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At camp, we planted WGF sorghum (milo) as an addition to a food plot seed mix. It was probably about 10% to 15% of the seed mix. Also included were clover, chicory, millet, buckwheat, and oats. The milo made seed heads, which were used by both deer and a variety of birds, but seemed to add some...

We'll give it a shot, Wild Thing. We also let our rye stand until after June for fawn cover - bears, bobcats & coyotes. Fawns would be easy pickings, so we try to help the little ones as best we can. If we ever mow rye early, it's well before fawn drop time, to release the clover & alfalfa.

After reading up on 2-4D, it might be this. How long after spraying did you plant? The half-life of 2-4D is about 7 days. The articles I read said it can depend on the soil type as to how long the residual soil effects last.

Thanks for this info, Wild Thing. We don't have a drill at camp, but we've broadcast rye around Labor Day with good results. The rye seems to germinate just by touching the soil for us, so trying the above plan you posted might be a good bet for our place. Rye is our go-to, gap-filler/thin spots...

Some, but not out of control. I've read that some weed seeds can remain viable in the seed bank for decades, so we'll get some weeds no matter what we do. We also don't try to make magazine cover, perfect plots. Some of the weeds are natural food for deer anyway. We try to get decent, fairly...

Yes - we see butterflies on it, what looks like yellow swallowtails and a black one with blue markings on the rear of the wings. Small bees, flies & hoverflies too. More flower heads to open up yet.

Great comparison pic!

In the green "doughy" stage, right? That's when deer hit it here. After any heads turn brown & dry out, deer don't seem to bother them here - but the birds sure hammer them then. Good pic, Omicron.

Our camp is in NC Pa. - so not far away. In fields where we had a lot of grasses & weeds, we sprayed gly to kill as much as possible first. Then after a few days for the gly to get into the weeds & grasses, we'd disc the ground, broadcast our seeds, then drag or cultipack. We got good results...

Thanks, Wild Thing, for the info. We'd like to plant an alfalfa plot that would hang on for 3 to 5 years to keep deer fed without having to re-plant things - at least for that one field. We have a number of other fields we can plant to other things - mixed crop varieties typically. A plot of...

My wife dead-headed the butterfly weed after the initial flush of blooms. Now those plants gave twice as many blooms as the first time around. The insect traffic on those butterfly weed flowers is crazy! She dead-headed the obedient plants too, and they're already pushing up new flower spikes...

Also looks like aphids on the stems of those upper leaves. Sevin spray will kill both caterpillar and aphids.

Good idea, Cat. Let us know what the deer prefer. Interesting test.

You gents say to mix and observe for precipitates if hard water is a question. What are we looking for - granules to form, crystals, separation of ingredients ......??

I'll add my appreciation to seeing you back on, Wild Thing. I learned some good pointers from you in the past, that we put to good use at camp. You stated in post #10 that you'd reduce the red clover to 2#/acre with alfalfa - if you added any at all. A question for you - and any of the others...