Thanks guys! I see Rural King has some. I'll be getting some this week.
Food Plots Crimson clover
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@fulldraw
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I mowed strips in mine last week. Hope this means they're coming back. Lol
JCDEERMAN
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We may try this next year. As weird as it sounds, I think a lot of the turkeys left our place for shorter fields on surrounding properties. Thats where we heard them gobbling and where we saw several on the way out.
I think if we have several short strips like this in all fields, they'll likely stick around. Any experience with that?
@fulldraw
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This is first time stripping with the food plot. I have hunted farms where the farmer mowed around hayfields that kept birds on the property. Currently I have hayfields around this property that are getting high. I'm hoping that pushes them back on me.
JCDEERMAN
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I like it. Thought about this too - we also may try out some stripping with our crimper on some of these fields to where it's matted down good but may pop back up by mid-may for our soybean/corn/sorghum drilling. Matting some down for the first 3 weeks of turkey season with the crimper, and some with the bushhog. Will do some experimenting….
and Basagran for the nutsedge. It's a real pia for me. I mowed 5 Landino plots yesterday as the nutsedge was taller than the clover. Will hit them with a mix of 24DB & Basagran in a week. Hoping the earlier than normal start for me will help.
megalomaniac
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I would think mowing strips would def help.
The one crazy thing I noticed this spring... there were an insane number of black crickets under the mat of clover/wheat. I bet if one mowed a few strips in there, the turkeys could access the crickets as a major food source.
The one crazy thing I noticed this spring... there were an insane number of black crickets under the mat of clover/wheat. I bet if one mowed a few strips in there, the turkeys could access the crickets as a major food source.
I tried mowing strips a few years ago. I found two hens that coyotes had killed while they hid on their nests. Not sure of the best method, but now I leave plots alone until August. I keep the side areas cut for feeding areas.
BSK
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1oz per gallon mix, right?
I use 1pint/10G water plus 13 oz surfactant. Usually spray 20G/acre
JAD
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I use .75 oz cleth, and .65 oz surfactant per gallon of water. Works good for me, but it takes at least 2 weeks to really start to show the kill. Grass will be gone in a month. It works slow, but it works.
I planted crimson 2 years ago. Last fall I disked and tilled it all up and planted imperial. This is what it looks like now. I wasn't expecting this.
Split Brow
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That should make a good seed bank of crimson for this fall!!
@fulldraw
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You experienced guys may have known this but I was not expecting it. I mowed strips in the plot on the 16th. New seed heads have exploded. Couple pics to show growth.
So the answer's not
Over and over………
Nice plots!!
Over and over………
Nice plots!!
JCDEERMAN
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Great spring for clover. Our crimson has mostly turned from red to brown. The ladino and arrowleaf I frost seeded in February in our perennial plots are looking fantastic. The "grasses" you see in there are oats and wheat we planted in there with it last fall at about 25 lbs/acre…
Mine does not look that good. I was thinking Friday my yard clover looks better than the clover I put out In February. It looks ok but not what I was hoping for . I spot sprayed thistle and I'll hit it with some love this week.
JCDEERMAN
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I am quite amazed. I bought all the Clethodim and butyrac for spraying all of these fields, but there just weren't any weed issues at all. I'll save those for another day.
Now there is some thistle in some of our other fields I neglected to spray early. I've got to take care of that. Some of it is over my head. I've got to try to nuke it soon, then add another dose to it this fall. Hopefully that does it. I wish I did it back when @Popcorn posted about it pre green up when everything was young
@jcdeermman if you spray it now you can burn the stalk easily but its much harder to kill the roots. I like to hit hard with crossbow and roundup with diesel as a surfactant to end those but you must wet it all not just the stalk. The other option is to take a machete to it then spray it after it begins to regenerate in about 7 to 10 days.
i have a place down on the cumberland that i cant seem to get to for spraying but am about to mow it for the second time trying to buy time and prevent seeding. I really should just burn it all down in august and start again
