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Summer Food Plots
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:03 am
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:03 am
Any recommendations besides peas for summer plots. Is there something that may have a bit better duration. The deer seem to destroy the peas pretty quick!!
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Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:05 am to tigamike
American jointvetch
Clover
round-up ready soybeans
Clover
round-up ready soybeans
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:11 am to Slickback
Vetch is pretty expensive isn't it??
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:15 am to tigamike
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Vetch is pretty expensive isn't it??
Yes, but it is supposedly pretty durable and the deer absolutely love it.
How big are you pea plots. The ones we planted were about 1/2 acre and the deer destroyed them too. Someone told us that if you plant them larger they don't destroy them as fast and the peas actually come up. You can also try fencing it off until they come up or they make some bitter spray that stays on them until they come up.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:20 am to Slickback
Most of our plots are about an acre in size! I may mix in some vetch with the peas and see how that does. Don't think I can afford straight vetch after looking at the prices!! I would think the deer would destroy soybeans just as fast as the peas?!
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:22 am to Slickback
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round-up ready soybeans
My buddy and I were just discussing this and the peas the other day.
The fact that the deer "mow them down" isn't necessarily a bad thing. They eat the leaves, not the beans. So by mowing it down the plant continues to sprout small tender green shoots and leaves. That's what they really like.
Now, if they are pulling them up, and uprooting the plants because of over grazing, then yeah, that is a bad thing and you need a bigger plot. You just have to find what's the right sized food plot at your place.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:43 am to Clyde Tipton
Guy i work with plants peas, then he keeps malathon "im sure thats spelled wrong" sprayed around it until he is ready for the deer to eat it. He says the strong scent keeps them out and he swears by it. Soon as peas are ready he quits spraying around them and te deer fees
Posted on 6/4/12 at 10:49 am to Clyde Tipton
The roundup ready or forage soybeans have bigger leaves and are a bigger plant that produce less beans. They were specifically engineered for whitetails. They are somewhat hard to find though.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 11:28 am to tigamike
quote:
Summer Food PlotsAny recommendations besides peas for summer plots.
Mix clover in with what you plant in the fall. It will grow some in the fall and really grow in the spring and summer. Our fall plots are full of clover right now.
This post was edited on 6/4/12 at 11:28 am
Posted on 6/4/12 at 11:47 am to Slickback
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round-up ready soybeans
This
Soybeans will put N2 back into the soil as well.
Posted on 6/4/12 at 11:58 am to Choirboy
We planted the vetch along with peas 2 weeks ago and got about a 2.5 inch rain a week later and it is coming up great. We also had some alyce(Sp.) clover we planted off to the sides of our plots in a cut over that is coming back strong this year. Last year I also mixed in some type of soybean that is supposed to vine out and it was awsome. As the deer snipped them they would just vine out unlike the peas that when snipped just die. I didnt do the soybeans this year because the feedstore didnt have them when I was ready to plant. And yes the vetch is costly.
This post was edited on 6/4/12 at 12:06 pm
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