toddyboman Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Check out these pics. FIrst is a pic of the food plot. Second is a pic of the green stuff growing that I do not know what it is. We planted Turnips in this plot and they are gowing. What is the other stuff??? My dad at first said it was just grass probably fescue. In this plot last year we planted buck forage oats and turnips. Could that be what it is the buck forage oats coming back???? Thanks for the input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest luckyman4 Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot Those seedlings are small, so its still tough for me to tell. Fescue grows in clumps, and that is usually evident even at early growth stages. Could be oats from seed that was buried too deep last year and got moved up when you prepared the plot this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gitcha_some Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot looks like oats to me..or maybe some type of high grass like foxtail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okiedog Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot We have planted Buck Forage Oats the last 3 or 4 seasons. Thats what it looks like to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot I'd say it's the oats coming back!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gitcha_some Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot if it is the oats that will make for a pretty sweet plot right there with turnips and oats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strut10 Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot [ QUOTE ] looks like oats to me..or maybe some type of high grass like foxtail [/ QUOTE ] Took the words right outta my mouth. Pray it's the oats and not the foxtail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 31, 2006 Report Share Posted August 31, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot Think it is oats coming back too. Possible you worked the seed in when you worked your ground. Out of curiousity, did you use an herbicide? bet you probably didnt. Looks like it is going to be a great plot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted September 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot [ QUOTE ] Out of curiousity, did you use an herbicide? bet you probably didnt. Looks like it is going to be a great plot. [/ QUOTE ] We ran a disk over it to break up the ground, then spread fertilizer, then the seed the next day(because of rain). And here we are. So no we did not use any herbicide. We have 3 plots that look that way. Last year we planted turnips and buck forage oats in them. We really didnt get the results we was hoping for out of the buck forage oats. But the turnips where great. So this year we planted turnips in the same 3. But they all look like that. We have 2 others have have a food plot mix which is (2 different clovers, alfalfa,turnips, and chickory). I hope you guys are right and its oats coming up. Because they are THICK!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ousoonerfan22 Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot If you allowed the oats to grow mature then it's probably the seeds from them.I have lablab that's doing the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin R10 man Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot It's oats..I'M POSITIVE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MKMGOBL Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot Looks like oats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot looks like a cereal grain to me! Enjoy the free seed! todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Out of curiousity, did you use an herbicide? bet you probably didnt. Looks like it is going to be a great plot. [/ QUOTE ] We ran a disk over it to break up the ground, then spread fertilizer, then the seed the next day(because of rain). And here we are. So no we did not use any herbicide. We have 3 plots that look that way. Last year we planted turnips and buck forage oats in them. We really didnt get the results we was hoping for out of the buck forage oats. But the turnips where great. So this year we planted turnips in the same 3. But they all look like that. We have 2 others have have a food plot mix which is (2 different clovers, alfalfa,turnips, and chickory). I hope you guys are right and its oats coming up. Because they are THICK!!! [/ QUOTE ] With that information right there I would just about guarantee that your oats were reseeded. No herbicide means you did not kill the seed and it got worked back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted September 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Out of curiousity, did you use an herbicide? bet you probably didnt. Looks like it is going to be a great plot. [/ QUOTE ] We ran a disk over it to break up the ground, then spread fertilizer, then the seed the next day(because of rain). And here we are. So no we did not use any herbicide. We have 3 plots that look that way. Last year we planted turnips and buck forage oats in them. We really didnt get the results we was hoping for out of the buck forage oats. But the turnips where great. So this year we planted turnips in the same 3. But they all look like that. We have 2 others have have a food plot mix which is (2 different clovers, alfalfa,turnips, and chickory). I hope you guys are right and its oats coming up. Because they are THICK!!! [/ QUOTE ] With that information right there I would just about guarantee that your oats were reseeded. No herbicide means you did not kill the seed and it got worked back in. [/ QUOTE ] that is true. But would it make a difference last year since the oats never grew that much. They never grew to maturity, so they never got a head to then re-seed themselves. Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot Even though you may not have noticed them, there must have been some or, enough of the oats to seed stage for it to reseed. No, I dont think it would grow back if there was not a seed head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest luckyman4 Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot If they didn't grow to maturity, then they didn't have seeds to reseed. Since you didn't have good luck with the oats, though, my bet is you planted them too deep and they never germinated. . . until this year when you disked the ground and brought them up. If those are oats, and they are growing thick, I bet you get the results you are looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 5, 2006 Report Share Posted September 5, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot [ QUOTE ] If they didn't grow to maturity, then they didn't have seeds to reseed. Since you didn't have good luck with the oats, though, my bet is you planted them too deep and they never germinated. . . until this year when you disked the ground and brought them up. If those are oats, and they are growing thick, I bet you get the results you are looking for. [/ QUOTE ] Never thought about that. Being that I honestly am unsure about this, I kind of wonder or maybe would have to question how viable seed that has been buried possibly too deep for a given length of time, a year in this case, that never germinated and brought back up by discing later on might be? Another question there on that point, is that it looks like a pretty thick stand of oats to me, he said he had some to grow last year, but not the results he thought he would get. How heavily would he have had to have overseeded last year to get such a thick stand this time around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted September 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot Well last year we went to local farm store and purchased fertilzer cart. In cart was buck forage oats, turnips and fertilizer. We ran that across plots. Then we drug hare across plots with 4-wheeler. Turnips turned out to be a great crop. Oats however didnt do much. This year we mowed plots, then sprayed, then disced plots, Spread fertilizer, then HAND spread turnips. DIDNOT run hare across plots. And now we have Turnips and OATS. CRAZY. Is the way I explain it, I am no farmer thats for sure. But whatever looks like the deer are not going to go hungry this year. thanks again for all of your guys input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest luckyman4 Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot After checking out recomended planting depths for oats (1-2") and reading what you did, my thought about last year's planting being too deep is pretty certainly wrong. I'm more inclined to now think that they weren't planted deep enough, since it looks like all you did was broadcast them. Maybe Discking got them deep enough this year? As far as viability, as long as the seed didn't rot, it would be OK from one year to the next. I can't really explain why the oats would come in so thick unless he did overseed quite a bit, but I'm assuming todd is right in that the oats didn't mature and that these are oats. Either of those assumptions could be wrong and these could be reseeded oats or another grass of some kind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerkillr777 Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot explainded it good i am a farm boy and that sounds good to me and i aint the biggest farmer but i do knwo hwat i am talking abotu and it looks liek oats and u explainded it good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 8, 2006 Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot With whatever happened, looks like you got quite a nice plot of oats for this fall. Guess I am a bit surprised maybe though that they came in that thick and uniform on a plot that had been sewn last year assuming that you never covered the seeds as I am guessing what you are calling a hare, you mean a harrow or drag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted September 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Re: What is this growing in my food plot [ QUOTE ] I am guessing what you are calling a hare, you mean a harrow or drag. [/ QUOTE ] yeah. I have no idea how or why the oats have grown. But regardless Im hoping the reap the benefits of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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