1.5 acre no till clover foodplot

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    looks great!
     
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    Looks good. You should take a backpack sprayer and hit it with some Arrest this year. Then frost seed 1 more time next year and that'll be a great plot for 5 years (assuming you continue to mow it every year)
     
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    Look really good!
     
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    Great looking plot. Mowing I think is key in this case. Thanks for sharing.
     
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    You ever throw down some 0-0-60 fertilizer at all? That would help the clover out.

    Looks good and thanks for sharing. Shows you don't need lots of stuff to get the job done.
     
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    great looking spot!!
     
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    I've had good luck with clover in the past. I did however find out from an old farmer and hunter that clover seed is so small that you will actually waste a lot of it hand seeding and using a spreader. He told me to mix the clover seed with sand and it will disperse a lot more evenly. It actually worked pretty well.
     
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    Ideally yes a soil test. Mossy Oak Biolgic has a great test for $8 and you got to mail in a half of a sandwich bag of dirt. (Same lab as whitetail institute but cheaper).

    But the 0-0-60 mainly only feeds the clover and can't hurt. I would check your local farm/seed/ co ops in the phone book and call and ask what they got.

    Turnips too will benefit from a general 17-17-17 fertilizer but ideally a soil test that will tell you exactly how much you need ( breaks it down per 1000sq ft and per acre of how much to ammend your soil.)

    I got by for years with out doing a soil test and grew waist high brassicas and turnips the size of softballs on crappy soil but I put enough fertilizer down. Now with the tests I save $ and surprised myself on how good some plots are and what needed work.
     
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    very nice.
     
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    Looking Good.
     
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    8-10" would be great
     
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    That came in really nice. Well done!
     

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