys use to till up your plots? I have a small walk behind Craftsman tiller...its going to take some serious time to till it all up. I have a riding mower and have been looking for used attachments that might help tilling and cleaning up areas for the plots but haven't found more around me. I have an unlimited supply of horse manure and tons that has been sitting for years so its ready to improve the dirt in case its not up to par!
Does any one know where i can get a soil test done around Gainesville FL?
When do you guys start planting?
Give you an A for effort but that mite be kinda small, do you know any one with a tractor to disk that whole are from trees to trees.
Looks like a great spot and a much larger area seems to make sense, I have never put in a food plot myself but a dried up lake is sure to hold some standing water should we get a truly "wet" season this year. Maybe some people on here can give you some good ideas on planting something that might be able to survive standing water for an extended period. Good luck.
If we get some storms this summer(which I feel confident we will) your efforts will be wasted. You are going to need an ATV disc at a minimum, or a tractor to cut that grass in and get it turned over. Mowing it regularly and a little fertilizer will be a good attractant as anything else. Just think of all the deer you see on side of the roads
Thanks for all the advice. I'm working on cleaning up a larger area it just takes some time with a hand rake.... Once I have a large enough area cleared I will till it up with a small walk behind tiller. I would love to disc/plow up the whole thing but I don't know anyone with a tractor.
