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Post by leexrayshady on Jun 2, 2017 6:10:05 GMT -6
Hypothetical here, But say you have a piece of ground that is to wet to work with, and barring anymore rain what would be the fastest way to dry it out?
A. Burn area down with gly so sun can do its part
B. leave green growing so it can suck up the moisture?
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Post by terrifictom on Jun 2, 2017 6:22:13 GMT -6
Can you get an ATV into this area? If you could disc with an atv disc it would dry out pretty quickly.
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Post by sd51555 on Jun 2, 2017 6:25:44 GMT -6
Hypothetical here, But say you have a piece of ground that is to wet to work with, and barring anymore rain what would be the fastest way to dry it out? A. Burn area down with gly so sun can do its part B. leave green growing so it can suck up the moisture? I'm living it. I zapped it three weeks ago. I'm hoping that's the ticket. Sunlight hitting dirt makes dirt hotter. Hotter dirt transpires more water. That's my theory. |
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Post by Foggy on Jun 2, 2017 6:48:51 GMT -6
Can you get an ATV into this area? If you could disc with an atv disc it would dry out pretty quickly. ^ This gets the soil dried up at my place. Doesn't take long. |
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Post by Tooln on Jun 2, 2017 7:23:40 GMT -6
Does this ground have low spots that hold water is is it just always wet. What is the history of the spot, always been a open area or something recently opened up? When I opened up my woods to make a food plot it held water big time. Dig down a foot and I had clay. What I did was haul fill to fill the low spots and tried to contour the best I could so any place that use to hold water now runs it to the side. I also ran a sub-soiler through the plot to open up the hard pan. Tap root plantings are also included in my plot to try to break up and keep open the hard pan.
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Post by coop on Jun 2, 2017 7:48:03 GMT -6
I've had best results drying food plots with a roto-tiller.
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Post by leexrayshady on Jun 2, 2017 8:13:28 GMT -6
oh absolutely working the ground will dry it out more quickly, my question was geared toward what if you were not able to work the ground. lets say the ground is near a swamp, in spring is very damp, but any dry spell it dry's up nicely
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Post by mnfish on Jun 2, 2017 10:10:40 GMT -6
My approach is to leave the "center" of the area growing. If willows are present, they respirate a lot of moisture. I burn the edges down with gly. Mow and throw top growing around the end of July. My wetter spots hold the perfect moisture (damp sponge) during the hot months. I use pell lime along with my seeding. Plants like jap millet will be over my head come hunting season
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