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re: Planting 75 sawtooth seedlings today and tomorrow
Posted on 2/15/23 at 10:56 am to The Levee
Posted on 2/15/23 at 10:56 am to The Levee
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My real concern is providing food for the deer coming out of the summer browse and packing on pounds for the colder months....without having to supplement with corn/protein.
If that's your main concern, plant blackberry(rubus) bushes if you don't have them growing naturally. And plant in covered areas. If you have rubus growing naturally, throw some 13-13-13 on it so it grows and spreads. It's the number 1 wintertime browse in the south for WTD. They will normally keep their leaves as long as long as they're not exposed to direct frost.
The acorns a good early/mid season source of food, but they can feed on the rubus late into and after deer season closes.
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Posted on 2/15/23 at 11:21 am to REB BEER
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If that's your main concern, plant blackberry(rubus) bushes if you don't have them growing naturally. And plant in covered areas. If you have rubus growing naturally, throw some 13-13-13 on it so it grows and spreads. It's the number 1 wintertime browse in the south for WTD. They will normally keep their leaves as long as long as they're not exposed to direct frost.
The acorns a good early/mid season source of food, but they can feed on the rubus late into and after deer season closes.
You could say the same for just about any native browse. Plenty of plants you can promote that will continue to provide food through the fall and winter that isn't a non-native. Just in the time period that sawtooths drop there are other native trees producing food for deer.
I don't fault a guy for wanting to use them, but I wish the knuckleheads in wildlife departments/DNRs and NGOs would have put more emphasis on promoting native food sources and not a Chinese oak.
Posted on 2/15/23 at 12:48 pm to REB BEER
Thanks RED BEER...I'll look into it...we planted a bunch of mulburry too
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