Food plot and stand placupdate

[dipper]

I leave enough thatch and material to prevent it from washing away. From what I've seen esn takes about a month to break down, depending on the rain. Brassicas are nitrogen sucking machines and they grow well into October, well past the time it breaks down.
I like to follow up my brassicas with spring planted cereal rye, which grows fast, with deep roots. Im confident, I'm not loosing any nitrogen.
What would u suggest esn for? At all? It's marketed as a responsible source of nitrogen, especially broadcasted.

 

[BuckSutherland]

ESN is for guys that want late season N in their corn, but dont want to go through the work of sidedressing or having the corn get too tall before they can get out there. ESN is broken down by heat, not water. So when they broadcast it in May or late April ahead of a corn crop the theory is that the ESN N will still be available for the crop in August or even Sept for grain fill.


Before when guys were using all preplant urea and getting heavy rain it was getting flushed right through the soil profile before the corn plants could use it.





Major N uptake by corn plants doesnt start until right before tassel. The coating on the ESN is supposed to release right around this time to let the plant begin heavy feeding.

 

[bat man]

I would move the ground blind in off the edge in a little more cover if possible. Any deer at my place would be staring at that thing the whole time it was out feeding.

3 weeks for wary, mature bucks to tolerate blinds in the wide open with high densities and corn spread around the blinds.

But its better to stick them where deer can see them than to hide them half assed where deer cant figure them out. And that blind is not brushed in where a deer will not notice it. The roof is what really matters, but the shiny sides of 99% of the blinds made today are best left wide open where deer can walk around them at night. Unless your feet smell where you walk in and out.

 

[BJE80]

3 weeks for wary, mature bucks to tolerate blinds in the wide open with high densities and corn spread around the blinds.

But its better to stick them where deer can see them than to hide them half assed where deer cant figure them out. And that blind is not brushed in where a deer will not notice it. The roof is what really matters, but the shiny sides of 99% of the blinds made today are best left wide open where deer can walk around them at night. Unless your feet smell where you you walk in and out.

So is my set up ok or not? Not that I have much of a choice. But just curious. I've always had good luck doing this on the edge and brushing it in. Maybe I could do better? Maybe not?

 

[bat man]

So is my set up ok or not? Not that I have much of a choice. But just curious. I've always had good luck doing this on the edge and brushing it in. Maybe I could do better? Maybe not?

Your set up is fine first time in if you are 3 weeks before season. You may have difficulty preserving the spot. Every time you blow them out or they know you were there (they see hear or smell you were there 4 hours later) the spots drops 50%.

 

[bat man]

When I look at those pictures I would be firing up the chainsaw doing some serious edge feathering. Deer cant see you come and go and dont get educated. Deer cant see deer and come looking to see who is about. Deer have 2 or 3 paths into plot and use them to your advantage. More light for annuals.

 

[BJE80]

When I look at those pictures I would be firing up the chainsaw doing some serious edge feathering. Deer cant see you come and go and dont get educated. Deer cant see deer and come looking to see who is about. Deer have 2 or 3 paths into plot and use them to your advantage. More light for annuals.

Thanks. That is all in the plans.

 

[nwmn]

How much do you think 50/lbs of urea would cost bulk? Or by the pound and I can figure it out. Just wondering what the savings are.

we paid roughly $.22/# for urea this spring.

 

[BJE80]

I should be able to get my urea down Sunday with good chances of rain predicted for Sunday night, Tuesday and Wednesday. Woo hooo