Food Plots Throw and mow summer plot

[BSK]

I broadcast soybeans and sorghum into my standing seeded-out Crimson Clover and wheat plots two weeks ago, then mowed them and sprayed glysophate. This is the germination and growth in two weeks.

 

[BSK]

Last spring, the Crimson Clover seed in the dry seedheads did not germinate until I mowed the summer plots in August. This year, the Crimson Clover seed germinated immediately. Will be interesting to see what happens to it over the summer.

 

[@fulldraw]

I sprayed last week and broadcast buckwheat and sorghum Friday before the rains hit. Hope they get off to a good start like yours.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Looking good. Sometimes that clover can be relentless. Right now, our soybeans, corn and sorghum are doing fairly good competing against the crimson, but not doing good at all against the ladino.

 

[BSK]

Looking good. Sometimes that clover can be relentless. Right now, our soybeans, corn and sorghum are doing fairly good competing against the crimson, but not doing good at all against the ladino.

I'm just wondering if the newly germinated Crimson Clover will have enough growing time before I mow down the summer plots in early to mid-August to actually bloom. I hope not. If I can mow it back down before it blooms, I may be able to keep this current stand going through the fall.

 

[megalomaniac]

Beans are almost tall enough to handle the upcoming browse pressure that they are about to get

 

[tellico4x4]

Looking good. Sometimes that clover can be relentless. Right now, our soybeans, corn and sorghum are doing fairly good competing against the crimson, but not doing good at all against the ladino.

Whack that other trash & let the Landino win

 

[tellico4x4]

Last spring, the Crimson Clover seed in the dry seedheads did not germinate until I mowed the summer plots in August. This year, the Crimson Clover seed germinated immediately. Will be interesting to see what happens to it over the summer.

Based on your experience last year, I'm holding off until August before I mow it.

 

[tellico4x4]

Looking good. Sometimes that clover can be relentless.

Put 5,000 lbs of 0-20-20 on mine Thurs & Fri, plus 3,000 pellatized lime out on some newer plots, and planted a screen in front of 1 shooting house right before rain.

 

[BSK]

Based on your experience last year, I'm holding off until August before I mow it.

I needed to get the beans and sorghum in. They would never have grown through the 3-foot-tall standing dead clover and wheat.

 

[BSK]

Beans are almost tall enough to handle the upcoming browse pressure that they are about to get

Sadly, you were so right Mega! Most of the soybeans are GONE just two weeks after that first picture was taken. Sorghum is coming on and Crimson Clover has completely taken over.

 

[megalomaniac]

Sadly, you were so right Mega! Most of the soybeans are GONE just two weeks after that first picture was taken. Sorghum is coming on and Crimson Clover has completely taken over.

Mine are pretty much gone as well on this 3a plot. The nearest ag food source is 800y away, so it gets a LOT of pressure. Sorgham and millet is going great, suppressing weeds well and will give me a lot of green manure/ biomass for fall planting, so I'm still happy

 

[megalomaniac]

My big 8ac plot on another farm is doing great with same mix. Beans are looking good and are big enough to keep growing even with the browse pressure on them

 

[BSK]

My big 8ac plot on another farm is doing great with same mix. Beans are looking good and are big enough to keep growing even with the browse pressure on them

Mine are sprouting new leaves, but only about 3 inches from the ground! I just wonder what this understory Crimson is going to do for the rest of the summer.

 

[megalomaniac]

Mine are sprouting new leaves, but only about 3 inches from the ground! I just wonder what this understory Crimson is going to do for the rest of the summer.

The sorgham will give the clover some shade so it will last longer, but it's still going to burn up by mid July. Still, free food for the deer until then!

And that's the great thing about the cheaper forage beans.... they keep trying to resprout after being nipped off. The deer will still kill them eventually, but they last a lot longer than regular pod producing beans

 

[boonencrockett]

What brand of forage soybean u guys planting ?

 

[BSK]

What brand of forage soybean u guys planting ?

Hutchinson. Not Round-up Ready, but I'm growing sorghum in there as well, so couldn't spray anyways. And Hutchinson is a forage bean instead of a regular pod-producing soybean. Its purpose is to produce a lot of foliage for browsing and silage hay.

 

[boonencrockett]

Could I plant it mid July just for the green attraction? Or do they make a rr bean

 

[BSK]

Could I plant it mid July just for the green attraction? Or do they make a rr bean

Yes, you could plant in July as an attractant. Don't know how much growth you would get before needing to convert to fall planting (if you do). But deer love them. Just make sure you have enough acreage. My 7 acres got wiped out fast. Next year I will plant at a higher density knowing must of the plants will be browsed down low all summer.

 

[boonencrockett]

Lookin for a good draw for fall planting ! I've not found a good thing deer hammer late. I'm hunting western ky by the way. Standing beans are key but it's a crp field now

 

[BSK]

Lookin for a good draw for fall planting ! I've not found a good thing deer hammer late. I'm hunting western ky by the way. Standing beans are key but it's a crp field now

I plant my fall plots much earlier than others. Generally, by mid-August. I find - at that time - deer really hammer Buckwheat. Why so much at that time is a mystery. I've planted it in spring as a summer crop and the deer mostly ignored it. But the same deer go crazy over it in late August and September. Go figure. Normally, I mix the Buckwheat with Crimson Clover. Later, say mid to late September, I broadcast wheat into the standing crop. I've found wheat planted in mid-August gets too tall and "stemmy" by November, so by broadcasting it into the standing crop in mid to late September, it is younger and more palatable at the start of November.

 

[BSK]

My sorgum has grown tall enough to start protecting the soybeans. I've actually got more soybeans now than two weeks ago.

However, the cameras I put on a couple of plots show the deer are clearly going through the plots picking out the soybean plants.

This year, I planted the soybeans at 40#/acre. Next year it will be 60#/acre.