Ohio Drought

[Victor Van Meter]

Would love to have a support group and planning committee put together for next year.....I fear this wont be the last (and that's after we get through the fall drought)

I have the same fears. We went through a late summer drought here last year and my fall plots were less than desired, but my clover still looked good. Most of it burned up this spring and summer in the current drought. It appears there won't be enough rainfall before the first frost to get clover started this fall, and if it does this next year, spring planted clover won't stand a chance again.

 

[gjs4]

Im struggling with my long term plan and how to participate.

Not sure if you fellas are running corn, i hate the premise and action but did yet again this yr ....it was consumed in 1/3 of the duration it lasted last year

 

[Victor Van Meter]

Im struggling with my long term plan and how to participate.

Not sure if you fellas are running corn, i hate the premise and action but did yet again this yr ....it was consumed in 1/3 of the duration it lasted last year

I am putting corn out as well.

 

[gjs4]

Id be willing to bet they blow through it in record time. I pondered adding something to it, like a premium feed, to help with their compromised nutrition. Also wondering what the longer term repercussions of this will be regardless of next year's offering.

 

[Victor Van Meter]

Id be willing to bet they blow through it in record time. I pondered adding something to it, like a premium feed, to help with their compromised nutrition. Also wondering what the longer term repercussions of this will be regardless of next year's offering.

My neighbor has a Boss Buck gravity feeder and he will send me pictures of a dozen deer under it at any given time of day. He won't admit to how many pounds of corn he goes through a week. I am hoping to hold myself to 50 lbs or so a week.

 

[meyerske]

My neighbor has a Boss Buck gravity feeder and he will send me pictures of a dozen deer under it at any given time of day. He won't admit to how many pounds of corn he goes through a week. I am hoping to hold myself to 50 lbs or so a week.

50 pounds a week? You'll need a spin feeder for that unless you are in a deer desert.

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[Victor Van Meter]

50 pounds a week? You'll need a spin feeder for that unless you are in a deer desert.

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I have a feeder. Started last weekend and checked it yesterday. Looks like I will be closer to 75 lbs a week with the settings I am using.

 

[Victor Van Meter]

A couple days of rain have been nice. Also nice that it has been cloudy as well, so the sun doesn't just burn the moisture right out of the ground.

 

[treeguy]

I'm in Harrison county. I put down 150lb/acre or rye on Tuesday 9/24 to try and salvage my nonexistent plots. The next five days look good though .

 

[CAS_HNTR]

It has SUCKED......recent rains have helped but our perennial clover plots are burnt to a crisp.

 

[Victor Van Meter]

It has SUCKED......recent rains have helped but our perennial clover plots are burnt to a crisp.

Yeah, mine didn't make it either. My biggest clover plot was 4 years old and getting pretty weedy. I sprayed it and over seeded it with Durana and Jumbo clover and it never even germinated. I put it down in the last rain we got in June and it didn't rain again until late August.

VV

 

[hunts_with_stick]

I'm in Harrison county. I put down 150lb/acre or rye on Tuesday 9/24 to try and salvage my nonexistent plots. The next five days look good though .

I'm in Jefferson. My property was dry but I also have some springs near and on my little bit of property Good soaking rain today will help

 

[matinc]

Seem one rain in 6 weeks in michigan. Have 300 pounds of rye broadcasted for a month that won't germinate. Working on pulling a stump out with a hole 12 inches deep and the ground has absolutely no moisture in it. On a good note soil temperatures are still at 62 in michigan so if does rain the rye could germinate yet.

 

[gjs4]

Stopped at our place on the way back from CO. So dry. The hurricane remnants reinvigorated the clover much to my surprise..but trees look rough. Seems like we got at least another spritz last night