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will be planting 3 total acres in PA July 16th (2 acre main and 2- 1/2 acre plots). My concern is "taking the food away" when coming back in Sept to plant fall throw and mow crops. (Oats, Winter wheat, red clover, winter peas) Should I leave some buckwheat standing? Should I throw and mow...

buddy has 325 acres on a PA mountain with lower fileds that we have planted two 1/2 acre foodplots with quad attachments. Bigger foodplotting requires bigger toys. They are looking at the JD 1025. Soil has a fair bit of shale type rock that we manually remove while dragging a tine attachment...

after say a 3-5 yr alfalfa plot, do you have to let it go dormant for a year or two?

I hear ya on Sturgis. I take him w/ a grain of salt. What's the LC cereal grain mix? I like the idea of spreading a mix across the mountain so different doe groups can take residence.

just to clarify...I'm trying to NOT create a doe factory, which Sturgis implies pushes bucks to bed further away from main and sub groups.

Creating deer movement via foodplots So I’d like to hear some opinions on a couple foodplot topics: 1. foodplot doe factories (per J. Sturgis) 2. creating movement via foodplots Buddies own 300 acres of mountain property that had gas lines run thru and planted in clover. Lower field on mountain...

I've had great results with Alsike clover

I'm growing wetland Alfalfa for the 1st time in some areas that occasionally flood or remain wet. https://meritseed.com/ga-378-wetland-alfalfa-perennial/ Do you let the plants go the 1st year to form good crowns or do you cut it after 40-60 days for new growth? Not sure if that would make a...

Well...I guess this answers the question... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/roundup-weed-killer-is-safe-epa-says-giving-bayer-a-win/

Just something I’ve been wondering if anyone has observed yet in there situation. With the throw an mow method and spraying a cover crop like Winter wheat….has anyone observed that WW still being grazed after spraying? Do the deer naturally stop browsing on it? With all the recent news about...

https://meritseed.com/ga-378-wetland-alfalfa-perennial/

I've been toying with planting in a few places that remain moist (edge of swamp, next to creek etc) that would be good killplot sites. One thing I read was Alsike clover likes a companion like wetland Alfalfa. Is this true? Also going to try jointvetch in another spot.

If your working a foodplot purely by hand....is Cereal Rye a bad choice because of the amount of Nitrogen it uptakes? I mean...I'll be able to cut it down but not till into the ground. Would supplementing fertilizer after soil analysis be acceptable?

I was researching the same last night. From what I've read....Alsike clover and deervetch do well in wet areas.

I’m into my second year of planting foodplots. I had good success last year with Real world deadly dozen. My question is…if this mix has clover in it, is it necessary to do a crop rotation? My plan is to plant the same mix in the same plot. If crop rotation is recommened, how often should this...