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76Forest
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re: Summer Plots 2024
Posted by 76Forest on 4/21/24 at 9:15 pm
Sprayed herbicide 4/17, drilled into what was standing on 4/19. Rained more than an inch 4/20.
Planted Green Cover Seed’s Summer Release:
Radish
Rapeseed
Buckwheat
Sunflowers
Sorghum
Cowpeas
Soybeans
Mung Beans
Sunn Hemp
Also, planted an acre of Warm Season Pollinator Blend, just fo...
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re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by 76Forest on 11/12/23 at 1:16 pm
Yes, looks like your seeds have all the inoculants I got. No mixing required. ...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by 76Forest on 11/11/23 at 8:31 pm
Yep, Green Cover Seed. ...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by 76Forest on 11/11/23 at 5:03 pm
Levee, GCS started inoculating with lots of bacteria (not just nitrogen fixing kinds) and mycorrhizal fungi and more. They tell about in on their website on the Fall Release page. I’m no farmer, but it made sense to me. I am about halfway through a 5-yr commitment to this experiment and it’s starti...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by 76Forest on 11/11/23 at 2:53 pm
Glad to hear folks are getting some rain. Hang in there. I was blessed with enough moisture in October to get things going. Here’s a pic from this morning, 32 days after planting. My 3rd fall of no-till, 2nd planting with the new GCS inoculants, bacterial and fungal. My best results ever.
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re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by 76Forest on 11/2/23 at 10:34 am
Hey EarlyBird I’m all no-till the last 2-1/2 years. It looked like I disced this yr because the drought killed everything and I applied Roundup - weeds were gone. ...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by 76Forest on 11/2/23 at 8:08 am
I’m learning, just keep trying. There’s so much you just don’t control. We have something growing, and I’m grateful for that, but I’m not seeing the deer hit it yet. They must have plenty of acorns right now. We’ll see. ...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by 76Forest on 11/2/23 at 7:57 am
Levee, we had a wicked drought both of the last 2 summers and I planted this year and last out of desperation. The soil moisture has been just enough it seems, then we got some rain, but I think fall plots are the most forgiving. Hope your crop is a good one. ...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by 76Forest on 11/1/23 at 8:22 pm
Here’s the view on 10/10. We had a good rain 5 days before, ground was moist but you couldn’t squeeze any water out. It’s sandy soil, by the way.
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Here’s 10/21,
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re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by 76Forest on 11/1/23 at 7:57 pm
Trying to post some pics, but I planted on 10/10, and the soil was moist. Got .2” the next day. Seeds germinated and almost 1” on 10/26 and 10/27. Things are looking pretty good.
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T...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by 76Forest on 10/14/23 at 9:30 am
[img]https://imgur.com/user/ckates249[/img]Will try to post some pics of progress, if it grows and if I can master posting pics. ...
re: Food Plot Woes
Posted by 76Forest on 10/14/23 at 8:10 am
I planted 7 ac of Fall Release on Tuesday, got .2” of rain on Wednesday. Drilled it in with a no-till drill. Game cams reporting lots of game movement this week, but the pigs are all over it. I HATE PIGS!!! On the positive side, my fall food plots have done well in the past when unmolested by pigs...
re: Planted summer plots today
Posted by 76Forest on 7/25/23 at 9:04 pm
Levee, just listened to this podcast and I’m really glad to know MSU is doing this experiment. Thanks!
I’ve got my 5-yr experiment going, and my 2nd warm season crop is smothered by weeds, sad sight. I’ve been debating with myself about whether or not to use herbicide in the fall just about decided...
re: Planted summer plots today
Posted by 76Forest on 7/22/23 at 10:37 am
Thanks, Reb, I’m soaking up all I can from folks who know. ...
re: Planted summer plots today
Posted by 76Forest on 7/20/23 at 8:59 pm
El Tigre, I’m not sure I understand exactly what you are asking. Also, there’s some other good experience in this thread that might know better.
But, if you mean you have killed your summer plots with herbicide in the fall, I’d guess you were doing a slightly different program than what I’m tryi...
re: Dead bird ID
Posted by 76Forest on 6/17/23 at 12:54 pm
Purple gallinule
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re: Planted summer plots today
Posted by 76Forest on 6/9/23 at 6:57 am
Hammer, when you start your trial plots, remember Gabe Brown’s suggestion that you commit to a 5 year experiment. There’s too much variability in weather, and trial and error in your methods to give up after a year or two. Speaking from experience here.
Wish I could incorporate livestock on my p...
re: Planted summer plots today
Posted by 76Forest on 6/8/23 at 3:49 pm
I’m no farmer either, would hate to have to make a living that way, I’d be pretty skinny.
On feeding corn and protein, we and several neighbors were feeding protein before our big drought in 2011 it think it was. We had a big die off from that drought, deer population crashed. Took a long time to ...
re: Planted summer plots today
Posted by 76Forest on 6/8/23 at 1:29 pm
And, I’ll add this: it’s tons of fun learning how I can grow these plots of deer food, improve soil, improve deer, and find some like-minded guys to trade experiences with. Been fun finding out I’m not the only one! Thanks!...
re: Planted summer plots today
Posted by 76Forest on 6/8/23 at 1:14 pm
I’m not sure the method of termination has an impact on what deteriorates into soil (though chemical sprays cost and do change pH I believe). I want to try a crimper to break the stems on my cereal rye so it won’t stand back up - I want it to lay flat and smother weeds.
I’ve done 2 fall/winter c...
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