That should still make for a good shoot.
G&H Farms
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That is my goal, and I like the color of the water now - but I worry now about to much of a nutrient load over fertilizing the pond. I still have to get most of the catfish gone.
With sunflowers, they are planted early enough so that if there is some kind of crop failure, you can follow with millet - so I will also have about three or four acres of millet to go with the flowers. I have found, at least at my place, you can have ten acres of millet and or sunflowers - and you might have a barrel burner shoot and you might not see one. Last year, I had ten acres of millet and did not see one. The year before, ten acres of millet and fast and furious. I always have a lot of doves early Aug - they dont always stay until early Sep and I have not figured out how to convince them to stay.
I have played with this bloom in a pond and read up on it over the last few years. When you cause the bloom by fertilizing or by feeding then you increase the carrying capacity of the pond by a bunch like for example it use to support 500 pounds of fish and now supports 1000 pounds of fish. Which is great but problem is if you ever decrease the amount of nutrients like you quit feeding anytime in the future then you have a problem, simply more fish than can survive. Also seems to be big change with just short term feeding, did any fertilizer hit ground around pond that could of washed in to the water?
Yes, for sure - there is a five acre field in a half moon around the pond that has been fertilized this year - as last - and the pond has never been this green. BUT, we have also had 30” of rain since Apr 1. It is probably a combination of the two
Let me know when you figure it out!
I have learned that concentrated birds are better than birds spread over 10 acres when you do not have enough shooters.
Eight strands of hot wire encircling the peach tree trunk wasnt enough. Was gonna pick peaches today - been out of town for the last three days and when I got back, wasnt a peach left. Havent lost a peach in a month - until the last three days. Had moved the camera so I dont know what ate almost 75 peaches in three nights. I moved a camera back last night and got two possum pics - but none climbing the tree.
Bevan’s Favorite the first apple to get ripe. First crop on the one tree I have. They started getting ripe about two weeks ago and most have now fallen from the tree.
Williams Favorite just now getting ripe. First crop on this tree. Only made six and something got a couple of them. Picked these two today
The Dolgo Crabapples just starting to get ripe. Young trees. Deer walked one of these trees down and ate even the apples in the top of the eight foot tree. Plan to pick most of these tomorrow and off another tree - hope to get enough to make crabapple jelly. They will probably be gone tomorrow.
So-so muscadine crop last year. Looks to be a bumper crop this year.
millet starting to head out good
about half the sunflowers blooming now
Bevan’s Favorite the first apple to get ripe. First crop on the one tree I have. They started getting ripe about two weeks ago and most have now fallen from the tree.
Williams Favorite just now getting ripe. First crop on this tree. Only made six and something got a couple of them. Picked these two today
The Dolgo Crabapples just starting to get ripe. Young trees. Deer walked one of these trees down and ate even the apples in the top of the eight foot tree. Plan to pick most of these tomorrow and off another tree - hope to get enough to make crabapple jelly. They will probably be gone tomorrow.
So-so muscadine crop last year. Looks to be a bumper crop this year.
millet starting to head out good
about half the sunflowers blooming now
Double Creek
5 year old buck +
Beautiful sunflowers! I have to try that one of these days.
They sure are high maintenance compared to millet. I usually dont plant them, but the millet fields were getting a lot of johnson grass, so went with flowers so I could deal with the johnson grass
Some of the first apples I have ever picked off any of my trees
H20fwler
5 year old buck +
I'm working on getting some early apples going in my orchards. For some reason over ten years ago when I started planting fruit trees, I never even considered the early apples. I was all about fall into winter drop times and missed the boat on the early stuff...now I'm ten years behind.
Congrats Swampcat, your labor is paying off
I started out with late season apples - a granny smith and a couple of AR Black. I figured out it is an awfully long time to protect fruit until november, plus more consistent watering required for longer period of time for late season apples.
