- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Too late to plant a small food plot?
Posted on 11/3/19 at 8:39 am
Posted on 11/3/19 at 8:39 am
Life has a tendency to get in the way of perfect timing lol. But the ground is still very wet and its not a very big plot im planning on. Probably 50x50 Ground has never been planted and its all woods so the soil is very fertile. I just got a mix of bulk seed from local co op. Got a mix of winter wheat, crimson clover, daikon radish, sugar beets, trophy rape, 7 top mustard.
Gonna plant tomorrow. Hopefully it takes but if it dont it was only like 10 bucks. Is it too late? No frost planned for the next 7 days from what i can tell
Gonna plant tomorrow. Hopefully it takes but if it dont it was only like 10 bucks. Is it too late? No frost planned for the next 7 days from what i can tell
9
Posted on 11/3/19 at 8:45 am to Lucky_Stryke
You should be fine.
Posted on 11/3/19 at 8:51 am to Lucky_Stryke
Add a 50lb bag of cereal rye. I promise if any of that doesn’t come up it will
Posted on 11/3/19 at 9:04 am to rsbd
Better add a little rye grass to that mix. If all else fails rye grass will grow in the bed of a truck
Posted on 11/3/19 at 9:18 am to Lucky_Stryke
Can always just go in and fertilize honeysuckle, or other browse in the area you hunt.
Posted on 11/3/19 at 9:48 am to rsbd
is that not the same as winter wheat?
Posted on 11/3/19 at 10:16 am to Lucky_Stryke
Add a sack of triple 13 and you will be good
Posted on 11/3/19 at 12:39 pm to Lucky_Stryke
No not the same, a hard freeze may kill the wheat but the rye will be ok
Posted on 11/3/19 at 12:48 pm to Lucky_Stryke
I plan on going throw some rye over a few plots just to have extra coverage this week. It will grow. Hopefully deer will come to eat it.
Posted on 11/3/19 at 4:02 pm to Lucky_Stryke
Due to lack of rain I just planted my stuff last Sunday. If you can ever so slightly turn the soil over while not going very deep you can probably a lot of the moisture while getting the seed in the ground. Also I wouldn’t bother planting rye grass. It looks pretty but has no nutritional value.
Posted on 11/3/19 at 4:38 pm to plazadweller
Rye (not ryegrass) grows under colder temperature than maybe any other food plot seed you can get. Germinates at low temps too. So for really late season plantings rye is the seed to plant.
Posted on 11/3/19 at 5:11 pm to omegaman66
I know. I was responding to the person that said to spread rye grass
Posted on 11/3/19 at 5:21 pm to plazadweller
FYI there are different types of rye
Posted on 11/3/19 at 5:22 pm to Lucky_Stryke
As one poster said, add 50lb bag of 13-13-13, but also add a bag of of lime. More times than not soil pH is acidic, so the lime raises it to more neutral which is what most plants need to grow. Decayed grass and leaves from forest will make the ground acidic. Have to have both fertilize and the correct pH to grow a great foodplot.
LINK
LINK
Posted on 11/3/19 at 5:37 pm to LSUgrad1998
good idea and good info! 
Posted on 11/3/19 at 5:52 pm to Lucky_Stryke
I’m planting about 5 acres tomorrow. Probably buck oats, clover and some greens. I’ll try and get about 200# per acre of fertilizer down. I’m sure something will grow
Posted on 11/3/19 at 6:06 pm to FelicianaTigerfan
Get some crimson clover with oats. Hope you get a late frost
Posted on 11/3/19 at 6:48 pm to rsbd
Never seen wheat die from a hard freeze, unless it had a flag leaf. Wheat won’t be get old enough for that until late March/ April
Posted on 11/3/19 at 9:55 pm to rsbd
Elbon rye available at coop in slaughter.
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News