Another plot Quest…………….

Alright, I started my 2 mini experimental food plots this year and threw down some 10-10-10(hopefully I did the amount right). Should I throw down some weed preventer and/or food for the plots at some time?

I planted last Monday and it rained soon after and due again on Thursday. Should I wait a while to give it time to start sprouting?

Weed control is tough, it all depends on what you planted. Let me know what you planted and I can help out. Recommended fertilzer amounts are 250 lbs per acre, I’m sure you were probably under that.
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wait forthe green shoots to come up 3-4 inches then fertilize perferably in the rain least that what i do

Lars, I don’t have much experience planting plots in the Spring. However, my plots in the fall do just fine when I prepare them the way I do and don’t have hardly any weeds in them. I’m guessing the Spring plantings will be different and have more competition from weeds. What I have heard that works is after you plant your plot, give the plot a few weeks to sprout and start to grow and then find the right herbicide and spray your plot to kill any competing weeds.

As far as fertilizing I usually do that when I disc when I’m preparing the plot. My normal food plot process is: Spray plot with round up, wait a week, Disc Plot, fertilize/lime plot, disc plot again, drag plot to firm/level the seed bed, broadcast seed on plot, then culitpack or tamp plot. Then if I can, I water or pray for rain. In the Spring, I would then wait a few weeks for the plot to sprout and then spray herbicide on it. I guess, I don’t see the harm and fertilizing again if you wanted??????

I hope this helps.

i would wait. the food plot that i planted 5-6 yrs ago worked out great when i planted and waited for roughly a month. I sprayed it w/ Advantage and the clover came up like “nobody’s business”. Then again, i disced it, chisl plowed it, waited 5 days and disced it again to kill any new weed growth. then i back dragged it… all before i broadcast seeded it.

Good Luck and pray for rain

Thanks guys!

I planted Rape, Clover, wheat and Turnips. They were in a “No Plow” formula, so I rounded up the soil worked it up and planted with the fertilizer. I just didn’t know if there was anything else I could easily do to make it grow better.