Food Plots Starting to get bad
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JCDEERMAN
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It is so bad
BSK
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$3,000 for lime and fertilizer, $1,200 for seed. Complete waste.
bowhunterfanatic
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We still have half out fertilize and a little bit of seed left so it hasn't been a total waste but what we did plant is a total bust. Never even sprouted even though it did get one decent rain.
deerhunter10
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We didn't fertilize either. We were putting it off til the last second glad we didn't waste the money. I am so glad we have a lot of corn we planted.
I'm at about $1500
JCDEERMAN
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This was last weekend. Hope it's still ok. Some are better than others. A drill and thatch can be very beneficial on years like this year and last year. Really hoping for the rain the next several days. First freeze looks to be next Tuesday night. It sucks the brassicas will fail, but that's the power of blends. Wheat, oats, rye, crimson, PTT
BSK
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Started raining at my place about 11 AM today and still raining at 1:30 PM. Almost a half an inch so far. Tomorrow, I'm still going to broadcast what wheat seed I have left in hopes of catching more rain Monday.
Boll Weevil
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We got about 0.65" this morning. Finally.
megalomaniac
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None for me 
But the flip side, I've got water sources and native browse ready to go for mid Nov. Just can't build soil when I'm not growing anything in the plots!
But the flip side, I've got water sources and native browse ready to go for mid Nov. Just can't build soil when I'm not growing anything in the plots!
That actually looks pretty good compared to mine. I wish I had that much green even.
JCDEERMAN
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The first pic is a field with thatch on the ground from past crops. The second pic is drilled into bare dirt we just got done leveling. There is considerable more growth on the one with the thatch for sure.
It's misting here now. I'll take all I can get
JAD
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Not a drop of rain in Rutherford county today.
DoubleRidge
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Just under half inch...slow rain...need more but thankful for what we got....hoping it helps the plots.
Brassica will suffer but grains and clovers will shine once ground gets wet and temps start holding in 40s and 50s.
DoubleRidge
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This is what were hoping for....blend of cereal rye, winter wheat and crimson clover...we have germination, but some areas are spotty, hoping they improve as temps cool and moisture increases.
Boll Weevil
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Turnips and kale doing ok…they should jump with the cooler weather inbound.
BSK
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Friday through Monday morning, got 0.92" of rain. That should certainly help. Don't know if it will be enough to germinate all the extra seed I put down Saturday, but we shall see.
Here's my best looking plot planted 3 weeks ago.
Have 29 others that look like this
Less than 1/2" rain in September ; .30'" thru yesterday in October. Finally getting a decent rain this morning, 4 hours worth so far.
Went totally old school with all the plots this year. Disked them in late July, had good rain in August that germinated weed seed, burned down the new growth. Disk again with gangs straight in mid September. Cultipacked in early October, planted blend of wheat/oats/triticale and cultipacked again. Then planted a blend of crimson/rape (wasted rape) on annual plots & blend of crimson/balansa/Durana/Advantage/arrowleaf/brassica (wasted brassica) on all the clover plots, and cultipacked again.
With all the acorns in woods the turkeys have left the plots alone & most of our doves left a month ago, so feel good about minimal seed loss.
Not sure what to expect with seed being in ground for 3-4 weeks, now getting good rain & sub freezing temps predicted for next couple nights. Never been in this scenario before...
Have 29 others that look like this
Less than 1/2" rain in September ; .30'" thru yesterday in October. Finally getting a decent rain this morning, 4 hours worth so far.
Went totally old school with all the plots this year. Disked them in late July, had good rain in August that germinated weed seed, burned down the new growth. Disk again with gangs straight in mid September. Cultipacked in early October, planted blend of wheat/oats/triticale and cultipacked again. Then planted a blend of crimson/rape (wasted rape) on annual plots & blend of crimson/balansa/Durana/Advantage/arrowleaf/brassica (wasted brassica) on all the clover plots, and cultipacked again.
With all the acorns in woods the turkeys have left the plots alone & most of our doves left a month ago, so feel good about minimal seed loss.
Not sure what to expect with seed being in ground for 3-4 weeks, now getting good rain & sub freezing temps predicted for next couple nights. Never been in this scenario before...
BSK
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That was me last year. Fully prepped plots. No rain. Plots were pretty much a disaster all season. We got some germination/growth, but nothing like a normal year.
This year, no ground prep (no ground turning). The plots I mowed/sprayed early did great with volunteer clover. The plots I mowed/sprayed late have nothing. Reseeded Saturday, but with the freeze right behind this rain, I'm not expecting much.
