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DoubleRidge said:
Thats not bad at all....getting back closer to normal...there for a couple years it got ridiculous.
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That was because every "management influencer" in the North suddenly touted Buckwheat as the greatest food plot plant ever invented. Demand for it sky rocketed. Now that that trend has passed, demand (and price) has fallen.

Food plotting is like fishing. Some new bit of information will become all the rage, just like a new lure or technique in fishing. During that time, everyone involved in the business jumps on the bandwagon. Then, after a year or two, that "new idea" passes by.
 
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Little different for me this year. Perennial clover is rocking & annual ones look good too. Once Arrowleaf goes to seed in annual, going to broadcast WGF & mow. Won't buy any seed until then. Know that WGF won't mature before fall planting but just trying to get more thatch on ground.

Been waiting on rain to spread 3T of 0-20-20 on clover, so that's next. I'm really counting on the Super El Nino, 🤣
 
I cant believe im doing this, but I have so much annual clover, virtually no weed competition, that im not doing summer plots this year for the first time in 5 years.

The crimson is popping now. Balansa should be gangbusters in May, then the Q red will shine in June (and hopefully July).

I can only spend annually what I generate in profit each year, and this year I have to put down 5 or 6 loads of gravel on one of my interior roads.
 

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deerhunter10 said:
Spraying our clover tomorrow. We are set to go. Sure wish the weather looked better. Seeds about to go in the ground regardless.
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Just out of curiosity deerhunter10, why so early? Are you using summer crops that need a specific number of growing days to mature?
 
I mowed my cool season grasses to reduce competition in my clover plot before they went to seed 2 weeks ago
Friday I sprayed w clethodim
Fertilized
Got close to .5 rain yesterday
Looking good

I did mine early because I'm trying to establish a perennial clover plot that I hope saves me a lot of money over the next 3-5 years and if you let the cool season grasses head out you get lots more competition shading out your desired end product

Soy bean and corn ground has been sprayed for burn down
Hoping for another rain this week and if I get it I will plant them no til by the weekend
 
I ordered mine from the co-op and it came in yesterday. 50 lb of Egyptian Wheat. Not looking forward to planting it at all but domestic terrorist season is right around the corner.
 
BSK said:
Just out of curiosity deerhunter10, why so early? Are you using summer crops that need a specific number of growing days to mature?
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Sunflowers is specifically what I'm talking about for doves. Millet as well but that will be in about a month. Going to leave the edges for turkeys but the middle go ahead spray. Everything else we are planting this summer is beans and corn. With the weather we have just trying to get as many rains as possible on it. With our rains being so few and far between. Also gives us an opportunity to replant if need be.
 
deerhunter10 said:
Sunflowers is specifically what I'm talking about for doves. Millet as well but that will be in about a month. Going to leave the edges for turkeys but the middle go ahead spray. Everything else we are planting this summer is beans and corn. With the weather we have just trying to get as many rains as possible on it. With our rains being so few and far between. Also gives us an opportunity to replant if need be.
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Interesting. Thanks.
 
BSK said:
Ahh. I'm waiting for my crimson clover to bloom and die.
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I to am waiting on the crimson and have seen what you sow in the summer but what do you suggest to go with my crimson that doesnt break the bank and will provide good nutrition during the summer months? I planted buckwheat and sorghum last year and it did good at providing the green manure in the fall but my deer won't touch it.
 
hbg1 said:
I to am waiting on the crimson and have seen what you sow in the summer but what do you suggest to go with my crimson that doesnt break the bank and will provide good nutrition during the summer months? I planted buckwheat and sorghum last year and it did good at providing the green manure in the fall but my deer won't touch it.
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The mixture I've settled on for summer is Hutchinson Soybeans (a forage soybean, i.e. produces a lot of leaves and can handle heavy browse pressure), Iron and Clay Cowpeas, and Buckwheat. Deer don't use the Buckwheat much during early to mid-summer, but pound it in August and September. The Cowpeas go fast as soon as they're up and the soybeans fill in the middle of the summer. I will hit the plot with the grass-killer Clethodim about 3 to 4 weeks after planting.

I added Black Oil Sunflower last year, but the deer ate it all too quick. So, I'm not adding that this year.
 
BSK said:
The mixture I've settled on for summer is Hutchinson Soybeans (a forage soybean, i.e. produces a lot of leaves and can handle heavy browse pressure), Iron and Clay Cowpeas, and Buckwheat. Deer don't use the Buckwheat much during early to mid-summer, but pound it in August and September. The Cowpeas go fast as soon as they're up and the soybeans fill in the middle of the summer. I will hit the plot with the grass-killer Clethodim about 3 to 4 weeks after planting.

I added Black Oil Sunflower last year, but the deer ate it all too quick. So, I'm not adding that this year.
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I have a very very high deer density so I worry about the peas and beans even getting up enough to provide any value
 
hbg1 said:
I have a very very high deer density so I worry about the peas and beans even getting up enough to provide any value
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That can ABSOLUTELY be a problem. It requires a fairly significant acreage in plots OR another attractive food source nearby. I have the latter. For the last couple of years, I've had about 20% of my property in early-stage regrowth, and the deer really feed on that heavily during the summer, taking the pressure of the plots.
 
BSK said:
Now that I've ordered mine! I like to get my spring order in before everybody else!

This year, it's Hutchinson Soybeans, Iron and Clay Cowpeas, and Buckwheat.
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How close is your crimson clover to being ready to bush hog?
 

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