huntncoach
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Does anyone put sorghum in their food plots? An older member on my hunting lease convinced me to try it this year. I only put it around the perimeter of my field. Any thoughts?
Sorghum in food plot?
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huntncoach
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Well, at least I will have something to keep me occupied while hunting (watching birds, etc.) if the deer don't like the sorghum.
BSK
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Deer will make extensive use of sorghum seed heads in fall and winter.
huntncoach
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Great! That's what I hoped to hear. I put it around my field edge hoping it might camo me a little better too. By that point in the season there is usually not much left in that field
HOOK
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Deer pound it. Plant in spring and come fall they'll hit the seed heads
Did u use the roundup ready variety? If so how's it doing.. I was going to plant some this yr but couldn't find the rr variety. Next yr I am going to plant it..
huntncoach
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Honestly not sure what variety it was since the gentleman gave it to me and another buddy. I can say that it is not doing well as it appears to have been eaten as it sprouted. At least that was the latest observation.Roost 1 said:
HOOK
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I didn't use RR seed when I did mine but I prepped my plot. It grows so thick I hardly had any weed competition. Did you spring plant it? You may have soil issues...I've planted sorghum several times and never had any evidence of use until it matured.
diamond hunter
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Can you plant it in the fall and get pods for season?
Hunter 257W
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Cow birds and starlings devour mine before deer even get a chance. It does provide some good shooting of the birds though!
BSK
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diamond hunter said:
No.
HOOK
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NO...it's a spring planting
