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Post by indybrad on Jul 1, 2007 8:19:09 GMT -5
I would think you would want to spray the weed killer first before cutting. There would be more weed to chemical contact. If you get Roundup, get the concentrate with the red cap.
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Post by tmarsh83 on Jul 1, 2007 9:04:58 GMT -5
after cutting opens a wound channel for the chemical to enter the plant by. Plants are more vulnerable right after a cutting before they have had time to heal. Spraying then improves the chance that the chems will be absorbed...
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Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on Jul 1, 2007 10:47:55 GMT -5
Well being as I am poor..... I am going to do all of my planing by hand with an old walk behind tiller and a graden rake ..... I know it is going ot be a lot of work but I hope in the end it will be all worth it.... maybe in a few years when the wife is out of school and has a job.... I will buy a 4 wheeler and some food plot attachments for it and expand my plots. I walked through Rural King today.... just getting an idea of whet it is going to cost me.... guess I better save some pennies cause I was thinking it is going ot be cheap.... and it is not horrible but more expensive then I thought. I hear ya on the tiller and rake,I made many a food plot with a tiller.It's a lot of hard work but worth it in the end( nothing more rewarding than seeing deer and turkey taking advantage of it ).I like using tillers in places a tractor won't go. On the weedkiller,I agree with the others on cutting it first.If the weeds are higher than 8" it probably needs cut for roundup or whatever else you use to work well( not saying it wouldn't work,but that's what they reccomend) |
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Post by Sleazy E on Jul 1, 2007 11:42:56 GMT -5
Well found out that the walk behind tiller is broken..... Gonna have to rent one or something... cause as much as I want the food plot... I do not want it bad enought to go out with a hoe and rake alone and try and turn 2 acers worth of ground.
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Post by LawrenceCoBowhunter on Jul 1, 2007 12:53:14 GMT -5
Have you checked into renting a tractor?The last time I rented one it cost me $200 for all day.
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Post by Sleazy E on Jul 1, 2007 14:59:08 GMT -5
I had considered that... but I would not be able to get it to one of the areas I plan on planting.... unless I go through the adjoining property, and the people that own it are not the nicest bunch (went so far as to tell me I could not even track a deer on to thier property to try and recover it), so I am pretty sure they would not allow me to come in fromt hat direction.
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Post by hornharvester on Jul 1, 2007 15:43:15 GMT -5
Sleazy,
You can do all the prep work with a tiller but it will take you some time. Once you get the soil tore up you can use a hand seeder or grass seeder to put on the wheat, oats and fertilizer. Use some kind of drag to cover it all up. A drag can be made from a section of chain link fence with a railroad tie on top. Oats and wheat don't need to be covered that much to grow.
If you mow and spray the middle of August you should be ready to plant by the first of Sept. Good luck with what ever you do. h.h.
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