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Post by sd51555 on Dec 16, 2018 8:23:40 GMT -6
Has anyone ever grown this stuff? I've been thumbing through the 2019 seed book and this popped up as a dual purpose crop in both forage and grain production. I saw signs of the deer my eating millet stalks again this year. I only had a very small % in my blend, but made note of where it was, and I found only nubs left. My dance card is already full for this coming year, but I can always be talked into something more.  |
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Post by Catscratch on Dec 16, 2018 9:30:29 GMT -6
Yeppers... I grow it. Like it enough to buy it by the big bags.  |
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Post by sd51555 on Dec 16, 2018 9:34:39 GMT -6
Yeppers... I grow it. Like it enough to buy it by the big bags. Go on... For deer, cattle? |
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Post by Catscratch on Dec 16, 2018 9:51:20 GMT -6
I grow it for deer and birds. As someone who grew up duck hunting I have an affinity for millets, but deer will graze it as well and doves/quail love it! It is used as a cattle pasture plant. A person can drill it into existing warm season grasses and add some diversity to grazing. As a grass it's good at adding organic matter through it's root system...
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Post by Catscratch on Dec 16, 2018 9:52:18 GMT -6
Plus... all those feathery seed heads look cool as hell blowing around in the KS wind!  |
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Post by sd51555 on Dec 16, 2018 10:11:31 GMT -6
I grow it for deer and birds. As someone who grew up duck hunting I have an affinity for millets, but deer will graze it as well and doves/quail love it! It is used as a cattle pasture plant. A person can drill it into existing warm season grasses and add some diversity to grazing. As a grass it's good at adding organic matter through it's root system... That's what I'm looking for. Is it a long season plant? Could I get it going and done to enable overseeding into it for fall yet? |
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Post by Freeborn on Dec 16, 2018 10:57:49 GMT -6
Has anyone ever grown this stuff? I've been thumbing through the 2019 seed book and this popped up as a dual purpose crop in both forage and grain production. I saw signs of the deer my eating millet stalks again this year. I only had a very small % in my blend, but made note of where it was, and I found only nubs left. My dance card is already full for this coming year, but I can always be talked into something more. From some of the pheasant forums I have been on deer also will eat the white type of sorghum. I have only planted the bronze type of sorghums for pheasants. Deer won't touch bronze sorghum in my area but in the north woods they might. This guy in SE Mn is trying bird food with good results. |
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Post by Catscratch on Dec 16, 2018 11:05:01 GMT -6
I haven't watched the video but planting bird seed scares me. I did it a couple of times with great success but the thought of adding a gly resistant or invasive plant stressed me out too much. I don't think there's much guarantee to what you're getting.
Deer eat sorghums here when they reach the dowy stage. Doesn't seem to matter what kind it is.
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Post by sd51555 on Dec 16, 2018 12:00:17 GMT -6
I haven't watched the video but planting bird seed scares me. I did it a couple of times with great success but the thought of adding a gly resistant or invasive plant stressed me out too much. I don't think there's much guarantee to what you're getting. Deer eat sorghums here when they reach the dowy stage. Doesn't seem to matter what kind it is. Aside from corn and soybeans, the rest of the food plot seeds don't cost much more than their unclean "feed" versions anyway. I'm with you all the way on this. |
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Post by mnfish on Dec 16, 2018 15:25:31 GMT -6
Hey Cat..Do you think Proso would yield better/same/worse than Jap millet? I have had pretty good success with Jap millet. And IME the whitetails love eating it. For me, wetter/ marginal soils are a lock for Jap millet but I was thinking about using it on better soils this year. I really like the low inputs and high chance for success with millet's
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Post by Catscratch on Dec 16, 2018 17:50:31 GMT -6
Hey Cat..Do you think Proso would yield better/same/worse than Jap millet? I have had pretty good success with Jap millet. And IME the whitetails love eating it. For me, wetter/ marginal soils are a lock for Jap millet but I was thinking about using it on better soils this year. I really like the low inputs and high chance for success with millet's I'm no millet expert, but I think I like Jap or even Pearl millet better than Proso. But to be honest with you I plant them in the same ground so I couldn't tell you which works best on different soils. I like Proso plenty good but I think you may get better production with the other two. |
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Dec 17, 2018 5:39:30 GMT -6
Proso Millet is a weed we try to eradicate in MN corn fields.
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Post by sd51555 on Dec 19, 2018 7:20:11 GMT -6
Proso Millet is a weed we try to eradicate in MN corn fields. Are you telling me I'm inviting more problem than solution? I've never seen the stuff that I can ever remember. |
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Post by batman on Dec 19, 2018 7:32:04 GMT -6
I planted 2 big strips in it last year. Let you know if it comes back.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Dec 19, 2018 8:41:55 GMT -6
Wild proso millet (Panicum millaceum L.) is one of the fastest spreading weeds in the corn belt. In the early
1970s, wild proso millet was found in a few isolated corn fields in Wisconsin. By 1987 wild proso millet had
infested over one million acres in Wisconsin, had infested most of the southern corn-growing counties in
Minnesota, and was present in Iowa, North and South Dakota, Illinois, Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska.
In Nebraska, wild proso millet was found first in a small area in Scotts Bluff and Morrill counties in 1978.
Since then the weed has spread rapidly in the North Platte River Valley, and has progressed into central
Nebraska. The seed of wild proso millet can be distributed by irrigation water, harvesting equipment,
waterfowl, and livestock. With these avenues of seed dispersal to spread wild proso millet, it is conceivable
this weed could spread throughout the state.
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