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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: jbatey1]
#2898024
09/06/19 01:52 PM
09/06/19 01:52 PM
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Posts: 4,753 Moody, AL
willdo22
10 point
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Moody, AL
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We only plant three fields. It works fine for us.
A mans got to know his limitations.
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: Acorn]
#2898814
09/07/19 04:06 PM
09/07/19 04:06 PM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 13,054 Montgomery, Alabama
jaredhunts
Puts sugar in his cornbread!
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Puts sugar in his cornbread!
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Montgomery, Alabama
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How do they handle roots, sticks, etc...? What happens when you hit an old stump or rock: shear a pin? bend a tine? I've yet to hurt mine. It's not that tilling is slower than discing, you just dont have a high travel speed. One pass with tiller is all you really need. A 100 hp tractor with a 3 ton disc is nice but most people dont have that to work with. You put a tiller behind a 20 hp tractor and your in business.
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
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#2904408
09/14/19 04:30 PM
09/14/19 04:30 PM
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Posts: 9,049 USA
marshmud991
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Marsh I see dead grass in those plots (which look great btw). Did you spray before tilling?
That's the main thing I wanted to interject here for the OP. If you set one down in green grass more than about 4" tall you'll wrap the tiller up in it and it'll take an act of congress to get it out. If it's LONG grass you'll probably decide to throw the tiller away. They were sprayed in July. Been real dry so there wasn’t much tall grass. My buddy just took the bushhog and clipped them down ahead of me. Worked great. But I have been known to put that tiller where it shouldn’t be and yes it’s a job to cut all that grass out. And don’t leave the grass and let it dry because it turns like cable.
It's hard to kiss the lips at night that chews your a$$ all day long.
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: blumsden]
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09/15/19 09:32 PM
09/15/19 09:32 PM
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Posts: 657 South Baldwin
JayHook2
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Takes too long and will beat you to death, especially on a rocky field. Guys, our plots are not golf greens, and they don't need to look like it to attract deer. They're expensive and have more crap to tear up. Ya'll think that a field has to be tilled or disked 3-4 inches deep, and that's just simply not the case. I know ya'll get tired of hearing us say it, but throw and mow works and saves you soooo much time and money. What Blumsden said...
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: jbatey1]
#2912819
09/25/19 11:15 PM
09/25/19 11:15 PM
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 8,030 Central Alabama
muzziehead
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We still disc ours to break it up then hit with roto tiller. It seems like you are crawling but it takes about 45-60 minutes to prepare a plot of 1 acre with the tiller, but they sure produce a good seed bed. https://i.imgur.com/CWiKe12.jpg
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: muzziehead]
#2912868
09/26/19 06:23 AM
09/26/19 06:23 AM
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Joined: Nov 2014
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jaredhunts
Puts sugar in his cornbread!
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Puts sugar in his cornbread!
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Posts: 13,054
Montgomery, Alabama
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We still disc ours to break it up then hit with roto tiller. It seems like you are crawling but it takes about 45-60 minutes to prepare a plot of 1 acre with the tiller, but they sure produce a good seed bed. https://i.imgur.com/CWiKe12.jpgThat plot looks like a good producer.
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: jaredhunts]
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09/26/19 07:35 AM
09/26/19 07:35 AM
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Posts: 10,414 Scottsboro, Al
jbatey1
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Yes they do. Question. Since Im relatively new to it. Did you just mow down the grass and disc and till..or did you spray to kill first?
The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: jbatey1]
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09/26/19 07:38 AM
09/26/19 07:38 AM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 13,054 Montgomery, Alabama
jaredhunts
Puts sugar in his cornbread!
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Puts sugar in his cornbread!
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 13,054
Montgomery, Alabama
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Yes they do. Question. Since Im relatively new to it. Did you just mow down the grass and disc and till..or did you spray to kill first? That's muzzies picture but I've done it both ways. Always cut the grass down or burn down.
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Re: Rototiller for food plots
[Re: jbatey1]
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09/26/19 11:21 PM
09/26/19 11:21 PM
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Joined: May 2002
Posts: 8,030 Central Alabama
muzziehead
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I Yes they do. Question. Since Im relatively new to it. Did you just mow down the grass and disc and till..or did you spray to kill first? Yes they do. Question. Since Im relatively new to it. Did you just mow down the grass and disc and till..or did you spray to kill first? I mowed them first then sprayed them and waited three weeks. We disk them and then hit them with roto tiller. This method has always given us a great seed bed and we don’t have to compete with weeds either.
"Don't cling to Mistake, just because you spent a lot of time making it."
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