Post by bsutravis on Jul 12, 2013 9:09:54 GMT -5
I thought I'd give an update on my attempt at a honey hole food plot... My son and I have done a pretty good job at killing off all the weed cover and removing a TON of dead sticks and tree bark to expose the topsoil. 10 days ago I tossed down a handful of rye/brassica mix just to see what would happen and it's came up NICE, keeping in mind we had a TON of rain to help it along over the past week. The rye is 3-4" tall and you can see the brassica sprouts coming up too but those are just 1/2" high.
We've got a little more raking to do at one end to remove the dead stuff, and I need to do another pass of roundup at the far end as there was a bunch of grasses that aren't totally dead. Since there's no rain in the forecast I'm gonna hit that with w/ Roundup today and it should be good to plant by the time the rain comes back into the forecast.
Here's a pic of the plot..... it runs East to West and the canopy to the South has really been cut back so when the sun starts to fall into that Southern sky later in the year it should really get some sunlight in there. A deep creek sits along the left side of the photo. The entire plot is about 125 yards in length now.
We've got a little more raking to do at one end to remove the dead stuff, and I need to do another pass of roundup at the far end as there was a bunch of grasses that aren't totally dead. Since there's no rain in the forecast I'm gonna hit that with w/ Roundup today and it should be good to plant by the time the rain comes back into the forecast.
Here's a pic of the plot..... it runs East to West and the canopy to the South has really been cut back so when the sun starts to fall into that Southern sky later in the year it should really get some sunlight in there. A deep creek sits along the left side of the photo. The entire plot is about 125 yards in length now.
