Foggy47
5 year old buck +
I thought I got a good start with some clover and a great stand of Rye from last fall. I planted green into the rye and later rolled the rye. Then bam.....weeds overtook these two areas......which are some of my poorest soils and I was trying to develop into new food plots (Expansion acres). I have put very little in the way of lime or fertilizer on these plots and they have not put out any decent crop in the past....just new raw land. My other stuff is going pretty well.
I am getting lots of hawkweed and grasses are overtaking the buckwheat I had planted here. The rye mulch is not preventing weeds. Time to start anew I think. I plan to flail mow....then nuke these plots and follow with some buckwheat ASAP. Then again drill rye in early September. (Just maybe I will get a load of lime and spread it late summer?....dunno). No....I do not have a soil test on these two acres.
Any other ideas? Kinda feel as I "wasted" a year here.....was looking promising......then boom. Pics follow.
I am getting lots of hawkweed and grasses are overtaking the buckwheat I had planted here. The rye mulch is not preventing weeds. Time to start anew I think. I plan to flail mow....then nuke these plots and follow with some buckwheat ASAP. Then again drill rye in early September. (Just maybe I will get a load of lime and spread it late summer?....dunno). No....I do not have a soil test on these two acres.
Any other ideas? Kinda feel as I "wasted" a year here.....was looking promising......then boom. Pics follow.