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Interested to hear your ideas on what to plant on my logging roads once the guys are finished. I was thinking about a mix of wheat or rye with red and white clover. Thanks.
 
Shade and leaf fall are hard on logging roads.In the past,on a warm day in gun,when the leaves where off,and the road can get some sun,where I didnt think the pm hunt was gonna do much,I disced up a logging road and put down some wheat,worked ok.
 
I would if the road is daylighted where it wont get alot of leaves on it. Otherwise I wouldnt bother from a forage perspective because leaf drop will really cover it. I usually do throw some wheat down if Ive had heavy equipment in places, not for the animals really, just to help slow down erosion. Id say you probably have some well daylighted roads since theyve been logging.
 
Unfortunately they are going to be pretty shaded for the most part. I did not even think about the leaves, great point. Might just do wheat or rye and continue doing annuals in it. I may also go fescue becuase it is more important to me that they don't wash.
 
Jarred525 said:
Unfortunately they are going to be pretty shaded for the most part. I did not even think about the leaves, great point. Might just do wheat or rye and continue doing annuals in it. I may also go fescue becuase it is more important to me that they don't wash.
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What I do,may have not said it right,is wait till after most leaves have dropped,disc up,broadcast some wheat.I usually will do this on a day that is warming up and dont expect much out of an afternoon hunt anyway.
 
Jarred525 said:
Unfortunately they are going to be pretty shaded for the most part. I did not even think about the leaves, great point. Might just do wheat or rye and continue doing annuals in it. I may also go fescue becuase it is more important to me that they don't wash.
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If you go fescue, it will never have anything else in it (not that fescue is a bad idea, just that it will preclude any winter annuals). I prefer to disk/sow mine in wheat or rye late in the fall, just as leaves are falling.
 
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The road I am talking about has been graded out real nice by a dozer(actually well enough for logging trucks to go down)and we will be using it as a road so I am leaning towards fescue at least on the hilly parts I think to keep something steady in there so it will not wash.
 
Jarred525 said:
The road I am talking about has been graded out real nice by a dozer(actually well enough for logging trucks to go down)and we will be using it as a road so I am leaning towards fescue at least on the hilly parts I think to keep something steady in there so it will not wash.
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I would think that the soil would be so compacted from equipment and trucks that you might have to break that hard pan to get much of anything to grow.
 
I'm not sure you would get the necessary sunlight to grow a good crop of buckwheat in a logging road.

But you never know. Give it a try and let us know how it works.
 
It seems to me that if they are logging now you can forget wheat or rye,.. them should be for fall.

I would use vetch on the hillside roads,.. should work out great for the planting dates,.. and use red clover on the flats,.. red clover does really good on poorer soils with no lime or fertilzer. You can try buckwheat,.. but i would mix in some red clover with it!!
 
I have done it but i cant keep guys off of it in their vehicles and this is destructable to the plot becasue it so easily compacts the soil and prevents quality fields......i now try to avoid it at all costs.
 
camoman270 said:
I have done it but i cant keep guys off of it in their vehicles and this is destructable to the plot becasue it so easily compacts the soil and prevents quality fields......i now try to avoid it at all costs.
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That's a good point. This road is going to have traffic on it. Something I have to think about.
 
Jarred525 said:
camoman270 said:
I have done it but i cant keep guys off of it in their vehicles and this is destructable to the plot becasue it so easily compacts the soil and prevents quality fields......i now try to avoid it at all costs.
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That's a good point. This road is going to have traffic on it. Something I have to think about.
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Shade,leaf cover,road traffic.....might want to look into doing something else,thats 3 strikes.
 

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