wolf
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Post by wolf on Mar 1, 2006 1:09:29 GMT -5
Does anyone plant summer plots? If you do what do you plant?
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Post by BrandonHavis on Mar 3, 2006 9:22:56 GMT -5
i was thinkin about plantin a summer plot cause i have a stand in an area that dont seem to have enough food to suppord all of the deer that live there and a lot of them get hit by cars crossin the road into a pasture to eat in the evenings and at night.
i dont know what ill plant but i want somethin that can handle the the heat and will put out enough food to support as many deer as i can.
brandon
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Post by Bolo on Mar 3, 2006 9:54:44 GMT -5
I usually only plant fall plots. There is so much browse and natural food where we hunt during the summer I don't think it would help much. My plot is only about a 1/4 of an acre anyway.
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gabe
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Post by gabe on Apr 21, 2006 22:18:07 GMT -5
Iron and clay peas, they grow fast, Deer love them, and they put the horns on your bucks. Also they don't cost an arm and leg.
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Post by alabamaswamper on Aug 1, 2006 10:21:36 GMT -5
Lots of choices but here are the best, other than actual crops like soybeans.
Buckwheat- Will grow in poor soils pretty good. High in protein and you can get three seperate stands of this per summer if you have the time to mow and replant.
Summer annual clovers-- Annual crimson clovers and arrowleaf. Will give you good clover from spring til the end of summer. You plant these in your fall plots of wheat/oats or whatever. Just simply spray those plots in April with Poast after mowing (if mowing is needed) and the clovers will do fine. They don't last long, usually all dead by now.
Chicory--best thing you can buy, PERIOD! High in protein. I put this stuff a close second to soybeans for best all around high protein food source. They'll start eating it in mid summer. Very drought resistant. Great is mixed with perinnial ladino clovers. Drought can't kill it and the deer LOVE it.
Remember, for the clovers and chicory, you'll need your PH to be 5.5+ to get any production and you WILL need soil samples for proper fertilization. A small price ($7 or so) to pay for maximum production out of your seed.
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