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Post by mnfish on Apr 21, 2021 19:22:00 GMT -6
Man I wish my clover plots looked as good as yours!
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Post by nhmountains on Apr 22, 2021 7:37:05 GMT -6
Great looking clover Stu. Mine is still under snow. Lol.
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Post by smsmith on Apr 22, 2021 11:09:00 GMT -6
Great looking clover Stu. Mine is still under snow. Lol. Those pics are from last year. My clover isn't under snow, but it sure doesn't look like those pics right now
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Post by mnfish on Apr 22, 2021 12:19:54 GMT -6
Great looking clover Stu. Mine is still under snow. Lol. Those pics are from last year. My clover isn't under snow, but it sure doesn't look like those pics right now I figured as I wouldn't think clover would be in the flowering stage just yet...but the way u grow shit anything would seem possible 😉
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Post by nhmountains on Apr 22, 2021 12:41:05 GMT -6
Great looking clover Stu. Mine is still under snow. Lol. Those pics are from last year. My clover isn't under snow, but it sure doesn't look like those pics right now Lol well you had me fooled. I was wondering how you got that far ahead. I may be able to snow seed tomorrow or Saturday if it doesn’t melt. It looks like this is the last cold we have for a long stretch though so things will pop here soon.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 5, 2021 9:40:47 GMT -6
As I was watering the houseplot last night and this morning, I remembered why adding alfalfa and chicory to your clover is a good idea. The clover on top of the ridge that comprises the plot is crunchy and dormant. The alfalfa and chicory are still green and growing. Had I added small burnet, I bet that would still be green too. I've got 5 lbs. of small burnet seed that will get added either this fall or next spring (or both).
The more niches you can fill with something desirable the fewer weeds you gotta deal with.
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Post by mnfish on Jun 5, 2021 13:37:41 GMT -6
As I was watering the houseplot last night and this morning, I remembered why adding alfalfa and chicory to your clover is a good idea. The clover on top of the ridge that comprises the plot is crunchy and dormant. The alfalfa and chicory are still green and growing. Had I added small burnet, I bet that would still be green too. I've got 5 lbs. of small burnet seed that will get added either this fall or next spring (or both). The more niches you can fill with something desirable the fewer weeds you gotta deal with. along those lines, I have had to determine what is "weed" and what is a natural occurring food. Whether for pigs or whitetails. For example stinging nettle, smart weed, jewel weed fill a niche and are highly sought after forage. Traditional farming would say to eradicate these plants
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Post by Bob on Jun 5, 2021 17:19:08 GMT -6
I'm near certain we're buying ragweed seed to put into the south plot mix this year.
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Post by badgerfowl on Jun 5, 2021 17:37:49 GMT -6
My clover isn’t very weedy and the deer are living in it. A shame it’s going to be tilled under in late July. I’ll plant more just in a different part of the field.
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Post by Reagan on Jun 6, 2021 5:11:19 GMT -6
My clover plot was planted fall of 2019. There is still a lot of clover but I have a lot of common velvet grass and fescue going to seed. There are some broadleaf weeds that haven’t concerned much before. The only thing I did to this plot last year was spread rye, wheat, brassica and mow it once. Deer were in it daily last fall.
The only time I have ever sprayed anything is to nuke a plot and start over. I think this plot needs to be hit with a grass herbicide or a half does of gly.
Should I mow and spray in a couple weeks? Spray without mowing? Mow without spraying? As for anymore planting this fall, I had planned to only top off the existing clover with grain and brassica mix.
We had a good rain last week. This week calls for afternoon thunderstorm chance at 50% thru Saturday.
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Post by Bob on Jun 23, 2021 9:42:34 GMT -6
I wasn’t sure where to drop this, so why not here. The first of a bunch of shipments has come in for the rebuild of the north plot. ODB just sent me this pic.
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Post by leexrayshady on Jun 23, 2021 10:18:01 GMT -6
wow i didnt realize vetch seed was that big
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Post by Bob on Jun 23, 2021 12:20:52 GMT -6
wow i didnt realize vetch seed was that big It is, it broadcasts well, and it don't cost too much to put in a mix. I first had it in a pheasant blend I planted 2-3 years back. If all it did was put out a ton of purple flowers, I'd keep planting it. Rumor has it the purples and the blues (flax/chicory) really pull in the beneficial bugs, and I need them around to protect the brassica crop (hopefully),
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Post by badgerfowl on Jun 23, 2021 13:54:29 GMT -6
wow i didnt realize vetch seed was that big It is, it broadcasts well, and it don't cost too much to put in a mix. I first had it in a pheasant blend I planted 2-3 years back. If all it did was put out a ton of purple flowers, I'd keep planting it. Rumor has it the purples and the blues (flax/chicory) really pull in the beneficial bugs, and I need them around to protect the brassica crop (hopefully), Do deer dine on hairy vetch?
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Post by Bob on Jun 23, 2021 15:55:50 GMT -6
It is, it broadcasts well, and it don't cost too much to put in a mix. I first had it in a pheasant blend I planted 2-3 years back. If all it did was put out a ton of purple flowers, I'd keep planting it. Rumor has it the purples and the blues (flax/chicory) really pull in the beneficial bugs, and I need them around to protect the brassica crop (hopefully), Do deer dine on hairy vetch? Not that I have observed so far.
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