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Post by batman on Oct 26, 2017 16:06:09 GMT -6
I read online that there are so many deer in OTC that the poop is 4 to 5 inches deep. Gentlemen named Mark Christiansen wrote about it. Its everywhere.
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Post by Catscratch on Oct 26, 2017 16:38:16 GMT -6
She talks about compost and organic matter around the 13-15 minute mark. If you listen to those couple of minutes you will know if you want to listen to the rest...
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Post by Sandbur on Oct 27, 2017 1:42:49 GMT -6
I'm thinking out loud here but, why not do those in strips like Sandbur does and add winter rye into your beans and corn? Say early September? That winter rye will grow and provide green food early the next spring and help with the OM when you mow it down. I'll have to go back and look at what Art is doing. Directly planting rye so I could ensure seed to soil contact would greatly help germination. I have an older neighbor who strip plants rye in his garden and vegetables in the strips. Then alternates years on those strips.
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Post by Sandbur on Oct 27, 2017 1:45:18 GMT -6
Those strips in my corn field are for shooting and travel lanes. I add a bit of rye for variety.
Germination is poor in sand for any seed unless you get it covered. Rolling might help if you don’t want to till.
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Post by coop on Oct 27, 2017 3:29:38 GMT -6
Thanks NH, One of my goals with my foodplots is to provide quality food into January. I figure if I can feed deer into the next year they most likely will make it through the winter. Because of this I am hesitant to reduce my winter food (soybeans/corn) to much. Right now I provide 3 acres of corn and 3 acres of soybeans. I really need to go no-till as it would help my soil and not be a hard to implement. I'm thinking out loud here but, why not do those in strips like Sandbur does and add winter rye into your beans and corn? Say early September? That winter rye will grow and provide green food early the next spring and help with the OM when you mow it down. All my food plots are striped with at least two plant types. It’s a lot more work but a far superior method to single variety plantings IMHO. I typically do corn & beans then mow a stripe of beans closest to cover and broadcast or drill a fall blend of some combination of rye/clover/oats/brassica. You could easily incorporate a rotated stripe of soil builder into all your plots.
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