I'll add this about planting things wildlife really enjoy's eating,
a while back I was trying to plant a sunflower plot, little over a 1/2 acre in size
I killed site, disc'd the plot, added fertilizer as needed(PH was good)
seeded plot, did a light disc and ran a cultipacker over it
had rain the following evening, perfect timing on rain(thought I was golden) , and more light rain mid week!
a full week goes by NOTHING, BUT entire plot was full of turkey tracks
HUMM
another week, nothing, but some weeds coming up
re spray site, re seed and cultipack, as soil still rather soft
again get lucky rained a day later!
week goes by NOTHING growing, again plot full of turkey tracks
me and farmer that owned the land agree, the dam turkey's must have ate all the seeds as you could see all there scratching up of the soil!
OK< # 3,, re disc site lightly, added a little more fertilizer, re seeded, and rolled again,, and THIS time, me and the farmer took a few dozen hay bales down and with his hay spreader we covered the whole plot with hay
figuring this would slow the turkeys down, allowing for seeds to start growing
we again got lucky, had god light rain , and good weather for a good take!
3 days later go check on plot, the entire plot was just dirt, them turkey's raked all the hay completely off the plot site !
a 1/2 acre of hay was now piled up in a row all around where we planted??
just amazing what they did!
and well, I gave up trying tom plant sunflowers there after that!
Back to clover and it grew just fine, seems turkeys' didn't like clover seeds! HAHA! or too fine to find once rolled in good!
SO< wildlife can have a LOT to do with what your trying to plant, more than many think I bet!
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