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<blockquote data-quote="deerchaser007" data-source="post: 395808" data-attributes="member: 1783"><p>Splitting it up is the best thing you could do for a serious food plot for attraction and nutrition. Its really hard for us to tell you how to split it without seeing it!! BUT........... like i said earlier,.. you need perennial, annual, and rotating annual.</p><p></p><p>If i had that much acreage in 1 single plot ,.. i would want a warm season annual plot totaling about 2 acres. Such as imperial powerplant. I would use nothing but oats and wheat in it this year,.. then in may i would break ground and plant the imperial powerplant and never touch it til the following may ,then replant it again in powerplant. THEN,... i would want 2 acres in perennial clover and chicory. This will provide the food source year round at all times,.. and will provide a food source while the other annuals are being sowed in. THEN,.. i would want my rotating annual. This would be like the mix you are currently using. Except,.. i would mow it all down in july and plant in buckwheat til september planting came again.</p><p></p><p>The mix i really recommend is </p><p>50 lbs oats or wheat</p><p>15 lb crimson clover</p><p>5 lb arrowleaf</p><p>5 lb DER</p><p>then in july,.. bush-hog and overseed in buckwheat.</p><p></p><p>BUT,.. since you have 2 acres or more,... you cannot beat winter peas. In places with 2 acres or less and it has a average or above average deer herd ,.. winter peas can be wiped out before they serve their purpose of attracting and providing nutrition. Winter peas will not tolerate early grazing,.. thats why i don't recommend them in spots 2 acres or less.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helped you somewhat......... </p><p>By the way,..... soil test is the only way this will be successful. Its the most critical part of any food plot program. Its the only way to know the exact lime and fertilizer needed for each spot and each planting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="deerchaser007, post: 395808, member: 1783"] Splitting it up is the best thing you could do for a serious food plot for attraction and nutrition. Its really hard for us to tell you how to split it without seeing it!! BUT........... like i said earlier,.. you need perennial, annual, and rotating annual. If i had that much acreage in 1 single plot ,.. i would want a warm season annual plot totaling about 2 acres. Such as imperial powerplant. I would use nothing but oats and wheat in it this year,.. then in may i would break ground and plant the imperial powerplant and never touch it til the following may ,then replant it again in powerplant. THEN,... i would want 2 acres in perennial clover and chicory. This will provide the food source year round at all times,.. and will provide a food source while the other annuals are being sowed in. THEN,.. i would want my rotating annual. This would be like the mix you are currently using. Except,.. i would mow it all down in july and plant in buckwheat til september planting came again. The mix i really recommend is 50 lbs oats or wheat 15 lb crimson clover 5 lb arrowleaf 5 lb DER then in july,.. bush-hog and overseed in buckwheat. BUT,.. since you have 2 acres or more,... you cannot beat winter peas. In places with 2 acres or less and it has a average or above average deer herd ,.. winter peas can be wiped out before they serve their purpose of attracting and providing nutrition. Winter peas will not tolerate early grazing,.. thats why i don't recommend them in spots 2 acres or less. Hope this helped you somewhat......... By the way,..... soil test is the only way this will be successful. Its the most critical part of any food plot program. Its the only way to know the exact lime and fertilizer needed for each spot and each planting. [/QUOTE]
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