willejenkins
Registered: 12/20/07
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So I just bought a house in the country in VA and apparently it's a 2.3 acre parcel of a 12.9 acre family plot that was divided up between the parents and children, so i bought into the family plot unknowingly but the family is great and I'm seperated from the 'Mother' of the family by an open field that just gets bushhoged once in a while but at the back there is a hedge row and a small field about 3/4 - 1 acre she said I could plant back there if I wanted and use her tractor so I was thinking of making it a food plot so all that said what's a good easy 'Newbie' food plot I can get going this fall just clover? She said I could use the tractor but I don't know how well it works or if it has anything other than a bush hog and I'm not sure how her son will feel about me using it since it's her deceased husbands/his deceased fathers tractor so with that in account any suggestions or points to some good reads about food plots?
Thanks!
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gunman
Registered: 01/08/07
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Clover is a great option but it is a slow grower......you won't have a clover plot to hunt over in a few months.
But if you don't have any tillage equipment you might do OK by just broadcasting clover seed into the cut field.
If you have the ability to till the field then you can plant wheat with the clover to give a qick green-up until the clover get going in the spring.
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willejenkins
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Thanks gunman I'm going to go talk to her this weekend and see what we can do! Wheat and clover sounds good to me is mid to late september and appropriate time to plant wheat? |
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gunman
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If it is not too dry.....any time now is fine.
Farmers will start planting wheat as soon as the corn comes in and then again when the beans come in which can be as late as Nov/Dec.
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willejenkins
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Thanks again based on your advise and some research online I think I've found what I want to do . . . research online is hard though it's all an advertisement for some watered down seed mixture with a ridiculous amount of stuff in it i found the Rackmaster Deluxe Fall Deer Mixture and some of the stuff form Whitetail Insitute looks pretty good I might do some of their "Free Samples" and as a start to see what comes up good and go from there.
Thanks agian for your advice!
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FULLRUT2
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craig76
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I just planted whitetail instatute clover and their oats english pea mix. |
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willejenkins
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Great Stuff! Thanks Guys!!! I hope to try and pick some seed up this weekend no later than next weekend! |
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gunman
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FR2,
I'm not familiar with that kind of planter/drill.......can you explain how it works.
My guess is that the first cultipacker sets the rows....then seed is dropped......then the seed is pressed into the soil by the second cultipacker?
Does this machine have other planting options?
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craig76
Registered: 07/13/08
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Quote: Originally Posted by gunman
FR2,
I'm not familiar with that kind of planter/drill.......can you explain how it works.
My guess is that the first cultipacker sets the rows....then seed is dropped......then the seed is pressed into the soil by the second cultipacker?
Does this machine have other planting options?
I have a 5 foot no till drill It cuts a grove in the soil drops the seed than cover seed |
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willejenkins
Registered: 12/20/07
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Well I got the plot started a couple weeks ago planted it with just a little "Alfa Clover" which is just a blend of clover and alfalfa I planted about 1/3 acre the owner just bush hogged it and i just kind plowed/turned it over with a hoe fork then spread the seed and used the back of a regular metal rake to burry the seed shallowly and here's what it looked like as of yesterday . . . few more weeks should be good looking good! A good amount of leaves have fallen but not enough to really cover much but i'm going to blow the leaves off tonight once they have a chance to dry a little!
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