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Got started today by bushhogging the plot. Gonna turn and plant in 2-3 weeks. . Here is before. . . And here is after. . .


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Getting that time... I won't plant mine until the end of Oct though. Use to plant early and they would get to tall and non palatable for the deer to eat by mid season when it was warm.

micci_man wrote:Getting that time... I won't plant mine until the end of Oct though. Use to plant early and they would get to tall and non palatable for the deer to eat by mid season when it was warm.

. The mix I use. Oats is good early then the rape mid season and the clover comes in good late. And that's with no fertilizer. Just turn in the grass and plant.


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H&M,

What kind of clover do you plant? Looks like different clover species grow in different seasons. I like the idea of clover, but have never planted it.

My oat mix burned up this month but had a lot of activity in June and July. Chufas are still getting hit hard. I've had really good luck with chufas the past couple years.

SHOWBOAT wrote:H&M,

What kind of clover do you plant? Looks like different clover species grow in different seasons. I like the idea of clover, but have never planted it.

My oat mix burned up this month but had a lot of activity in June and July. Chufas are still getting hit hard. I've had really good luck with chufas the past couple years.

. I always plant crimson clover. It puts a lot of forage in the plot late season till around March.


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that is what I was looking at. Osceolas also look interesting. Apparently developed by UF for southern climate.

https://hancockseed.com/seed-varieties- ... dex-2.html

My nephew and I did a lot of reading and talked to the Extension agent in our county. He strongly recommended a soil test at each plot ($7). He also strongly recommended Crimson clover. Said it grows well, can handle a lot more diversity in climate and soil type. I know deer love it and I have killed several turkeys that looked like their craw was pre-stuffed with a bag salad. It is also not expensive and is not an annual, it is perennial. I have hunted turkey next to a stand that is over 7 years old. Getting a little weak, I would replant, but the guy that deer hunts it is happy with it.

onefishtwofish wrote:My nephew and I did a lot of reading and talked to the Extension agent in our county. He strongly recommended a soil test at each plot ($7). He also strongly recommended Crimson clover. Said it grows well, can handle a lot more diversity in climate and soil type. I know deer love it and I have killed several turkeys that looked like their craw was pre-stuffed with a bag salad. It is also not expensive and is not an annual, it is perennial. I have hunted turkey next to a stand that is over 7 years old. Getting a little weak, I would replant, but the guy that deer hunts it is happy with it.

. Believe it or not I never put out fertilizer. I let it go fallow after season and turn in all the weeds after bush-hogging the plot. I get a good stand every year.


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Got it planted today. Now come on sprouts. . . . . . Man it felt good today.


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Looking good as of today. Even with no rain. .


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Plots look good. Food plotting is fun for sure and I'm not trying to say you are wrong or come across the wrong way but I don't understand why folks plant fall/winter seeds way early. the stuff comes up and looks pretty but by the time the food in the woods is gone the plot is tall, tough and not as palatable to deer. I understand time is a factor when things can get done and you gotta do what you gotta do. I changed my planting tactics about 5 yrs ago and started planting my plots 2-3 week of Oct and it's amazing on how much more deer use them longer into the season. Adding fert to the plots will also turn the deer on to them better. Take 2 of the same kind of oaks side by side. Fert one prior to it growing acorns and not the other. I guarantee the one that got fert on it will be hit 10 times harder than the one that wasn't. I over seed with crimson and yuchi arrow leaf clovers. The yuchi gets taller after season and deer and turkey like it and the turkey's will nest in it in the spring. My fert and seed is in the barn and won't go in the ground until we get rain and it doesn't look like anytime soon.





Spring pics

I have the rape, brassica and clover in there for late season.


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