re: Summer Plots 2024

What tiger said, but I think the germ rate was fine but all of it didn’t germinate at the same time.

Basically bump the seeding rate up and or add another species with it. This will be the first time I have ever planted Alyce clover

My food plots are identical to yours. Very tall wheat with clover and turnip/radish underneath. Been trying to figure out what to do

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What I’m doing is spraying clethodim because it will kill only the wheat and oats, which have gone to seed anyway. I’m hoping this also kills off all grasses and lets the clover dominate. It would help to clip it but at this stage it’s not completely necessary, a month from now it would be. I’ll seed at the same time with cowpeas, alyceclover, and vetch. The cowpeas are cover and I don’t expect them to make it much past sprouting, the other two do well in the heat with vetch being slower to establish. I’ll come back in a month and hit it again with clethodim to control any grass competition.

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do you think its to late to spray clethodim now. South west Miss, but my field looks just like the above from Outdoorreb

Like the one I posted? Are you referring to the clover blooming? If you have crimson clover I wouldn’t spray it this late if you are wanting the crimson to reseed for this fall.
It will damage that crimson clover and the flowers (which could/probably will reduce the production). If you aren’t worried about that you could spray it. That is why I spray mine as soon as it starts getting into the stem elongation stage and the deer really don’t touch it.Clethodim will ding Crimson Clover for whatever reason.
Some I leave to head out for the wildlife if the clover doesn’t have a good enough stand and I don’t have plans to plant soybeans in it.
When was the wheat/oats planted? If it is headed like some of mine, you might as well let it go and let the seed be eaten/volunteer for the fall.

I'll bump this to pass on a lesson from the weekend...

The vetch seed that seems to be most readily available this year still has the hull with it where normally it's just the tiny seed. That larger seed did NOT work well in my small seed box on my drill. We ended up mixing it with our other seeds in the large seed box to get it planted.

I plan to calibrate my drill tomorrow with it. My original plan was to use the big box and to put the Alyce clover in the small seed box

Progress so far.

Drilled it in about three weeks ago. About to fertilize with 8-24-24 (broadcast)

Does anyone see any bad weeds? I think there are obviously some grasses in there so I’m debating spraying it with Poast.

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However, I do concern myself with Turkey populations. I’m in MS and the MDWFP is pushing a No Mow May initiative in order to protect the Hens, nests, and Poults.

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My biggest worry about Regen plots. Turkeys might be nesting in it. I picked varieties to plant last fall and this summer that shouldn’t have interfered with nesting dates, but because of the drought last year I couldn’t plant fall plots until pretty late. I hope I don’t find one while crimping.
I don’t think poults will be in it after they are born and a couple days old because it is so thick and tall, but nests could be an issue.
I usually try to mow roads the last week of April then wait as long as I can. Usually mow again around mid-late June.