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Food plot fertilizing.

Posted on 10/9/14 at 8:39 pm
Posted by arktiger28
Member since Aug 2005
4780 posts
Posted on 10/9/14 at 8:39 pm
Got a great food plot going. Do you guys fertilize yours any after the initial fertilizing? If so, when and how often. It is a mixture of Wheat, oats, rye, and winter peas.
Posted by 007mag
Death Valley, Sec. 408
Member since Dec 2011
3873 posts
Posted on 10/9/14 at 8:40 pm to
The deer will fertilize it.
Posted by glhunter
jefferson
Member since Mar 2012
244 posts
Posted on 10/9/14 at 9:00 pm to
Let the deer hit it. When they start wearing it out put ammonia nitrate on it around the first week of December.
Posted by I B Freeman
Member since Oct 2009
27843 posts
Posted on 10/10/14 at 7:21 pm to
300 lbs 13-13-13 at planting or shortly after--150 ammonium nitrate every 6 six after that.

Posted by Geauxtiga
No man's land
Member since Jan 2008
34377 posts
Posted on 10/10/14 at 8:10 pm to
quote:

first week of December.
Depends on temp. I'd do it earlier not to waste money cause there is little to no growth when temps drop below 50 and 65 degrees is probably the ideal growth temp.
Posted by glhunter
jefferson
Member since Mar 2012
244 posts
Posted on 10/10/14 at 8:32 pm to
I agree with this !
Posted by I B Freeman
Member since Oct 2009
27843 posts
Posted on 10/11/14 at 1:17 pm to
quote:

below 50 and 65 degrees is probably the ideal growth temp.


uhhh stay with what I wrote.

None of those cool season plants "stop" growing in Louisiana and Mississippi. Oh in real cool weather or dry weather they will slow down but oats particularly will suck nitrogen out of the ground and give you very good forage all winter if properly fertilize.

Spend your money on fertilizer and forget trying to plant 10 different kinds of seed. PlotSpike Forage Oats are varieties developed by LSU and if fertilized properly and often enough will keep deer on a plot till May and will out yield any plant you mentioned you planted.

You are better off with a small well fertilized plot than a large plot just planted and left alone.
Posted by FelicianaTigerfan
Comanche County
Member since Aug 2009
26059 posts
Posted on 10/11/14 at 2:39 pm to
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You are better off with a small well fertilized plot than a large plot just planted and left alone.


Sounds just like me. I was in a club for 4 years and they planted 8 acres worth of plots but would only buy 500lbs of fertilizer. I preached till I was blue in the face that if all we could afford was 500# the. Lets plant 2 good plots instead of 8 shitty ones
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