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Found some success with the "Mulch Method" (Pics)
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<blockquote data-quote="DeerCamp" data-source="post: 5207690" data-attributes="member: 21011"><p>Sure does. The method I found success with was initial spray and kill, broadcast the seed a week or two later (You can technically plant same die, but I wanted to make sure I got a good kill in case I had to spray again).</p><p></p><p>Broadcast the seed using a shoulder spread into the standing grass/weeds and THEN bushhog. That helps bury the seed under some organic material and gets it going.</p><p></p><p>Last year I planted (best I can remember) 100 lbs of Winter Rye mid September, overseeded another 50 lbs in Early October and another 50 lbs in Mid-October - basically every 2 weeks. In only takes make 10 minutes to spread 50# with a shoulder bag spreader.</p><p></p><p>Doing it in stages like that lets you have layered growth of different maturity by the time November gets here.</p><p></p><p>I personally suggest Cereal Rye since it will grow in almost any soil and ground contact. It started sprouting in the back of my truck and on the 4 wheeler where it spilled out if that tells you anything.</p><p></p><p>This spring when the Rye grew and sprouted, I cut some small lanes for turkeys and they really seemed to like it. Its an annual, so it died on its own in the summer and falls over.</p><p></p><p>But before it died, It stayed green all winter and the deer still ate on it throughout the spring.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]116354[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is what it looked like in Mid-May after shooting up from the previous fall. Coyote for reference.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]116353[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And here's what it looked like late Summer after dying and falling over.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]116355[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DeerCamp, post: 5207690, member: 21011"] Sure does. The method I found success with was initial spray and kill, broadcast the seed a week or two later (You can technically plant same die, but I wanted to make sure I got a good kill in case I had to spray again). Broadcast the seed using a shoulder spread into the standing grass/weeds and THEN bushhog. That helps bury the seed under some organic material and gets it going. Last year I planted (best I can remember) 100 lbs of Winter Rye mid September, overseeded another 50 lbs in Early October and another 50 lbs in Mid-October - basically every 2 weeks. In only takes make 10 minutes to spread 50# with a shoulder bag spreader. Doing it in stages like that lets you have layered growth of different maturity by the time November gets here. I personally suggest Cereal Rye since it will grow in almost any soil and ground contact. It started sprouting in the back of my truck and on the 4 wheeler where it spilled out if that tells you anything. This spring when the Rye grew and sprouted, I cut some small lanes for turkeys and they really seemed to like it. Its an annual, so it died on its own in the summer and falls over. But before it died, It stayed green all winter and the deer still ate on it throughout the spring. [ATTACH type="full" alt="7923.jpeg"]116354[/ATTACH] This is what it looked like in Mid-May after shooting up from the previous fall. Coyote for reference. [ATTACH type="full" alt="spypoint.jpg"]116353[/ATTACH] And here's what it looked like late Summer after dying and falling over. [ATTACH type="full" width="582px" alt="IMG_20210604_082301515.jpg"]116355[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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