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**UPDATE**Holy mackerel! Not planting cereal rye this year!!!
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<blockquote data-quote="megalomaniac" data-source="post: 5408251" data-attributes="member: 2805"><p>You are the man when it comes to food plots Popcorn!... but I really do think Balansa at 3lbs per acre is the way to go... YES, it takes over EVERYTHING by late March/ April the following spring... but I'm of the opinion that's not a bad thing... everything else in my fall blend is either eaten out or has frozen out (or is unpalatable... such as maturing wheat or rye)... but the Balansa clover is still feeding deer like crazy when all else is gone....</p><p></p><p>And Balansa clover at 3lbs per acre in micro plots is the BOMB! My small kill plot from last fall is still carpet thick with the stuff as it has never gotten a chance to flower/ mature (because the deer keep it mowed to 3in or less). We bushhogged the few taller weeds ( mostly marestail) a couple weeks ago, but the clover has provided quite a bit of weed suppression this entire summer (but granted, we've had good moisture all summer except for late May/ early June).</p><p></p><p>As an aside... I added it to one of my plots 2y ago on my lease on south MSas an experiment... it didn't do nearly as well as my farms in TN, and was outcompeted by the crimson clover the following spring. Not sure if it was the sandy soils or acidic soils down here. But it performed nothing like what I get on my TN farms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="megalomaniac, post: 5408251, member: 2805"] You are the man when it comes to food plots Popcorn!... but I really do think Balansa at 3lbs per acre is the way to go... YES, it takes over EVERYTHING by late March/ April the following spring... but I'm of the opinion that's not a bad thing... everything else in my fall blend is either eaten out or has frozen out (or is unpalatable... such as maturing wheat or rye)... but the Balansa clover is still feeding deer like crazy when all else is gone.... And Balansa clover at 3lbs per acre in micro plots is the BOMB! My small kill plot from last fall is still carpet thick with the stuff as it has never gotten a chance to flower/ mature (because the deer keep it mowed to 3in or less). We bushhogged the few taller weeds ( mostly marestail) a couple weeks ago, but the clover has provided quite a bit of weed suppression this entire summer (but granted, we've had good moisture all summer except for late May/ early June). As an aside... I added it to one of my plots 2y ago on my lease on south MSas an experiment... it didn't do nearly as well as my farms in TN, and was outcompeted by the crimson clover the following spring. Not sure if it was the sandy soils or acidic soils down here. But it performed nothing like what I get on my TN farms. [/QUOTE]
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