Clearing food plots

[jeff9366]

I'll do soil test and fertilize/lime in spring then.

I recommend a professional soil test, not testing soil yourself from a kit.

In Florida, a branch of the University of Florida (IFAS - Institute of Food & Agricultural Science) does the soil test through its many local offices, I presume at least one office in every county in the state. If you notify the tester of your potential crop the tester will customize nutrients and soil pH specifically for potential crop.


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[jeff9366]

Cultipacker would be helped. How much does it need to weigh? I feel the soil here in Indiana is harder with some clay versus down south where the soil is sandy.

The functions of a Cultipacker are:

1. Press seeds into soil.

2. Extend moisture period for seed germination and perhaps reduce water and winds erosion is some cases via ridges pressed into soil.

3. Flatten dirt clods.

4. Flatten land through roller action, especially with towed Cultipackers, which articulate independently from the tractor. Ken Sweet, Sweet Tractors in Kentucky, usually has refurbished, very heavy, sometimes twin roller towed Cultipackers for sale. Usually too heavy to be Three Point Hitch mounted.

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I cannot make a good recommendation on Cultipacker weight. If the Culitpacker manufacturers do not have the weight figured about right they would not sell.

In addition to pressing food plot seeds, I use my everythingattachments.com Cultipacker to roll my lawn periodically after a soaking rain. I will have a perfectly flat lawn after several more years of rolling and filling the the revealed low areas with top soil. The Cultipacker formed ridges are easily raked flat.