food plots

[jimbires]

This is very interesting stuff. What does your land owner grow on the rest of the farm and does that compete with your success?

this was all a coal strip mine . where we are hunting , planting , and our two shooting ranges the coal stripping finished up about 3 or 4 years ago . on the back side of our lease , there is still an active coal stripping job ran by the land owner . He is very happy with us guys . he's told us we are the only lease trying to make things better . he's done different things to help us out . the last couple years when we needed powdered lime , he gave us a triaxle . we had to pay the drivers wages , and we paid his price for the lime at the quarry . earth day 2023 he got us hooked up with Penn State college ag department , they were looking for a project . a few back filled fields , near his active coal job , got planted with trees that will be beneficial to wildlife . if I remember right we got 3500 trees planted , in an open field . now these trees are only 8 or 10 inches high , but we got them . I won't live long enough to see the benefit of them , but hopefully the next guys to have the lease will take over and do as we are doing , and get the benefit of the trees . he has just been a wonderful guy to lease from . we use the place like we own it .

 

[jimbires]

about an hour ago we got the call , our supplies are in ! we are farmin now ! LOL

 

[salmonchaser]

this was all a coal strip mine . where we are hunting , planting , and our two shooting ranges the coal stripping finished up about 3 or 4 years ago . on the back side of our lease , there is still an active coal stripping job ran by the land owner . He is very happy with us guys . he's told us we are the only lease trying to make things better . he's done different things to help us out . the last couple years when we needed powdered lime , he gave us a triaxle . we had to pay the drivers wages , and we paid his price for the lime at the quarry . earth day 2023 he got us hooked up with Penn State college ag department , they were looking for a project . a few back filled fields , near his active coal job , got planted with trees that will be beneficial to wildlife . if I remember right we got 3500 trees planted , in an open field . now these trees are only 8 or 10 inches high , but we got them . I won't live long enough to see the benefit of them , but hopefully the next guys to have the lease will take over and do as we are doing , and get the benefit of the trees . he has just been a wonderful guy to lease from . we use the place like we own it .

25 years ago this was nothing but a hay field/pasture. About 3500 trees planted, various brush species and were planted. Still getting 18 inches to two feet of leader growth a year. You may be surprised how fast things change.

 

[jimbires]

I Found a couple pics of the tree project . they plowed both ways , made like a checker board . a tree got planted at each plow crossing . if you look close at the field before it was plowed you'll see a dragline boom in the opening . the plow lines go to a ladder stand we have there . their tractor dwarfs my buggy .




pic of our range before it was completely backfilled . we've had 3 or 4 , maybe 5 shooting lines . when they backfilled they would screw us up . this is our long range . we shoot to 2000 from the shooting line , we have to back up to get more than 2000 yards . we also have a short range 50 to 450 with a target at every 50 yards .

 

[salmonchaser]

I think that is pretty amazing what they are doing with those old coal mines. You deserve praise for improving on those operations as what you have done will exceed what you take off the land. Well done.

 

[JD338]

As you can see in these pictures, the grasses are coming in to the food plots. Although the deer are in them, I'm going to replant them this year.

 

[jimbires]

our one food plot that is planted in clover , the clover is really nice , but the grass is high and looks like it's trying to take over . we bought a gallon of " tap out " supposedly it will kill out the grass and not harm the clover .

 

[jimbires]

our soy beans , we got two different brands . one brand is inoculated , the other is not . they gave us a couple bags of inoculant . they told us to just put the seed in buckets and pour the powder inoculant in with the seed and stir it around . does this sound right ? is that all there is to it ?

 

[jimbires]

I think that is pretty amazing what they are doing with those old coal mines. You deserve praise for improving on those operations as what you have done will exceed what you take off the land. Well done.

thank you , we have five guys that pretty much do everything . we all say we want to leave it better than we got it . we've done a lot of things , some worked others didn't . I guess that's to be expected .

 

[salmonchaser]

thank you , we have five guys that pretty much do everything . we all say we want to leave it better than we got it . we've done a lot of things , some worked others didn't . I guess that's to be expected .

That my friend, is farming.

 

[RL338]

our soy beans , we got two different brands . one brand is inoculated , the other is not . they gave us a couple bags of inoculant . they told us to just put the seed in buckets and pour the powder inoculant in with the seed and stir it around . does this sound right ? is that all there is to it ?

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This will give you a good idea what it’s for.
We mix 2oz per bag of seed in the planter for field crops.

 

[RL338]

Got my beans in today could stand to be dryer in some spots. We are expecting heavy rains thru the weekend , at least its planted.

 

[jimbires]

we were really wet . now it's getting dry . we got about 3/4" of rain yesterday , and no rain in sight now . next week in the low 90's everyday . no happy medium , it seems .

 

[salmonchaser]

we were really wet . now it's getting dry . we got about 3/4" of rain yesterday , and no rain in sight now . next week in the low 90's everyday . no happy medium , it seems .

And city folks think farmin is easy.

 

[jimbires]

we worked yesterday , and got 3 food plots fertilized and planted .



forgot to mention ;

we planted the soy beans , and applied the inoculant . the inoculant they gave us reminded me of powdered graphite . we put some seed in and poured a little inoculant in , and mixed by hand . really there was nothing to it . yes , it turned your hands black . LOL

 

[mjcmichigan]

This is a half acre food plot.. we got enough rain this year that it took. Blend of rye rape and turnips…

 

[DrMike]

It does appear thar doe and fawn are appreciative of your provision.

 

[RL338]

we worked yesterday , and got 3 food plots fertilized and planted .



forgot to mention ;

we planted the soy beans , and applied the inoculant . the inoculant they gave us reminded me of powdered graphite . we put some seed in and poured a little inoculant in , and mixed by hand . really there was nothing to it . yes , it turned your hands black . LOL

We used to use a liquid , nothing but a sticky mess. Couple years ago we switched to the powder , broken yardstick for mixing works.

 

[jimbires]

our soy beans are up . we've been getting fields ready . going to try and fertilize and plant more July 4 and 5 . things are shaping up . the weather lately has been about perfect . warm nights , hot days , and rain about every 3 or 4 days .

we have always had problems getting the disc to cut through the sod on new fields , and even like our rye grass field was a bugger to get through . we would just keep going over and over , until we got things looking half decent . we bought a set of scalloped discs and put them on the front row . wow what a difference that made . well worth the money . one or two trips around the field and it looks great .we're learnin . LOL



speaking of how the landowner tries to help us out . we talked to him about us doing a few things, and he made it easy with the loan of a 980 . we always ask permission before we do anything major .

 

[salmonchaser]

our soy beans are up . we've been getting fields ready . going to try and fertilize and plant more July 4 and 5 . things are shaping up . the weather lately has been about perfect . warm nights , hot days , and rain about every 3 or 4 days .

we have always had problems getting the disc to cut through the sod on new fields , and even like our rye grass field was a bugger to get through . we would just keep going over and over , until we got things looking half decent . we bought a set of scalloped discs and put them on the front row . wow what a difference that made . well worth the money . one or two trips around the field and it looks great .we're learnin . LOL

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speaking of how the landowner tries to help us out . we talked to him about us doing a few things, and he made it easy with the loan of a 980 . we always ask permission before we do anything major .

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Now you’re farmin!