A good food plot doesn’t happen by accident — it happens on a schedule. In Franklin Parish, getting the timing right is most of the battle. Here’s the rough calendar we work from when we’re prepping plots.
Fall & winter plots (the deer-season favorites)
These are the plots most hunters care about, and the window is late summer into early fall.
- Late summer — work the ground. Spray or knock back what’s growing, then disk it in so you’ve got a clean, workable seedbed. This is the part we handle most.
- Early fall — get seed down ahead of the rain. Cool-season plantings (clover, oats, wheat, brassicas) want to go in so they catch the fall rains and establish before the first cold.
- Time it to the weather, not just the date. Going in just before a rain is worth more than hitting a calendar date exactly.
Plant too early and summer heat cooks young seedlings. Too late and they don’t establish before winter. The sweet spot is shorter than people think — which is why we tell folks to call early.
Spring & summer plots
For warm-season plots (think soybeans, peas, sunflowers), the window is after the ground warms and dries out in spring. In our part of the Delta that usually means working ground once the wet of early spring has passed.
If your spot has grown up
Plenty of good plot spots are sitting under a season of growth. No problem — we can bush hog it down first and then disk and work it into plantable ground, often in the same trip. That’s the most common way our plot jobs start.
What we do (and what’s on you)
Our core job is getting the ground ready — knocked back, disked, and worked so it’s ready to plant. Tell us your plan when you call and we’ll line the prep up with your planting window.
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