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Post by Catscratch on Jul 29, 2019 10:22:41 GMT -6
We get hard frosts and freezing temps, I think there is plenty of other things for them to eat though so they shy away from less preferred foods. I believe that we have a plethora of native plants that deer thrive on. There are miles and miles of grassland here with no ag that deer do just fine on. Clover turns brown early fall but they still hammer the plots all winter. Don't know why, but brown leafs never slowed them down. In fact, one of their favorite fall foods is hedge leafs as they drop from the tree.
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Post by badbrad on Jul 29, 2019 10:25:41 GMT -6
Crazy how different deer are in different areas.
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Post by smsmith on Jul 29, 2019 11:13:43 GMT -6
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Post by nhmountains on Jul 29, 2019 13:09:17 GMT -6
Definitely. The deer here used to wait for the first frost until they hit the radishes. Now they eat the tops early. I haven’t had any radishes nature in 4 years.
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Post by nhmountains on Jul 29, 2019 13:11:40 GMT -6
Tom, one thing I didn’t see mentioned is depending what’s in that location currently you could spread your seed and mow what’s there to cover them. As far as fertilizer unless you spread anything with nitrogen right before or during a heavy rain you’ll lose most of it to air exposure.
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Post by badgerfowl on Jul 29, 2019 13:38:33 GMT -6
Tom, one thing I didn’t see mentioned is depending what’s in that location currently you could spread your seed and mow what’s there to cover them. As far as fertilizer unless you spread anything with nitrogen right before or during a heavy rain you’ll lose most of it to air exposure. I've mowed the dead thatch before and have done it w/o mowing. I've had great growth in standing 3' dead weeds. Any kind of cover or thatch, mowed/standing/etc helps in my experience. When we had our renter plant our big field I just broadcast radish and other brassica on top of the bare dirt and it grew great. So lots of ways to get it done.
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Post by nhmountains on Jul 29, 2019 13:57:59 GMT -6
Tom, one thing I didn’t see mentioned is depending what’s in that location currently you could spread your seed and mow what’s there to cover them. As far as fertilizer unless you spread anything with nitrogen right before or during a heavy rain you’ll lose most of it to air exposure. I've mowed the dead thatch before and have done it w/o mowing. I've had great growth in standing 3' dead weeds. Any kind of cover or thatch, mowed/standing/etc helps in my experience. When we had our renter plant our big field I just broadcast radish and other brassica on top of the bare dirt and it grew great. So lots of ways to get it done. Timely rains are the key from what I’ve seen.
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Post by badgerfowl on Jul 29, 2019 14:00:22 GMT -6
I've mowed the dead thatch before and have done it w/o mowing. I've had great growth in standing 3' dead weeds. Any kind of cover or thatch, mowed/standing/etc helps in my experience. When we had our renter plant our big field I just broadcast radish and other brassica on top of the bare dirt and it grew great. So lots of ways to get it done. Timely rains are the key from what I’ve seen. That time of year, that's pretty much what it boils down to.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on Jul 29, 2019 18:00:24 GMT -6
I've mowed the dead thatch before and have done it w/o mowing. I've had great growth in standing 3' dead weeds. Any kind of cover or thatch, mowed/standing/etc helps in my experience. When we had our renter plant our big field I just broadcast radish and other brassica on top of the bare dirt and it grew great. So lots of ways to get it done. Timely rains are the key from what I’ve seen. Timely? Just a lot of rain in august gives you great brassica stands plain and simple!
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Post by badbrad on Aug 1, 2019 16:09:47 GMT -6
Brassica plot fail. My first fail ever. Fucking monsoon killed me after planting.
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Post by smallchunk on Aug 1, 2019 23:10:57 GMT -6
I doesn't look that bad. Did the low spots drown out?
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Post by badbrad on Aug 2, 2019 8:34:29 GMT -6
I doesn't look that bad. Did the low spots drown out? Drowned out or washed out. Looks like the areas that are growing are way too thick. Almost like the seed washed down the slope to those point. Suprising as I did pack them in. I'll replant it tomorrow.
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Post by terrifictom on Aug 23, 2019 5:04:32 GMT -6
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Post by jbird on Aug 23, 2019 10:51:59 GMT -6
I typically don't plant a fall annual plot but I have in the past. Typically I simply broadcast my brassica and cereal grains into my standing beans (I let the rain do the work). I realize I get poorer germination this way, but the beans are the main attraction any way. Over time the deer are starting to show some interest in my turnips. With lots of ag fields around to scavange in and my other plots, they seem to have other things on their minds. They are however slowly showing some use of the turnips. Most still rot, but it's a lot better than it used to be. I have been planting turnips in some fashion now for a few years...and I still bet 75% of it rots. Corn and beans are king here for late season food. But I plant the insurance foods just in case.... I typically just use turnip and wheat....it's cheap, it grows and it's simple.
When I did plant an annual fall plot - I simply tilled the soil (tiller) broadcast and pack (roll over with tractor tires). That seemed to be sufficient.
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Post by badgerfowl on Aug 23, 2019 10:55:13 GMT -6
I typically don't plant a fall annual plot but I have in the past. Typically I simply broadcast my brassica and cereal grains into my standing beans (I let the rain do the work). I realize I get poorer germination this way, but the beans are the main attraction any way. Over time the deer are starting to show some interest in my turnips. With lots of ag fields around to scavange in and my other plots, they seem to have other things on their minds. They are however slowly showing some use of the turnips. Most still rot, but it's a lot better than it used to be. I have been planting turnips in some fashion now for a few years...and I still bet 75% of it rots. Corn and beans are king here for late season food. But I plant the insurance foods just in case.... I typically just use turnip and wheat....it's cheap, it grows and it's simple. When I did plant an annual fall plot - I simply tilled the soil (tiller) broadcast and pack (roll over with tractor tires). That seemed to be sufficient. Try radishes. I plant both but radishes seem to get more usage than turnips. They also hit the radishes earlier.
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