Rit
5 year old buck +
I typically don’t concern myself with rain when I TNM a plot. I tend to do it when I have time. The last few years has been around Labor Day because that is when I like to plant my WR. I have mentioned this before but those plots end up being mostly WR. I like WR but don’t feel like it is this great attractor that I want. I do however want the WR for the Spring and have the option of planting something into if I choose.
This year I have a field that isn’t in great shape but decided to broadcast BW into last years WR and clover. We had little rain before I seeded and almost none since. 150 pounds of BW later I might have 100 BW plants. Nature being nature it has still put armor on the soil so I will have something to plant into. Mostly weeds, grass, and returning clover. I have no concerns about broadcasting into this because my first TNM plot was into standing weeds. The plan was to plant Soy beans, sunflowers, and AWPs into the BW around August 5th and come back Labor Day weekend and broadcast WR into whatever grew and call it a day.
However the 2 week forecast is calling for quite a few days of high % rain. I have always broadcast my AWP with my WR in September but with all the possible rain it sure seems like a good time to plant the beans, peas, and sunflowers. I have never planted winter wheat but they had some when I picked up the seeds so I grabbed a few bags. So my question is... is it too early to plant? Will those seeds take off and leave no room to top dress with WR come September? The beans and sunflowers will frost out and if I can’t get a good throw of WR I could end up with nothing when it gets cold. I suspect there will be heavy browse on the beans and sunflowers. I read something about using AWPs as a summer annual I just don’t know what will happen to them if I plant them mid to late July. I also am not sure about planting the wheat early or if I should broadcast that the same time as the WR.
This year I have a field that isn’t in great shape but decided to broadcast BW into last years WR and clover. We had little rain before I seeded and almost none since. 150 pounds of BW later I might have 100 BW plants. Nature being nature it has still put armor on the soil so I will have something to plant into. Mostly weeds, grass, and returning clover. I have no concerns about broadcasting into this because my first TNM plot was into standing weeds. The plan was to plant Soy beans, sunflowers, and AWPs into the BW around August 5th and come back Labor Day weekend and broadcast WR into whatever grew and call it a day.
However the 2 week forecast is calling for quite a few days of high % rain. I have always broadcast my AWP with my WR in September but with all the possible rain it sure seems like a good time to plant the beans, peas, and sunflowers. I have never planted winter wheat but they had some when I picked up the seeds so I grabbed a few bags. So my question is... is it too early to plant? Will those seeds take off and leave no room to top dress with WR come September? The beans and sunflowers will frost out and if I can’t get a good throw of WR I could end up with nothing when it gets cold. I suspect there will be heavy browse on the beans and sunflowers. I read something about using AWPs as a summer annual I just don’t know what will happen to them if I plant them mid to late July. I also am not sure about planting the wheat early or if I should broadcast that the same time as the WR.