Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
I've really come to enjoy putting in food plots with my lawnmower. I saw a tremendous amount of rain forecasted 2 weeks ago and couldn't stop myself. This is the before and after:
Dang I wish I could get growth like that in two weeks. Or 6 weeks for that matter. Looks great!
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Wow. What all did you plant and what was your process?
I think the latest I’ve ever planted would be the first week in September. My deer eat rape and radishes pretty good but don’t seem to care much for turnips.I wish I could've gotten plots in this early. We don't often get this much rain in August. I've never tried buckwheat and brassica never seem to work out for me between not getting it planted timely or not enough rain. What's the latest you've planted and had brassicas well established?
Pretty sure Don Higgins used to say he planted brassicas around Labor day where he's at in south central IL. He'd say for every 100 miles you move north, then go earlier a week. Seems like you'd have plenty of time down where you're at.I wish I could've gotten plots in this early. We don't often get this much rain in August. I've never tried buckwheat and brassica never seem to work out for me between not getting it planted timely or not enough rain. What's the latest you've planted and had brassicas well established?
DANG! I guess I'm a bit north of him, but we're usually trying to get them in the ground by the second week of August...Pretty sure Don Higgins used to say he planted brassicas around Labor day where he's at in south central IL. He'd say for every 100 miles you move north, then go earlier a week. Seems like you'd have plenty of time down where you're at.
Your plot looks great. I wish we could get some rain like that...I use the lawnmower plot method for a hiddey hole plot at our Ozark's cabin...I was there yesterday and put up a vine-based mock scrap and a mineral block, but our extreme drought is persisting with rain in the long term forecast. It may be early September before that plot goes in the ground.
Is the mower set up to mulch or is it blowing the clippings out the side?
I sprayed last weekend and they are calling for rain every day next week so I am going to try your method. Too late for brassicas here so I am going ww and oats. I have some ptt seed so I will try a little but I don’t think it will amount to much.