Elk River Marties Food Plots
Food plots can be expensive and a ton of work. Not at Marties in Elk River. We stock everything you need to get your plots plantedn akong twith the information needed for success. Number 1 priority is to control the weeds.
Plotting Calendar Below
JUNE – Select your location, collect a soil sample for the team in Ek River to test (FREE OF CHARGE, loaner probes available), and spray Glyphosphate with 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. Looking at about $350 for a 4 month plot.
Planting OPTION 2 – Mid to late August before a good rain (no soil test? ooof. 35% of the plots we test need zero amendments for this blend) Guess and broadcast 4 bags of 9 23 30 and 4 bags of ‘Marties All Fall Blend’ with a matching clover per acre. You can LIGHTLY drag the dirt but do not bring new weed seeds to the top. Rough cost $214 and you have an all season plot (April through Novemeber) that should last 3 to 4 years. Tested and amended plots only require mowing or packing of the grains in August to reseed themselves. The clover takes nitrogen from the air for the grains, and the grains mine P and K from deep in the soil for the clovers. Take the extra cash and invest in some bedding improvements to hold more and bigger deer on your parcel (we flag and cut bedding in central Minnesota).
Monticello Monster killed in a Martie Plot
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.
Marties Elk River is one of the only places in cantral MN for expert food plot advice.
If you have any question please ask for Brooks.