Food Plots I didn't know that I needed this

[Wiley]

until a few days ago when I saw the pics where one was used by TRHC and right then I knew it would work well for me..... I had to drive over to Georgia to get it but I saved a few hundred $$$ over what I could find around here. Some folks are real proud of these things!

 

[deerhunter10]

We use one about every 5ish years. Didn't know they were going for good money. I'd sell mine for the right price.

 

[eyeseeker]

Best way to turn dirt in rocky plots

 

[Wiley]

We use one about every 5ish years. Didn't know they were going for good money. I'd sell mine for the right price.

5 to 7 hunnerd dollars for a 7 footer seems to be the asking price around here.

 

[Popcorn]

aka orchard plow. some use them as a rebreaker for where plowed ground has laid out all winter before disking.
I have that same one, I use it when needed for surface compaction, opening heavily thatched ground. Also works for opening seed bank to encourage forbs or to create a flush to spray and kill in a pre-emptive strike.

Gave $375 for mine at an auction in Cookeville 11 or 12 years ago

 

[Wiley]

Gave $375 for mine at an auction in Cookeville 11 or 12 years ago

I paid less for that one today

 

[Popcorn]

I paid less for that one today

If you use it thats a good deal.

 

[square]

You will love it. Use it prior to fertilizing and discing. Gave $100 for mine about 15 years ago. Put new points on it 2 years ago that cost more than the plow.

 

[Swampster]

I have a tiller attachment on my tractor that I bought for my garden. After bush hogging, I will run it kind of shallow. After throwing seed I run the tactor over it. It is good for firebreaks too.

 

[BSK]

Best way to turn dirt in rocky plots

We broke the teeth off even one of those on my plots!

I learned the trick is to never mess with the soil until after you've had some good rains.

 

[FourWFarm]

Used mine yesterday after running subsoiler thru my sunflower plot.

 

[Wiley]

We broke the teeth off even one of those on my plots!

I learned the trick is to never mess with the soil until after you've had some good rains.

Luckily, I don't have any rocky plots but do have a couple that occasionally give up a Native American artifact

 

[BSK]

Luckily, I don't have any rocky plots but do have a couple that occasionally give up a Native American artifact

After having a new road bulldozed across my property, first time down it with my truck I blew a tire. Took the tire in to be fixed, and when they took the tire off the rim they pulled a beautiful arrowhead out of the inside of the tire!

 

[BSK]

When I talk about my rocky plots, I don't think many understand what I mean. I'm not talking about some rocks mixed into the soil. All but one of my plots are along the spine of long narrow hog-back ridges. Those ridges exist because of the thick layers of chert preventing them from eroding away. And not chert gravel, but chert rock - often in layers about 4-inches thick. These plots CAN be tilled after some soaking rains (see first picture below). But once tilled, a couple of good rains will wash away what little powdery soil we have, leaving just the rock. The second picture below is literally the middle of one of my plots several rains after being tilled. That is why I have learned (thanks to Mega) to always keep something growing in the plots, and to keep a layer of mulch over the soil to prevent soil erosion and moisture loss. Let ground like in the second picture stand exposed in July and August and it will literally turn to concrete not even a pickaxe will penetrate.