Winter Maintenance?

dirtburn

Four Pointer
I remember when I was young we knew a guy that would only lime and fertilize his lawn in the winter. It got me thinking about perennial food plots, does anyone lime/fertilize their plots in the winter and are there any advantages or disadvantages of doing so.
 

jug

Old Mossy Horns
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Liming those heavy clay soils like you find in the Northern piedmont in January and February is usually necessary if you don't want to till the lime in. Takes 3 months for all the lime applied to start working and adjust the ph like it should is what the NCDA has told me . I usually lime in end of January and again in February up on the pasture in Rockingham county . Fertilize late February and March.
Lime in January
See the results in April
 

sky hawk

Old Mossy Horns
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Yeah, I like to lime in February/March for fall plots. Everything I have read says lime takes 4-6 months to fully take effect. Obviously the advantage is it is actually working when you need it, and there's plenty of down time to get it done in the winter. I am not aware of any disadvantages. It doesn't have to be a perennial plot. Just any plot where you expect to plant in a few months. If it was a spring plot, I would lime right now.
 
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DBCooper

Old Mossy Horns
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I don’t think there’s a bad time to apply lime ?

I apply in February and sept.
 
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