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Laying Out a Clover Planting

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LTMcGowan

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I'm looking at laying out a two acre clover planting in the middle of a 5 acre field. It is to serve as a food plot for deer. I would love to plant it all but finances don't allow it at this time. This will be my trial run and perhaps I can plant the rest later.

My question is how can I estimate the square footage for two acres?

For example, if I wanted to plant four disc widths wide/ 32 feet wide (8' x 4 passes). What would the length of the planting be?

Is there an easy formula or way to figure this out?

This is important because I need to flag the corners for the first step - getting someone to spray and kill the grass on the two acres.

Thank you!
 
43560 sq. ft./ acre x2 =87120 divided by 24-4 disc widths wide =3630--That is how far you will have to drive to get 2 acres---Tee
 
An acre is 43.560 square feet, and you are planting 32' wide, so for 2 acres, 87,120/32 = 2722.5' = length of your 32' wide "plot".

Over a half-mile (2640').
 
2 acres square is about 295' on each side. Would take about 37 passes with your 8' disc. If its a "standard" 330' X 660' five acre tract, and you wanted 2 acres in the middle the long way, it would be 132 feet wide, or 16.5 passes with your 8 foot disc. Doing it with just 4 passes with your disc will require some very tolerant neighbors.
 
You don't have enough land to put in 2 acres with only 4 passes with your 8' disc- as others have pointed out, your plot would have to be about a half mile long- which means you'd have to extend it onto neighboring properties, and they might take a dim view of that. As many comedians have discovered, attempts at humor fall flat if your audience doesn't get it.

2 acres is 87,120 square feet. For your project, measure the distance on your tract where you want the plot to be (border to border the long way would be the most efficient for the field work- the longer the pass, the less time wasted on turns), then divide 87,120 by that distance, and the result will be the width the plot should be to get 2 acres.
 
Thanks for your help.

Without having measured it I believe the field is between and 250 & 300 yards long and (it varies) 80 to 120 yards wide.

I do appreciate everyone's input. :)
 
easiest way to measure is use Google Maps, dive in on the satellite view, right click and you can choose measure distance. It will let you mark the four corners and give a total area, divide by the 43560 to get acres. Your guesstimate sounds like 7 acres or so total.
 
Using average length of 275 yards and the 8 foot disk, you would need to make 13.2 passes,105 feet wide strip. If you have
overlap about 6 inches per pass with the disk, it would take 14 passes to have 2 acres.
 
Here?s a five acre plot layed out . One rod equals
16.5 feet
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I certainly understand farming on a budget.

What is holding you back in doing the 4 acres, instead of just 2?

If you priced seed, you will find a full 60# bag is as cheap as getting #20 lbs special, and so forth.

Just kinda thinking on that. But I do understand being on a budget.

Paul
 
(quoted from post at 13:08:03 04/12/18) I certainly understand farming on a budget.

What is holding you back in doing the 4 acres, instead of just 2?

If you priced seed, you will find a full 60# bag is as cheap as getting #20 lbs special, and so forth.

Just kinda thinking on that. But I do understand being on a budget.

Paul
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I hear you but it is actually more like 7 acres
 

Here in Maryland, Landino seems to be the most planted.

At one time the entire seven acre field was planted in various crops: clover, soy beans, corn, etc..

It has just had mowed fescue grass on it for last 5+ years.

How critical is a soil test for planting clover?

Will I most likely need to fertilize and lime?
 
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