MUDRUNNER Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 With only a few weeks left in the season my focus will be changing to getting ready for next fall.After my first plot this year I really got the food plot bug and want to put something in this spring.So what's been everybodies best spring plot? I have about another 3/4 acre and was thinking either clover and chickory or a soybean,milo,lab lab, and pea mix.Annual or perinial doesn't matter to me,I just want something that provides good nutrition and is a good draw through the start of the season next season.Any other ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 11, 2007 Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Planted roughly 1.25 acres of chickory and clover this fall. I prefer fall plantings for perenials here. Will be planting some eagle seeds rr soybeans again here this spring, might also plant some rr corn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted December 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2007 Yea,I have heard that in our environment it's better to plant perenials in fall so they don't have to fight the weeds so much,which is why I was leaning to the the other mix for spring,and maybee planting the clover/chickory in the fall where my brassicas are now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted December 12, 2007 Report Share Posted December 12, 2007 Yea,I have heard that in our environment it's better to plant perenials in fall so they don't have to fight the weeds so much,which is why I was leaning to the the other mix for spring,and maybee planting the clover/chickory in the fall where my brassicas are now. Brassicas tend to use up a lot of your soil's nutrients so make darn sure you do a soil test to prep for the clover/chicory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted December 14, 2007 Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 your main problem with an annual is the fact you have only 3/4's of an acre to plant. The common warm season annuals such as peas/beans do not hande heavy browsing and a nice deer herd can demolish a 3/4 acre of beans. And like William stated fall planting of perennials have a much higher success rate than spring plantings--(no summer drought for the young plants and less weed competition). However--if you want to plant this spring I would plant a roundup ready variety of soybeans. This will accomplish two things: 1) The soybeans if the survive the grazing pressure will provide some high protein food during the fawning/antler growing season. 2) Even more important you can spray the roundup ready soybean plot with glyphosate (roundup) several times during the spring and summer in preperation for a fall planting of perennials such as clover/trefoil/clover. This way you will food available during the spring and winter. Your only downtime will be when you disc up the beans to plant your perennial. good luck todd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Thanks for the tips guys! I'm not worried too much about browse since there is a lot of agriculture Surrounding the property.I was actually going to leave the beans so they would be around and hopefully draw after all the other crops are out.I definately want to put something in next spring,just not sure what yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted December 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2007 Another thought is what if I plant my perenial in the spring with a cover plot of rape or beans or something along those lines? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam16 Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 I am still relatively new to the food plots myself, but i too am already planning next year. Since we dont have access to equipment, i am planning on renting a plotmaster for a weekend and going to work. I am thinking of putting some clover/chicory mix in half of my areas, and looking for a good annual to draw the deer in. I was thinking maybe oats? Thanks for starting this thread mudrunner, i think both of our brassica mixes ended in disappointment. You live, you learn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 Another thought is what if I plant my perenial in the spring with a cover plot of rape or beans or something along those lines? However--if you want to plant this spring I would plant a roundup ready variety of soybeans. This will accomplish two things: 1) The soybeans if the survive the grazing pressure will provide some high protein food during the fawning/antler growing season. 2) Even more important you can spray the roundup ready soybean plot with glyphosate (roundup) several times during the spring and summer in preperation for a fall planting of perennials such as clover/trefoil/clover. This way you will food available during the spring and winter. Your only downtime will be when you disc up the beans to plant your perennial. Think I would plant the beans early in the spring and then plant the perenial in the fall just as suggested by Todd here. With the rr beans you can spray throughout the summer eliminating the competitive weeds, if the perenial is in the mix in the spring, you will have no effective way to spray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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