Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
When's the best time to plant winter trit? We never tried it before. Looks like deer hammer it from your pics. No tillage required - just throw & roll?
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SD51555
5 year old buck +
I'd go same time you plant rye for your neck of the woods. I put some on the ground 50 days before frost, I also did some 27 days before first frost. Genetically, it's half rye, so I think that earns you a lot of forgiveness.
SD51555
5 year old buck +
Everything was throw and roll this year except for that yard plot. The jap millet was throw and roll and it went down really well. A little standup is ok as long as the trit gets thru and gets sun.
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Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
I see Welter's sells spring trit along with 3 varieties of winter trit. Any experience with that?
Gonna have to try winter trit next year as our plots are planted now. What would be good to plant with winter trit - if planted around Labor Day ?
Gonna have to try winter trit next year as our plots are planted now. What would be good to plant with winter trit - if planted around Labor Day ?
SD51555
5 year old buck +
This is a good one:
» Forage FX 1001 Winter Triticale
welterseed.com
Treat it just like you would rye: clovers, chicory, brassicas etc.
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SD51555
5 year old buck +
The rabbits are the best I’ve ever seen. I’ve seen two grouse in 2025. I don’t know what the hell is going on with them.
I had piles of rabbit droppings in my brush piles last winter.
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Bowsnbucks
5 year old buck +
Grouse are cyclical in their populations by nature, but several diseases are hammering grouse now. West Nile virus is one spread by mosquitoes, and it's killing grouse here in Pa.
When clearing an uncle's property some years ago, we built brush piles all over his hillsides. They became rabbit hotels, and the hunting with his beagles was tremendous. Brush piles even attract grouse here. Grouse will back right into / under them in bad weather if built with "overhangs" of limbs & evergreens.
SD51555
5 year old buck +
I think they had a tough spring. It was cold and wet all the way to June 1st.
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matinc
5 year old buck +
SD51555
5 year old buck +
Looks great to me. Even if it looks a little thin now, all that stuff will flex and fill the gap. I’ve seen rye throw up as little as three stalks per plant, and I’ve personally grown one that threw off 22 in my garden. It will fill in, so will the rest.
If you can make the rest of the fall without burning off from heat and drought, there’s no stopping it next season. You’re gonna have a great throw and roll stand for next year.
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SD51555
5 year old buck +
It went well enough. I had expected more fruits off what I had. There were upwards of a dozen flowers, but only ended up getting 3 pink banana jumbo squash.
The woodchuck got one, I got the other two.
I brought them home and tried baking one. I really liked how they turned out. Maple syrup, cinnamon, and butter.
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matinc
5 year old buck +
SD dam those are some big ass shoes. Lolll I wear size 14. Here is a picture behind the crimoer and in front. Amazing how it laid it down. As far as my fields got .8 inches of yesterday and at least another. 5 today. Tried layering today putting 100 pounds of wheat per acre and got the rain on it tonight
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SD51555
5 year old buck +
I think those were all navy beans. I'm almost certain. I'd have to go back to the video to be sure.
Telemark
5 year old buck +
The Aldi dry beans under rolled millet were a smashing success. I wish I’d trust my gut on these things and had put down 50 pounds instead of a test patch of 4.
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Do you remember what you paid per pound? I think I have an Aldi near me.
SD51555
5 year old buck +
I think you can get any of them for $1/lb. It's a hell of a deal for cleaned edible bean seed. I think next year I'd just start buying up what they had and bring them home and empty the bags into a bucket. I can't even drive to a seed dealer for $50.
