struttinhoyt Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 I have about 40 acre spot. that is a Pine plantation with mixed hardwoods in it... I have cut and thinned about a 1 acre spot in the middle of it that has some trails going through the middle of it... its a real secluded location.... I still have to burn the brush and spray it to kill any left over weeds and what not... getting equipment in there would be really tricky... so Im going to rake it and try and break the soil that way... I'm not sure upon what I want to plant... I'm going to take a few soil samples and see what i need to add to it... any Ideas?... I want to plant something that the deer will hold to and benifit from... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 more than likely the soil will be very acidic so I would wait until you get the pH up a little before planting any perennials such as clover. This fall I would just plant some annuals. A nice mix of wheat, rye, winter peas, and turnips would be hard to beat for a nice cool season hunting plot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horntagger Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 Try this if you can plant soon. ForageUltra is a spring annual seed blend that includes three varieties of true forage soybeans, peas, and sweet sorghum designed to provide a blanket of green forage throughout the growing season and provide natural cover for whitetails to browse in. The soybeans include two different stalk varieties growing 5-6ft. tall and a long maturity soybean that grows vines up to 20 ft. long. Both soybean varieties produce bean pods as well. We use a very palatable cowpea variety that is very attractive to whitetails. The exotic sweet sorghum variety grows and average of 10 ft tall; it is very sweet and attractive to whitetails. the variety of sorghum acts as a support plant for the vine soybeans, allowing the plant to grow up the stalk and reach for sunlight. This blend is unique because it provides +25% protein and up to 12 tons of plant matter per acre. Keep your Forage Ultra plot weed free by applying pre merge herbicides such as Pursuit, Prowl or Squadron. “The jungle plot”, Forage Ultra is a spring annual seed blend that includes forage soybeans, cowpeas, sorghums and kenaf. This blend is designed to offer cover and high protein enriched food source throughout the growing season. If not wait till last summer FallPerfect is a fall annual seed blend of cereal grains and forage clovers designed to give you the perfect balance of nutrition and quality for your whitetail herd. This fall blend includes triticale which withstands freezing temperatures very well and is palatable to whitetails from planting into late January. FallPerfect also includes cereal rye which grows very quickly and is the most palatable cereal grain. This variety produces a lot of forage very quickly (7-8 thousand pounds of plant matter from planting to April, protein level of 15-18%. There are two varieties of clover in FallPerfect, Arrow leaf and Crimson; both are high quality forage producers. Arrow leaf thrives in the spring and crimson grows well in the fall, both have a protein level averaging at +25% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struttinhoyt Posted June 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 more than likely the soil will be very acidic so I would wait until you get the pH up a little... It pretty much has a sandy base to it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted June 1, 2009 Report Share Posted June 1, 2009 It pretty much has a sandy base to it... Have had pretty good results with peas and beans in sandy soil here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
struttinhoyt Posted June 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2009 Burned my brush pile and the most of the under brush yesterday... got some of the ground broke up a little bit... I may try and get the tractor and disk down there to finish breaking it up and pushing whats left of the brush off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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