The Martie Plots

The only equipment required for a great Minnesota food plot is a sprayer and a spreader.  Marties Farm Stores stock everything you need to get your plots planted.  Number 1 priority is to control the weeds.

Plotting Calendar Below

JUNE – Select your location, collect a soil sample and spray Glyphosphate with correct amount after AMS at 2 quarts per acre.  If you turn or till the dirt you will bring new weed seeds to the surface that will need to grow and be sprayed again.

JULY – Spot spray any remaining green weeds.  Do not disturb the soil.

Planting OPTION 1 – Mid July (no soil test? – come on man!) broadcast 200#’s of 46-0-0 urea and 400#’s of  17 17 17 fertilizer and ‘Marties Brassica Blend’ per acre mid to late July before a good rain.  Soil test may save you huge amounts on the fertilizer.  You can LIGHTLY drag the dirt but do not bring new weed seeds to the top.

Planting OPTION 2 – Mid to late August before a good rain (no soil test?   ooof.) broadcast 400#’s of 17 17 17 and 6 bags of ‘Marties All Fall Blend’ per acre. You can LIGHTLY drag the dirt but do not bring new weed seeds to the top.

You can SHOP HERE (click blue link) and pick up the items in store or after hours at our Elk River or Monticello locations for an online savings.  Marties ‘All Fall’ Blend not available until the beginning of August when cereal rye is harvested, but everything else is in stock and ready for pickup now.

If you have any question please ask for Brooks.