Food Plots Small power line plot

[Win94]

I just tilled up about .25 acre at the top of the hill on my power line. The deer and turkeys frequent that spot anyway and I want to put a new plot there. I'm trying to decide what to plant and how much fertilizer (and what type) I will need. I was thinking turnips, clover and wheat. I want to plant it ASAP and have it through the colder months. I thought we were going to get some rain next thursday, but it looks like they just removed that from the forcast. No rain at all in the next 10 days :cry:

Am I wasting my time/money putting seed down with no rain in sight?

 

[MickThompson]

Wait for rain for sure if you can stand it. Otherwise you'll just be feeding the turkeys. And I wouldn't bother with perennial clover on a hill top. It probably won't survive the summer. Crimson would do well though.

 

[Win94]

What about turnips? I've never used turnips in a plot before. Will they draw turkeys as ell as deer?

 

[spoon]

No it will not draw in turkey's and not a fan of
turnips for deer as I've never seen eat it

 

[Win94]

Good info. Thanks. I'll skip the turnips for this plot. I'm going to do a mix of Crimson and Durana clovers since I already have it, plus something else. Would Austrian winter peas and wheat work well in the mix?

 

[Win94]

Forcast shows 60% rain tomorrow and then again on Friday.

Here is what I have to put out today in my .25 acre plot: Crimson clover, Winter wheat, Austrian peas and I also have some Durana clover.

Should I sow one before the other or just create the mix and put it out?

 

[Hunter 257W]

The deer at my place love the Austrian Winter Peas. They love them so much in fact that they've eaten them down to the ground both times I've planted them before the peas could get established. I ended up with no peas at all in the plot. Luckily I had a mixture of plants so still had something growing. Last year I had oats mixed with the peas and a center strip in the plot with Whitetail Institute's "No Plow".

 

[Win94]

Glad to hear they like the peas. I'm looking forward to seeing how well the mix grows. I put dowm winter wheat, the peas and crimson clover. It rained 24hrs later, but it rained REALLY hard. It's on a slope, so hopefully all the seed is not at the bottom of the hill. The deer and turkeys have already been hitting the plowed up ground... can't wait to see what they'll do if food starts growing.

 

[Win94]

So I planted my seeds on Sunday, we had a really hard but brief downpour of rain on Monday, and I saw a few small buds of crimson clover and wheat starting to pop up today. However, most of the dirt settled during the hard rain, and now most of the wheat seeds are laying on top, uncovered. Do these wheat seeds even stand a chance now laying on top like that? There is no rain in the forcast for at least the next 10days. How long can the new clover buds go without another rain?