Originally posted by Yaz:
DP.,
Its a little extra work, but it pays off in the end. Since this is a new plot, you might want to kill it off in the spring after greenup. Till the plot well, and let it set over the summer. The summer rains will break the soil down, and level it out. This will make it really easy to till in the fall. That makes the seedbed easy to prep also. Kill it off again two weeks before tilling and planting, as the others have said, seed in the ground will germinate. If you do it in August, you will have a good stand by hunting season. That will really ehlp keep unwanted weeds out of your patch.
Great advise here by Yaz, I would also mention if your plot needs lime to lime it as early as you can so the lime has time to leach into the soil and be beneficial cause it takes lime time to get into the soil.
