Ahhhh cereal rye
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Catscratch
5 year old buck +
I usually leave it till fall like you do. Crimping for a summer plot will be difficult with all the other stuff you have growing in there.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
I’m leaving mine this year. I’m not messing with summer plots. Last year I had quail in mine and once I cleaned them up I never saw them again. Enough ag around here that summer plots are pointless for deer
I quit summer plots for deer about six or seven years ago. Wheat and clover n the fall and let it go. Clover may slide through until next fall or it may die out in Sept and then I plant again in oct. No fertilizer.
Doves and ducks my summer planting. I have ten acres of sunflowers already in - that arent doing too great. Intend on planting about 50 or so acres for ducks first week of July
Doves and ducks my summer planting. I have ten acres of sunflowers already in - that arent doing too great. Intend on planting about 50 or so acres for ducks first week of July
JoshAnderson
Yearling... With promise
I have a love hate relationship with rye, my deer don't overly touch it in the fall, they'll browse some, but way prefer the turnips over the rye, for me rye doesn't have enough attraction power, if it's planted alone in a plot I don't see many deer there, I do love it for the spring once the snow melts it's the only thing green and deer hammer it, I always spray it in June, for me it's usually knee to waste high and that point, before it heads out, then a few weeks later I work it and plant turnips into it. And my best turnips are almost always on ground that had rye on it. I'm in Northern MN and plant soybeans, clover, straight turnips, brassica mixes, and sometimes rye.. and for me the list of preferences from deer would be, beans, turnips, clover. In that order. Works well as they feed in beans and clover all summer then in October after a few frosts the kind of abandon everything else and hammer my turnips... they'll dig through a foot of snow to eat them
SD51555
5 year old buck +
If you can get your hands on it, switch out the rye for some winter awnless triticale, or winter awnless wheat. That might get you some extra use out of the green in the fall.
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Ditto. Our deer very much prefer wheat over rye in the fall/winter.
Turkey Creek
5 year old buck +
But if you want a quick cover crop it is hard to beat Cereal Rye. My new sewer lagoon berms look awesome with 3' tall rye on them right now. LOL
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
You can plant directly into it the next fall and mow, roll, or do nothing but plant
Check out @Crimson n' Camo in the throw and mow thread. He lets his just grow, then broadcasts and mows the next fall. As simple as it gets.
Check out @Crimson n' Camo in the throw and mow thread. He lets his just grow, then broadcasts and mows the next fall. As simple as it gets.
I no-till into my mature rye. The ground seems to carry a lot more moisture, even in dry years, with the cover crop.
omicron1792
5 year old buck +
That’s perfect way to do it. I love how it looks when I crimp it down. But it will grow fine rolled, crimped, sprayed, or do nothing else
Catscratch
5 year old buck +
Pretty much how I do it most yrs.
My saya 505 has worked well, so far, when I plant with it standing and then use my cultipacker to break it down.
Foggy47
5 year old buck +
I have planted "green" into standing rye with my "old" Says as well. I've also roller crimped the rye first and planted into it after the crimper. Either way seems to get the job done for me. But in recent times I always have a clover crop under that rye.....and I am too far north to get a "summer release" type of crop for over the summer. So mostly I just plant once a year in late August for the next year with more clover, chicory and the Winter Rye.
My only exception to this practice is to plant a few smaller areas with a mix of brassicas. This requires that I terminate the clovers (roundup and 24d) in order to establish the brassica. At my place clover out-competes most everything but the winter rye.
This Spring we have been dry until the last few days when we got an inch of rain. The rye and clover were in horrible shape due to the drought. But yesterday I got to my land for a quick survey.....and the rye was taking off like gangbusters. I think it will develop some cover very quickly now....and usually is great for fawn bedding over summer.
IMO.....cereal rye and clover are made for each other.
My only exception to this practice is to plant a few smaller areas with a mix of brassicas. This requires that I terminate the clovers (roundup and 24d) in order to establish the brassica. At my place clover out-competes most everything but the winter rye.
This Spring we have been dry until the last few days when we got an inch of rain. The rye and clover were in horrible shape due to the drought. But yesterday I got to my land for a quick survey.....and the rye was taking off like gangbusters. I think it will develop some cover very quickly now....and usually is great for fawn bedding over summer.
IMO.....cereal rye and clover are made for each other.
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That's the plan for August here as well as some groundhog radish in a few spots. This years clover/rye variety plot will be about 12-14 acres as part of our food pathway around the property.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
Checked one of my plots today that has clover and rye. It’s a good mix, not too rank with rye. There was at least 20 deer beds in it. It literally smelled like deer. It’s on the creek so I’m sure it stays a little cooler for them. I have to believe the added vertical structure of the rye is giving them the confidence to bed there
