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<blockquote data-quote="turf08" data-source="post: 4045635" data-attributes="member: 14628"><p>OK dh here is what I have learned. Deer LOVE alfalfa. Period!!! Alfalfa needs well drained soil. Aka no clay type soil. Second is it needs a ton of lime. No really a ton per acre. If you are mixing it with clover or planting the whitetail institute alfa rack plus all you need to do it lime the soil put down 100lbs per acre of 6-12-12 or 0-20-20. If you are planting pure alfalfa you need to put 15-15-15 when you sow it. As you may already know alfalfa needs nitro and without the clover you need to add some. Spray the ground first wait a day or 2 and then disk the soil. It only takes roundup a couple hours to get in the plants system after that it is done either way. After the soil has time to sit add your lime and fertilize and disk again. Make note to do this right before a rain. Then follow the disk with some type of drag or cultivator to help smooth the ground. After the ground is ready sow the seeds and wait for it to rain. Alfalfa seed is like sand, DO NOT cover the seed up. Let the rain beat it into the ground. Doing this last year I had deer walk across a 1 acre field not lowering its head at all until it reached the alfalfa. The clover plot I planted was above ankle high, lush, and green not one deer touched it. The alfalfa plot was almost pure dirt. Good luck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="turf08, post: 4045635, member: 14628"] OK dh here is what I have learned. Deer LOVE alfalfa. Period!!! Alfalfa needs well drained soil. Aka no clay type soil. Second is it needs a ton of lime. No really a ton per acre. If you are mixing it with clover or planting the whitetail institute alfa rack plus all you need to do it lime the soil put down 100lbs per acre of 6-12-12 or 0-20-20. If you are planting pure alfalfa you need to put 15-15-15 when you sow it. As you may already know alfalfa needs nitro and without the clover you need to add some. Spray the ground first wait a day or 2 and then disk the soil. It only takes roundup a couple hours to get in the plants system after that it is done either way. After the soil has time to sit add your lime and fertilize and disk again. Make note to do this right before a rain. Then follow the disk with some type of drag or cultivator to help smooth the ground. After the ground is ready sow the seeds and wait for it to rain. Alfalfa seed is like sand, DO NOT cover the seed up. Let the rain beat it into the ground. Doing this last year I had deer walk across a 1 acre field not lowering its head at all until it reached the alfalfa. The clover plot I planted was above ankle high, lush, and green not one deer touched it. The alfalfa plot was almost pure dirt. Good luck [/QUOTE]
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