What to plant in wet area?

[Barndog56]

I overlook a marsh for rifle season. There are a couple of small high spots I would like to plant. They're only 1-2 feet of elevation above the level of standing water in the marsh. Will any clovers grow well in those conditions? Or maybe winter rye?

And what about in the fall? Any brassicas handle that? Or winter rye again?

 

[SWIFFY]

I would think by a fall planting you would at least be in the dry season and have a better chance of a good crop because of a minimized chance of TOO MUCH moisture. Id try oats or cereal rye, at least you wont be out much if it doesnt work.

If it floods youre pretty much done no matter what the crop or when......

 

[Someday isle]

I have a low area thats not much more than 20 feet wide and 40 feet long on one of my food plot trails. It's in a area where the trail crosses a dry creek bed. It stayed wet and soggy most of the fall. My cereal rye and oats probably grew there better than anywhere else on that particular trail. The rye is still lush and green there.

 

[Barndog56]

Thanks guys. Think I'll spread some cereal rye. Will try to get a couple pics of the spots whrn I'm out there.

 

[DDC]

Have you ever thought about planting red osier dogwood instead? grows well in moist conditions and deer love it. Sounds like a better option than trying to plant a cereal rye. Although I nuked a low land area and then threw out ptt and rape to see what would happen. It grew great but it also was a dry year and it didn't flood.

 

[Barndog56]

The marsh has a lot of ROD already. There are dozens of trails crossing the marsh. What I'm trying to do is put down a food choice in those 2 high spots, to coerce them into using the trails that cross through there. Hoping to get them to use the trails I want them to, more often than the others. Probably not going to have much of an effect, but for the small cost and minimal effort this will take, I figure it's worth a shot.

 

[MojoRisin]

I have low wet cedar swamp land for the most part. I was able to establish 4 plots and they grew well in the fall. The plots got real wet late fall and early winter but by then, they had served their purpose. My plots were the standard clovers, grains, and brassicas in a mix.

I was told by a forester that Birdsfoot Trefoil would be an option for me on my land. I have not tried it yet.

I did have an old logging trail that was very wet and loaded with alders. I cleared it out, sprayed with Gly and Garlon4 (for the alders) and tried Grandpa Ray Outdoors' Trail Mix in there as a hope and a prayer. It really grew. The deer ate all the clover first and then the high sugar ryegrass took over but the deer still ate in the fall and were digging it up all winter. I have some winter pics of them digging it up.
https://www.grandparayoutdoors.com/food-plot-seed

 

[S.T.Fanatic]

There is a variety of clover called web foot clover. Not sure how easy it would be to get your hands on but it supposedly can live under water for weeks and not die off.

 

[Barndog56]

That looks nice Mojo.

Never heard of web foot clover before. I'll keep that in mind for possible future use.

Spread a couple pounds of cereal rye in both high spots today. Here's what they look like now.

Will probably get back out there in about a month to see if anything is growing.

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