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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5029889" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>I will let you know how the Elbon Rye does planted in winter. I have no idea how well it will germinate or grow. Just using it for erosion control and soil building for newly opened plots. A lot of bad things can happen to bare soil areas if you let them go unworked and unplanted for too long.</p><p></p><p>Almost all of my plots are ridge-top plots, and until recently, have been used more as an attractant to the property than to actually feed the deer. But with the increase in acreage we are implementing, I believe we can convert them more to plots that can actually feed the deer. We'll be doubling acreage from 5 to 10 acres, and most of the individual plots will be much larger than previous. I've come to believe that to actually grow enough plant material to feed deer, plots need to be at minimum 1/2 acre each. Most of my current plots are just little scatter 1/4-acre plots. Now they will all be 1/2 to 2 1/2 acres each.</p><p></p><p>When it comes to establishing new ridge-top plots, the very best thing you can do for them is pile the bulldozed trees in the center and burn them. The ashes produced, once spread back through the plot, are a HUGE nutrient plus. I have some 10-year-old plots that you can still see where the burn piles were located because of the better plant growth in those spots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5029889, member: 17"] I will let you know how the Elbon Rye does planted in winter. I have no idea how well it will germinate or grow. Just using it for erosion control and soil building for newly opened plots. A lot of bad things can happen to bare soil areas if you let them go unworked and unplanted for too long. Almost all of my plots are ridge-top plots, and until recently, have been used more as an attractant to the property than to actually feed the deer. But with the increase in acreage we are implementing, I believe we can convert them more to plots that can actually feed the deer. We'll be doubling acreage from 5 to 10 acres, and most of the individual plots will be much larger than previous. I've come to believe that to actually grow enough plant material to feed deer, plots need to be at minimum 1/2 acre each. Most of my current plots are just little scatter 1/4-acre plots. Now they will all be 1/2 to 2 1/2 acres each. When it comes to establishing new ridge-top plots, the very best thing you can do for them is pile the bulldozed trees in the center and burn them. The ashes produced, once spread back through the plot, are a HUGE nutrient plus. I have some 10-year-old plots that you can still see where the burn piles were located because of the better plant growth in those spots. [/QUOTE]
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