Food Plots...

[churly]

For those who plant food plots, I was wondering what you guys have/ will plant this season. I'd like to know what you have grown and what experiences you've had.

Me and my crew planted several acres of iron/clay peas, soybeans, purple hull peas, and white runners about a month ago. we planted it in 3 different plots. I usually plant about a month earlier but I wanted to see if the late planted beans would stay greener, later into bow season. usually the first week of October we go through and plow lanes in the bean fields and sow winter wheat, oats, dwarf essex rape, & austrian winter peas. This combination has been great for me over the past 3 seasons and I have noticed that the winter crops love the nitrogen the legumes provide for the soil. these fields are in Mid TN. I normally stay away from commercial blends and just make my own from co-ops or feed stores, it saves alot of money! What about yall?

 

[Kirk]

If I am building an attraction plot for archery and early MZ I use Buck Forage oats and Austrian Winter Peas. Deer will eat them to the nub in late fall and early winter. The winter plots I build are usually Dwarf Essex Rape, White and Crimson Clover and Brassica.

 

[tndoe270]

go with buck forage oats, austrian winter peas, purple top turnips, essex rape for your fall plots, biologic maximum I've heard is good in the fall. If you can find austrian winter peas w/white flowering are better than the red/purple flowers according to QDMA. We are heading up this weekend to plant our fall plots in illinois.

 

[bent rod]

Buck forage oats, any winter wheat forage from the co-ops and shot plot brassacias (sp). Mix them up, hope for rain and frost after 3 weeks.

 

[Guest]

ummm...Some white oak acorns,honeysuckle,fescue. usually does the trick for me. emoLaugh

 

[hoggerhead]

lkolb - 8/29/2008 9:39 AM

ummm...Some white oak acorns,honeysuckle,fescue. usually does the trick for me. emoLaugh

You forgot persimmon tree and briar patch!!! emoDoh emoBigsmile

 

[Punisher]

I like those yellow acorns they very well too emoAngel emoAngel

 

[Nickajack Angler]

I've been grabbin' apples off the ground of my neighbors trees. Load up buckets and dump them out in different plots. We'll see. Sounds like you have a pretty dang good grasp on the food plottin' man.... not many people are going to be as astute to it as you are. Pretty impressive Churly. You better post some pics of those monster bucks!

 

[churly]

Well, The deer enjoyed my plots! They mowed it clean to the ground. There is still a few peas But for the most part, gone! Hey thats okay, that means they needed it. But now I have to put something in the ground for fall attraction-wheat, oats, DER.

Lesson learned: There are too many deer in that area to plant a bean only plot. Beans need to be planted in AMay or june and mixed with corn, sorghum, or milo to provide cover for the young tender sprouts.