If I wanted to increase the size of a food plot by having some cedars, cedar elms, and underbrush cleared with a hydro axe- would it be possible to run a tiller over the shavings and then be able to plant? Or would I be better off removing the trees entirely?
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Depends on how thick the brush is. If it's not too bad and the mulch left over is not deep you may get vegetative response fairly soon. As said above, the chunks can be pretty big unless you get the operator to back drag several times but that will cost more in labor.
Another thought would be to broadcast the seeds before the clearing and let the mulch cover it instead of tilling it and see how that works.
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A dozer is great but the hydro axe does a great job in removing choked out live oaks and making sendaros. We have used both dozers and a Mulcher and found that the native grasses actually came back quicker on the mulched areas. If you want to make a food plot in these areas I would definitely use a dozer to remove the roots and all the other trash.
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Originally posted by BlakeJ View PostThere's no rocks. But I can't have a ton of stumps, it'll tear up the tiller.
If it's small scrub brush type stuff then it shouldn't be to much of a problem but if it's trees of any size....
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