"The next thing you need to consider is that most gylphosphate herbicides require 10 to 14 days to completely kill the plants so you will need to allow yourself two weeks between spraying and breaking the ground. If you have heavy equipment such as turning plow or PTO driven tiller, you will likely not need to use Roundup before you break the ground as the equipment you are using will cut thru the roots, killing the vegetation. "
oper ground-breaking is instrumental in the creation of a good seed bed but is often times the hardest step for many food plot practitioners. This is especially true for those who do not have access to heavy tillage equipment or are planting in an area inaccessible to heavy tillage equipment.
The root structure of the existing vegetation creates a hard and tight top layer of soil much like re-rod does with cement. If you are using light equipment such as a 4-wheeler implement, the initial breaking of the ground can be an arduous task. You simply may not have enough weight and power to break through the sod base. Breaking a heavy sod-based ground with this type of equipment will take some time and will more than likely not kill the entire root structure of the plants. In these cases, spraying Roundup before you try to break the ground can make your lighter tillage equipment much more effective. The reason is that glyphosphate will kill the entire plant, including the roots, essentially removing the “re-rod” from the soil.
oper ground-breaking is instrumental in the creation of a good seed bed but is often times the hardest step for many food plot practitioners. This is especially true for those who do not have access to heavy tillage equipment or are planting in an area inaccessible to heavy tillage equipment.
The root structure of the existing vegetation creates a hard and tight top layer of soil much like re-rod does with cement. If you are using light equipment such as a 4-wheeler implement, the initial breaking of the ground can be an arduous task. You simply may not have enough weight and power to break through the sod base. Breaking a heavy sod-based ground with this type of equipment will take some time and will more than likely not kill the entire root structure of the plants. In these cases, spraying Roundup before you try to break the ground can make your lighter tillage equipment much more effective. The reason is that glyphosphate will kill the entire plant, including the roots, essentially removing the “re-rod” from the soil.