Bill Barrett
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Deer Food Plots
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ahvatsa
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Wow! Great replys. Thanks all. I have decided to order a Woods Super-Duty SGT 88 tiller. I was VERY impressed with the 840 Brushbull cutter delievered today. I am a little surprised at the lack of positive feedback (plotmaster). I will pass for now, again, thanks all who replied. Spent 6 hrs. on a M6040 and had a blast. Hate to rate after a few hours but it was flawless. The ATI 4in1 is everything I hoped for. Pulled 30 old post 3-4' deep. Dozer function with 4wd easily handled 4-5" cuts in clay. Doesn't feel like 55hp PTO, but I am a newby. I believe we made an excellent choice. The Armstrong HBB7 box blade may be a little light...we shall see...will post pics soon.
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I've had good luck on small food plots with nothing but my boxblade. It is far from ideal and I'd hate to have to make a living on what I've grown, but the plots are growing stuff. I hope to get a disk one day, but for now its all BB. No way I'd spend the money on one of those do-it-all contraptions.
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Deer food plot = Family garden
Deer food plot = Horse feeder
Sorry, I just had to
Deer food plot = Horse feeder
Sorry, I just had to
ahvatsa
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"Deer food plot = Horse feeder"
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In south Texas = Hog feeder
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In south Texas = Hog feeder
Foodplot said:
Ahhh, I've been using Poast Plus (sethoxidim) and have been getting good results on grasses. It is sprayable over pines (which are young and boarder several plots.
What I need is a clover friendly killer of broadleaf weeds. 2-4-DB maybe??
jb
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john_bud said:
An MCPA-based herbicide, maybe, for use on NEWLY established mixed grass/clover/alfalfa pastures. MCPB is also up for EPA approval and is widely used on pastures in New Zealand. They have Select (NOT the same as our Select), which is a mix of MCPA & MCPB. MCPA is easy on small grains, too.
Since we've moved from 2,4-DB esters to amines, I don't think they're quite as effective, but may be your only reasonable option.
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I'm not sure exactly what a "deer plot" is; except I live on an island with the Lower Columbia White Tail deer. They are a federally endangered species. Therefore, their "food plot" is anything they **** well feel like. 8' high fences is about all you can do to keep them out of your vegetable garden... and then they just eat the bark off your trees in the winter killing them!
I just wanted to comment that I picked-up a new Tye 64" 8 row w/8" spacing seed drill. It's called the "Estate Series". You can even go down to 48" wide planter with 6 or 8" spacing. They cost under 3k and can be 3-point or drawn. I went with 3 point. I'm considering putting down an acre of fodder beets and open polinated corn for animal food during the winter. Except, I have no freaking clue how to grow field crops. Well, it's more the weeding/harvesting I'm worried about.
I just wanted to comment that I picked-up a new Tye 64" 8 row w/8" spacing seed drill. It's called the "Estate Series". You can even go down to 48" wide planter with 6 or 8" spacing. They cost under 3k and can be 3-point or drawn. I went with 3 point. I'm considering putting down an acre of fodder beets and open polinated corn for animal food during the winter. Except, I have no freaking clue how to grow field crops. Well, it's more the weeding/harvesting I'm worried about.
bucmeister
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Greyfields,
Any links to the Tye company?
Any links to the Tye company?