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Do I Need a Food Plot? Arkansas Extension Says Maybe Not
Plots rarely sustain a population, you can destroy good native habitat replacing it, and land management matters more. Then: 1 acre per 40, and rotate.
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Food Plots
Should I plant a food plot at all — and if so, how big and where?
Arkansas Extension opens its food plot guidance by telling you that you may not need one: plots rarely sustain a population, you can destroy good native habitat by replacing it, and overall land management matters far more. These guides start from that, then cover the numbers that decide the ones worth planting — plot size and rotation, soil test and lime timing, seeding depth, inoculation, and the three chemistries that let you weed a legume stand without killing it.
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Food Plot Seedbed Preparation: Lime Three Months Early
Lime needs two to three months before planting. Clover goes no deeper than ¼–½ inch. Legume seed must be inoculated. Most plots fail on these three.
Weed Control
Food Plot Weed Control: Spraying Clover Without Killing It
Clover is a broadleaf, so broadleaf herbicide kills it. Three chemistries are selective enough not to — and the pre-plant kill is the one that matters most.
Weed Control
Brassica Food Plot Weed Control: The Weeds You Cannot Spray
UGA on canola: no herbicide controls wild radish or wild mustard in it. In a turnip or rape plot the worst weeds share the crop's own family.
Weed Control
Wheat and Oat Food Plot Weed Control: A Stage, Not a Date
A cereal plot reverses every rule from a clover plot. 2,4-D goes on-label, clethodim kills the crop, and one clause about legumes rules out most mixed plots.
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