Charles Clear
5 year old buck +
I've been doing a little research on triticale, a hybrid between wheat and rye. Sounds really great to me. Anyone plant it in a plot? Did the deer eat it? Thanks for any help or opinions.
Triticale
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S.T.Fanatic
5 year old buck +
A farmer friend of mine uses it as a cover crop on his ag ground. It is what most of the deer on his land feed on all winter long. It's more expensive but on a small scale it won't add up to much. Will the deer eat it over rye or wheat? Not sure that it is going to mater much.
bbcoach
5 year old buck +
I've used Trit before and the deer utilized it as well as oats, wheat or rye. Normally Trit is a little more costly than wheat or rye. Rye is a scavager of nitrogen from the soil so it doesn't need as much fertilizer, that is why Paul Knox recommends using it. Wheat and Trit require more nutrients so Rye is a better grain in that respect.
bigbendmarine
5 year old buck +
Grows REALLY well down in my neck of the woods (North Florida). Deer most certainly utilize it on my place, but they do oats and rye as well when I plant them.
I use plotwatcher cams to monitor traffic in my plots and wouldn't say I see a huge difference as far as traffic goes, though I usually mix crimson clover in my plots and it is surely drawing them as well. If I had to pick which the deer favor, I would put the early oats at the top followed by rye and triticale. Let me stress that's anecdotal observation and doesn't speak to numerous issues such as nutrition value, nitrogen usage, etc, though for whatever it's worth the University of Florida and a number of other southeast agricultural publications speak to it doing better than other options strictly from a pound to acre standpoint. No idea if that's true if you are located outside the southeast, and if you are strongly recommend seeking input from as many folks growing it around you as you can.
I use plotwatcher cams to monitor traffic in my plots and wouldn't say I see a huge difference as far as traffic goes, though I usually mix crimson clover in my plots and it is surely drawing them as well. If I had to pick which the deer favor, I would put the early oats at the top followed by rye and triticale. Let me stress that's anecdotal observation and doesn't speak to numerous issues such as nutrition value, nitrogen usage, etc, though for whatever it's worth the University of Florida and a number of other southeast agricultural publications speak to it doing better than other options strictly from a pound to acre standpoint. No idea if that's true if you are located outside the southeast, and if you are strongly recommend seeking input from as many folks growing it around you as you can.
Jordan Selsor
5 year old buck +
I priced it this past Sep and it was $17 for bushell. Same price as rye around here. I planted a couple small plots wit it in the mix (seed dealer only had one bushell left) but had a horrible drought in Mo so didn’t get to give it a reasonable review. I will try it again this fall. Sorghum is also on my list for things to plant.
I have planted it in northern Michigan and had very good results with it. Rye is better on really poor soils. I have not observed a big difference in price or utilization between rye and triticale, but I tell myself it's more preferred, on soil with the nutrients for it to flourish.
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Fall's Legend
5 year old buck +
The drought each Fall for the last three years in my area of MO has really hurt us.
Bill
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This has to be our year! can't have a fall drought for 4 years in a row. knocking on wood as I type.
yoderjac
5 year old buck +
In my area, deer show no general preference of one cereal over another. So, when I choose a cereal grain, other factors are the driver. Price is one. Soil improvement is another. Ability to perform when pH is low or in less fertile soil is another. If I'm using it as a nurse crop, weed fighting ability is another. In most cases Winter Rye wins out for me.
Thanks,
Jack
Fall's Legend
5 year old buck +
Agree Jack.
Charles Clear
5 year old buck +
Sweet! Thank you all for the opinions! I think I'm going to stick with winter rye. Cost and availability is definitely a huge factor
