Recent content by Mike O

Defiantly in need of some weed control.

Omicron-Pardon my ignorance as I am in Michigan and once I get a white clover plot established it lasts a few years and pretty much all summer. So I take it that you start a perennial clover plot in the fall and it lasts through the following spring and then once it goes dormant in the heat and...

omicron-Tell me more about Aberlasting, I am really interested but have never even seen the stuff. How tall does it grow? How fast does it establish compared to ladino varieties? Did you plant it in a mix or pure stand? Love to hear about it.

I am in Michigan and if I planted rye here in August it would get tall and stemmy by middle of September and the deer would quit using it. I plant like September 10th in the Upper peninsula of Michigan so that the rye is still young and tender by second week in November and the deer are still...

I do not believe that BFT is a preferred deer forage. They will probably eat it if nothing else is available but I gotta believe there are better options. What about Aberlasting clover? Its supposed to be more drought tolerant than other clovers. Medium red clover does ok in dry conditions. If...

Last post was over a year old, can the original poster please fill us in on what he ended up doing here? I am dying for an update.

S.T.Fanatic---Your spot on with the cereal grains. Too early and they become less attractive to the deer. I want them young and tender. That right there is at the heart of the issue when I asked the question in the original post. I wanted to include some winter peas in my cereal grain planting...

I have had great luck with Cereal grains planted around Labor day here in Michigan. The one time I mixed AWP's with oats the AWP did not grow more than a few inches before cooler weather slowed them down. The logical solution would be to plant the AWP earlier in say August but if I were to do so...

The peas and oats in your mix probably wont work out but the smaller seeds like the clovers and the brassicas should. The other issue with store bought seed is the age of the inoculant. All clovers usually come with an inoculant coat which is a living bacteria. It has a shelf life and depending...

Or plant some of those Groundhog Forage Radish. They will punch holes in the hard pan.

What clover variety are you considering? I would probably do a blend but really depends on what your soil is like and if the area you are working with stays really dry or somewhat moist throughout the growing season. I like what I am hearing about Aberlasting clover, maybe mix that with one...

I am gonna mess around with Throw and Mow, probably some wheat and Austrian winter peas around labor day then replant with an annual next year before going back to clover (Very interested in Aberlasting).

Foggy47-I have read what your saying about Brassica time and time again but here in farm country they are just picky. They love soybeans and corn and if I had to guess thats why they will not touch the Brassica. I live in the Thumb of Michigan but I have some property in the Upper Peninsula of...

I am in no way recommending "Throw and Mow". What I have suggested is spraying, wait two weeks and hit again, then probably right before you broadcast your clover you spray again to kill anything that has germinated due to the sun now reaching the ground. If you do this mid to late August any...

The deer around here will not touch any kind of Brassica. Have grown the nicest looking rape and radish plots you have ever seen and they just rot in the spring.