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Could I plow it the way it is?

Discussion in 'Food Plots & Habitat Improvement' started by joshcalhoun18, Aug 9, 2017.

  1. joshcalhoun18

    joshcalhoun18 Weekend Warrior

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    I was wondering if you could plow it the way it is right now? I just sprayed it yesterday so it should be dead in a few days. And don't worry about the grass clumps i will get those out of the way before I plow. 20170809_180343.jpg 20170809_180428.jpg 20170809_180332%280%29.jpg

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    What else would you do before plowing it? By "plow" do you mean disk or moldboard plow (actually plowing)?
     
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    Maybe...but after many years- I've learned to be careful and patiant
     
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    Depends on what your using. If you got a good heavy disc you should be good to go.

    My neighbor just disced a 3 acre field for me today that wasn't sprayed and has foot tall grass. He ran one direction and cut it deep. Going to let the grass start to die off and he's coming back over the weekend to disc the other direction and then probably once more next week sometime to finish it off. This is the opposite of what you should normally do but it works, just need more passes and time in between to let the grass die. The disc he's using is extremely heavy so it's getting down 8-10 inches deep. You can till up anything, just going to require more passes is all lol
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  5. joshcalhoun18

    joshcalhoun18 Weekend Warrior

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    I would let everything die first and then I would disc it sorry if I confused some people.

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    You should be good to go unless you have a really really light disk. Letting it die down first from the spray won't gain much where you cut it that short, the dead thatch is what is hard to work up just because it's so fibrous. You could burn that off as far as that goes.
     
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    Kinda late in growing cycle. Good luck and work fast
     
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    It all depends on where he is at. I don't plant the majority of my stuff until the first week of Sept. for s. Indiana
     
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    Fair enough
     
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    I'm in central Texas so I usually plant around late August and early September.

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