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re: Food plot planting thread

Posted on 9/23/17 at 8:24 pm to
Posted by Tigerpaw123
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2007
17261 posts
Posted on 9/23/17 at 8:24 pm to
Got all my plots tilled , first time using a rotary tiller and not discs, I am impressed, measured them with a gps and came up with a total of right at 3 acres, bought 4 bags of premium buck busters , 16 bags of triple 13 and plan on planting next weekend

Also bought small bag of white tail institute imperial clover and a sample pack of seeds, making a special plot for those and will compare

Blew a front tire and got the tractor stuck today......just more fun
Posted by CLane33
Member since Sep 2016
474 posts
Posted on 9/23/17 at 10:40 pm to
Got the tractor stuck on a log 2 weekends ago at our place. Took us several hours to get it free.

Going to plant buck busters for one plot this year to see how it goes. Was going to plant winter wheat and oats this year also, but the guy at the hardware store said that oats don't grow well in the winter. Any truth to this? I thought oats was a pretty popular food plot seed.

Posted by Tigerpaw123
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2007
17261 posts
Posted on 10/2/17 at 7:34 pm to
Got 4 acres planted this weekend, everything went smooth and plots look great, just hoping for rain
This post was edited on 10/2/17 at 7:35 pm
Posted by ABucks11
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
1148 posts
Posted on 10/3/17 at 7:27 am to
"Large oat plants will get serious cold damage at any temperature lower than about 20°F (-7C) and will die completely at 6°F (-17C) or even milder than that."

LINK

We plant oats every year and don't have issues since it rarely gets cold enough to kill oats in the South. Deer will select oats over wheat if they have the choice, but both are highly preferred forage. This year we are planting wheat since deer actually eat the wheat seed heads in the spring and don't eat the oat seeds.
Posted by commode
North Shore
Member since Dec 2012
1145 posts
Posted on 10/3/17 at 7:38 am to
We planted this past weekend, and used Buck Buster. We do not apply the fertilizer until a few weeks after you plant, and growth starts. Always apply the fertilizer right before a rain. The Nitrogen starts to evaporate pretty quickly so the rain will help it seep into the soil.
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