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which implements do I REALY need.

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Slofr8

09-04-2003 19:31:28




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I have a '43 J.D. B that I "resurrected" a couple of years ago and use to mow about 13 acres of fields on my land. I've been thinking of planting a few food plots and am wondering about which implements I would need and which ones I could do without. Plow ? Disk? Harrow?. Do I have to plow then disk or can I just disk the crap out of it. Do I then have to roll it or can/do I drag a log or something over it. I'm in Maine if it makes any differance.
Thanks for any help.

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ted

09-07-2003 06:52:47




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 Re: which implements do I REALY need. in reply to Slofr8, 09-04-2003 19:31:28  
If you can find an old 3 bar drag harrow that will work good. You could sow the oats then LIGHTLY disk (did that on a lot of govt. ground years ago. It don't always look pretty, but works well), then you probably get away with just oversowing the clover. might be a little better if you sow the clover before a light rain, I'm not sure on how your soil is up there.



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Robert

09-05-2003 07:21:55




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 Re: which implements do I REALY need. in reply to Slofr8, 09-04-2003 19:31:28  
I have to plant food plots in order to maintain my "ag.exempt" status on the 65 acres I own, and have managed to do that (food plots), with an old drag type tandem disk, and a borrowed seeder (broadcast) that I've "rigged to fit my JD "A" with a power lift (no hydraulics to speak of).
I plant oats and clover. For covering the seed, I have a home made device (two landscape timbers with a piece of chicken wire tieing the two together) that I drag behind my son's 4 wheeler.
This is a pretty crude operation, for sure, but the oats come up, as does the clover, and the deer (and tax man,LOL) are happy. As posted earlier, for food plots, you're not really going for yield, so it doesn't require a lot of investment in equipment.
Good Luck!

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ShepFL

09-05-2003 07:01:12




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 Re: which implements do I REALY need. in reply to Slofr8, 09-04-2003 19:31:28  
For your efforts I would suggest a disk harrow, broadcast spreader and some type of packer to firm the soil. I am still seeking a suitable packer - my interim solution is 12 ft piece of railroad iron.

Plowing is generally not needed for food plots.



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Stan TN

09-04-2003 21:45:17




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 Re: which implements do I REALY need. in reply to Slofr8, 09-04-2003 19:31:28  
Since most food plots are made up of grasses, plowing isn't necessary. Disk it then run over the seeds with a culitpacker or roller. Draging works almost as well.



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