Spring brassicas

[S.T.Fanatic]

Spring planted brassicas grow extremely slow and are for late season food.

 

[DiSc0Rd]

Spring planted brassicas grow extremely slow and are for late season food.

Learning every day

 

[S.T.Fanatic]

Learning every day

That is if you are planting "full season" varieties.

 

[Barndog56]

Spring planted brassicas grow extremely slow and are for late season food.

I planted PTT the beginning of May and they're already done.

 

[yoderjac]

There is so much ag surrounding me I'm not sure anything in the spring would do much good food wise. I really want to be the food when there is no food. That's the idea in my head anyway.

If your goal is improving hunting, I think you are looking at the food component right, but you should really look at the big picture. I'd start with some imagery of your farm zoomed out so that you can see a 3 mile circle with your farm in the center. Then zoom in to an area with your farm in the center that covers about 1,000 acres. The inner circle is an approximation of the size of a deer's home range. The outer circle defines where most of the deer that use your farm will center their home ranges.

You've already identified the ag, look at the cover as well. Try to figure out how deer relate to the terrain first and then vegetation as the seasons change. Food is not the only way to attract deer and often not the best way. You probably won't be able to draw deer from large ag fields depending on the crops they are planting. Food plots may only be effective during the window after crops are harvested. Another important thing to do is to figure out where the general hunting pressure in the area is coming from. It can take several years to figure this stuff out. If you already have some cleared land, it is fine to get some experience with T&M techniques and see how different crops perform for you, but that is all this is.

After a few years, you will figure out how deer relate, you can think about where you need to create cover, sanctuary, and food. Be sure to understand the prevailing wind patterns and consider access routes. At this point, you can begin to design your farm for hunting. Then the fun work begins of improving the habitat in a way that will improve your hunting!

Thanks,

Jack

 

[scott44]

I planted PTT the beginning of May and they're already done.

The first time I planted radishes I spring planted them and they were done a lot earlier and bolted big time. I learned to plant later if you want fall forage.

 

[S.T.Fanatic]

Spring planted brassicas grow extremely slow and are for late season food.

I planted PTT the beginning of May and they're already done.

Pretty sure PTT have a 55 day maturity.


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[S.T.Fanatic]

I planted PTT the beginning of May and they're already done.

The first time I planted radishes I spring planted them and they were done a lot earlier and bolted big time. I learned to plant later if you want fall forage.

I believe radishes are 45 day maturity. There use to be an outfitter in my neck of the woods that planted radishes ever 28 days through the entire growing season.


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[homerj]

Forage radishes bolt quickly when planted before the summer solstice