Food Plots Come on Rain!!!!

[Realtree]

Got seed in the ground on a couple of plots. Hope to see some rain soon.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Driest planting time Ive experienced in some time. Sucks


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[allchokedup]

Yep, my little food plot dried up. I'm going to wait for some rain and re-seed.
I can't believe how dry it's been.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzPH-zEKLIg

 

[Hunter 257W]

I'm intending to put out my clover and chicory tomorrow in anticipation of the rain forecast for next week. Looks like a reasonable chance of rain from Tuesday through Saturday for Franklin county. September is always frustrating trying to plant because of the dry weather. I wanted to plant last Saturday but didn't.

 

[PalsPal]

Weather channel is giving us a 60% chance Saturday evening on the Plateau. Going to plant in the morning!

 

[Trapper]

We have had ours done for two weeks now but all the pop up showers have went around us I guess hopefully we get some rain today if we do I will give it 10 days if I don't see anything I will do it again .

 

[Hunter 257W]

I got lucky. Got the seeds put out and ran the cultipacker over them then just had time to get back to the house before dark clouds appeared out of nowhere. We've had several hard spells of rain this evening. I was hoping for rain in 4 or 5 days at best and i got it within minutes!

 

[Hunter 257W]

I got lucky. Got the seeds put out and ran the cultipacker over them then just had time to get back to the house before dark clouds appeared out of nowhere. We've had several hard spells of rain this evening. I was hoping for rain in 4 or 5 days at best and i got it within minutes!

I'm trying something different this year by leaving 6 to 7 foot tall weeds all around the border of the field while planting my clover/chicory mix down the center. I figure the edge cover will make the deer feel a lot more secure using the plot. Also make it harder to hunt for the trespassers that i almost caught today as i came out of the field. They were on a 4 wheeler trying to sneak in and obviously didn't know I was in there on the tractor. It's just a matter of time before i run into the gentlemen. :mrgreen:

 

[Realtree]

Looks good ! Ya it rained for awhile at my place yesterday. Maybe it'll grow now

 

[PalsPal]

We got ours in yesterday morning, and had a good hour or more of steady rain last night. I hope it was enough, because it may be a while before we get any more.

 

[PcDeer]

Looks like a pattern break coming toward the weekend that will bring us decent rain chances for a few days.

 

[Scioto]

Yes COME ON RAIN! Heading out to sweeten the hidey hole and broad cast some red clover.

Weather Underground just reduced their forecasted rain for my area Saturday to 40% but NWS holding at 50-60%. Need rain. It's dry.

 

[Hunter 257W]

Yeah, I've been checking the weather about 5 times a day all week myself. Weather.com shows 60% chance for Sunday in Franklin county. I sure hope it comes as forecast. I got a good rain last Saturday right after planting but it needs it again. Hopefully we'll all get a good rain this weekend!

Anybody got any hay they can cut so it'll rain??? :tu: :tu:

 

[bigtex]

Got my plots disked today. I'm not planting till the rains coming down. Last year I planted and didn't get rain for over two weeks, dang turkeys love Winter Wheat.

 

[LA man]

I had a dozer at my place friday and after he left i used my tractor to level the addition to my plot off, i looked at the radar this morning and the timing was perfect. Got my seeds on the ground 30 minutes before a good soaker rain came thru

 

[bigtex]

Sowed mine in the rain this afternoon, got a little muddy but it'll wash off.
My plots are usually green this time of year, this drought sux!!! Luckily one of my plots is a perennial plot in a bottom, mostly Ladino Clover and has survived the drought. The deer around here are eating mast now anyway so planting late is no big deal.

 

[MickThompson]

You sure got it. The news showed an estimated 4.6" in southern Jackson Co. The creek is finally flowing again.

 

[Hunter 257W]

My plot got a good rain or two this weekend. I'm anxious to see what it looks like next weekend. Should be coming up thick after two weeks.

 

[Hunter 257W]

Wow, I can't hardly believe it but my plots look pitiful in spite of a good rain immediately after planting them 2 weekends ago, then another rain one week later. I don't know exactly how much it rained but my trail camera pictures show the salt lick right beside the plot filled completely full of water in photos taken right after both rains. Yet when I went to the plot yesterday I couldn't be sure any of the tiny plants were either clover or chicory. There are some little tiny plants that could be clover but their leaves are smaller than a BB so I can't tell for sure what I've got coming up. I'm not too hopeful about it. You simply can't plant in September anymore it seems.

 

[Win94]

It poured heavy rain here for about 30min. Now I'm hoping that all my seed is not at the bottom of the hill.

 

[Hunter 257W]

It poured heavy rain here for about 30min. Now I'm hoping that all my seed is not at the bottom of the hill.

Yeah, that's the opposite of too little rain. :shock: Either extreme is bad.

 

[MackPC]

Everyone is doing a rain dance I'm pretty sure.

 

[TNlandowner]

Yep, I think I wasted money and time trying to grow food plots this fall. We've only had a few trace rainfalls in the last 10 weeks! Luckily, my winter wheat came up (very thin), but my clover, brassica's, turnips, and black oats seem to have all failed.

 

[mattmillard510]

My food plots frustrated me this year, like many of you. One of mine came in absolutely great and the other one didn't do too hot. I almost think it's getting too much moisture but a big problem is grazing pressure. Deer are hitting it every night. I'm going to work harder at keeping them out of it as well as clearing the rest of the overgrown field out.

Before

Right after spraying

3 days after

Week later

After weedeating dead stuff

Discing

This is all that survived grazing and tough conditions

I'm going to finish clearing the whole field next year, maybe plant some fruit trees and possibly redirect some water. I'm also going to build a better fence, make it electric plus the horse fence. The deer here LOVE the clover.


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[mattmillard510]

Here's the other spot I had little hopes for because it was cattle pasture and I wasn't able to get the ground worked up that well. Here I made my own mix of oats, white clover, red, crimson, and rape. The deer and turkeys absolutely hammered the clover on the edges as you can see. Mind you, this seed laid on the ground for 2 weeks before we had rainfall so the fact it did so well is impressive. I'll probably never buy another "Whitetail" mix again after using Whitetail Institute Fusion and adding oats in the other plot and making my own mix in this one. There's no need to.

Before

All the ground was broke up

Sprouting

Two weeks ago

Mainly all rape and oats now.

I'll be doing a heavy clover, chicory mix this spring here and a few rows of corn all around it as a screen.


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[Win94]

My land is still so dry it's almost crispy. No rain in months.

 

[Climber]

Same here Win94. We have not had an appreciable amount of rain here in close to three months. We had to start supplementing hay to our horses as the pasture is toast.