disks

[Anonymous-0]

I have a 51, 8N. I am looking at a set of disks to work up some ground for a food plot. The ground has never been worked before. It is in mostly weeds that I keep cut. Am I going to be able to work the ground with a set of disks or do I need to look at a set of plows and harrows?

Thanks for your advise.

 

[elmersooner]

our ground is pretty soft around here, but we do have some patches of clay in spots----for a food plot you should be fine with a small disc plow

 

[Mike OH]

Don't know if you are looking for a disk plow or a set of disks. My experience has not been that much, but my 6-1/2' disk just doesn't do the job. I have to plow up the area first, wait a few days to dry up if wet and then go over it with the disks. Does a nice job, but disking alone just doesn't do it for me especially if the ground hasn't been worked up before.

 

[Joe)NYC)]

What do you mean by a disc plow? Is this a plow that also has the disc in front of it. I have a 2 bottom dearborn plow with a disc in front of each plow. Is this what you mean? I have been wanting to have a food plot and been searching for a 3 point disc set for a long time now with no luck. Would my plow work on clay soil that hasn't been plowed in perhaps 40 years. I want to put just a few rows of corn, some for me and some for the creatures. Thanks.

 

[elmersooner]

(quoted from post at 03:45:25 08/17/11) What do you mean by a disc plow? Is this a plow that also has the disc in front of it. I have a 2 bottom dearborn plow with a disc in front of each plow. Is this what you mean? I have been wanting to have a food plot and been searching for a 3 point disc set for a long time now with no luck. Would my plow work on clay soil that hasn't been plowed in perhaps 40 years. I want to put just a few rows of corn, some for me and some for the creatures. Thanks.

those are coulters on the two bottom plow. disc plow is okie jargon for two rows of discs--usually with weight on top and with an angle adjustment to be able to control how aggressively the discs bite into the soil. we have mostly sandy loam and some clay. if the plow is all you have, I would use it, then use a rake or disc to even the soil and prepare the seed bed, haven't planted much corn for a food plot, but a few rows made with the 2 bottom plow is the way to go, instead of buying a disc, I would put that money in a cultivator--would make keeping the weeds down easier. we put alfalfa, peas, and wheat as food plots here so the deer have a variety. the peas never make it past a few inches.

 

[Darrellbud]

I put my food plots in last weekend, All I do is mow it with a bush hog let it dry out especially the dead grass that you mowed and drag a old J.D. 8' foot disc I bought at a auction for 20.00 dollars and go round an round untill it's ready to plant. It does help to put weight on the disc.