Food Plot Help
Food Plot Help
I would like to plant a food plot for deer. Does anyone have any suggestions on what to use? I want something that is low maintenance yet very attractive for deer. It will be planted in a grass field surrounded by woods. Let me know if you need any other information about the land.
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swbaseballfan
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BigOrangeOne
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Re: Food Plot Help
SWbaseballFan wrote:clover is great
you can throw in some corn too
I agree with the clover thing. About 5 years ago I had about 1/2 acre of my side yard run over several times with a disc and just hand spread some tall red clover on the surface.... no fertilizer... no nothing..... and it flourished and came back for the next 4 years with no maintenance or anything. The deer wore a path across a nice green 50 acre hay field and across a road to get to it every night ..... (a.couple were hit by cars during that time). It finally began to diminish last year so I had it plowed under.
Alfalfa is great too but it is high mtce and hard to grow.
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BigOrangeOne
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Re: Food Plot Help
Ace wrote:Is it too late to plant clover?
No.... as long as it keeps raining like this. If we have a long dry hot spell right after you plant it, it may not germinate though.
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Buckeyefan03
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Re: Food Plot Help
I really like any of the Whitetail Institute food plot seeds. They seem to work real well compared to Biologic, for me anyways.
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Bleeding Red
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Re: Food Plot Help
I would stay away from Biologic. I think that it is geared for a warmer, south climate. I wasted money on it last year, wont do it again.
Last year our food plots consisted of clover, purple turnips and biologic.
The clover came back strong this year. The turnip plants were eaten to the ground last fall, then the deer can back to dig them up through the winter.
Clover and turnip plants are very easy to start, but I would recommend getting them in the ground no later than the second week of August and pray for rain.
it is far too late for corn, because you will not have time to adjust the ph through fertilization, and if we have a dry August the plants will not mature if they do in fact germinate.
Last year our food plots consisted of clover, purple turnips and biologic.
The clover came back strong this year. The turnip plants were eaten to the ground last fall, then the deer can back to dig them up through the winter.
Clover and turnip plants are very easy to start, but I would recommend getting them in the ground no later than the second week of August and pray for rain.
it is far too late for corn, because you will not have time to adjust the ph through fertilization, and if we have a dry August the plants will not mature if they do in fact germinate.