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Post by Bwoods11 on Apr 15, 2024 7:56:44 GMT -6
Rye has been such a good attraction for deer and turkey that I’m adding much more of it in 2024! Here the hens like the rye, Toms follow !
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Post by wklman on Apr 15, 2024 8:42:46 GMT -6
They absolutely love rye in the late fall and early spring. Every deer I see out is on a rye field right now.
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Apr 15, 2024 18:57:06 GMT -6
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Post by Bwoods11 on Apr 15, 2024 18:57:06 GMT -6
They absolutely love rye in the late fall and early spring. Every deer I see out is on a rye field right now. I kick myself for not adding rye into my bean stubble in Iowa ! Timely rain and a late cold spell would have meant a nice green go to !! It might have made the difference? Maybe no tag soup . 🍜
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Post by biglakebass on Apr 15, 2024 19:08:33 GMT -6
rye simply is awesome. Spread on concrete and the shit grows.
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Post by benmnwi on Apr 15, 2024 20:25:54 GMT -6
They absolutely love rye in the late fall and early spring. Every deer I see out is on a rye field right now. I kick myself for not adding rye into my bean stubble in Iowa ! Timely rain and a late cold spell would have meant a nice green go to !! It might have made the difference? Maybe no tag soup . 🍜 I overseed rye in my soybeans every year and adds a few bonus calories. I’ve seen some awesome rye fields that were planted in august on ground that was sweet corn earlier that year. The tonnage of those fields is much higher than I’ve ever had over seeding. I probably should try planting an acre of that in august just to see if I can get that kind of tonnage.
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 16, 2024 7:05:29 GMT -6
The alfalfa is starting to show a bit of green. Deer are using it and somewhat still on rye cover crops. They are also in the corn foodplots.
My neighbor/ renter put dairy pit manure on some of the rental corn ground and put a couple of loads on my corn plots. We might leave just a bit of the corn stand until next year. That sounds like the old days.
The equipment is bigger and leaving some stand might be a problem. I hope they clean a lot of the corn up in the next few weeks.
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Post by wklman on Apr 16, 2024 8:27:39 GMT -6
The alfalfa is starting to show a bit of green. Deer are using it and somewhat still on rye cover crops. They are also in the corn foodplots. My neighbor/ renter put dairy pit manure on some of the rental corn ground and put a couple of loads on my corn plots. We might leave just a bit of the corn stand until next year. That sounds like the old days. The equipment is bigger and leaving some stand might be a problem. I hope they clean a lot of the corn up in the next few weeks. Yeah, my alfalfa is popping right now. The deer are in it pretty hard. Glad it didn't freeze out with the limited snow we had.
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Post by wklman on Apr 16, 2024 8:29:44 GMT -6
They absolutely love rye in the late fall and early spring. Every deer I see out is on a rye field right now. I kick myself for not adding rye into my bean stubble in Iowa ! Timely rain and a late cold spell would have meant a nice green go to !! It might have made the difference? Maybe no tag soup . 🍜 My alfalfa went dormant early last fall. If I hadn't gotten my buck in Sept, I'd of been in the same spot you were.
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Post by Sandbur on Apr 17, 2024 6:14:07 GMT -6
The alfalfa is starting to show a bit of green. Deer are using it and somewhat still on rye cover crops. They are also in the corn foodplots. My neighbor/ renter put dairy pit manure on some of the rental corn ground and put a couple of loads on my corn plots. We might leave just a bit of the corn stand until next year. That sounds like the old days. The equipment is bigger and leaving some stand might be a problem. I hope they clean a lot of the corn up in the next few weeks. Yeah, my alfalfa is popping right now. The deer are in it pretty hard. Glad it didn't freeze out with the limited snow we had. 16 on the alfalfa last night. Few on the rye.
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Post by Bwoods11 on Apr 22, 2024 14:10:54 GMT -6
Drilling in rye … does anyone have a lb/per acre on rye ? That they recommend?
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Post by Foggy on Apr 22, 2024 16:11:15 GMT -6
Drilling in rye … does anyone have a lb/per acre on rye ? That they recommend? I have put down two bags / acre for several years now. Seems about right.
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Post by sd51555 on Apr 22, 2024 20:22:39 GMT -6
Drilling in rye … does anyone have a lb/per acre on rye ? That they recommend? Cover croppers go as low as 30 lbs/ac. I've always been a fan of 2 bushels/ac, and 3 ain't bad either. Rye will figure it out one way or another. High rates yield low numbers of tillers. Low rates yield high rates of tillers. I had one in my garden last year that had I think 22 tillers (stalks) from one seed. This was an extremely rare situation. It was the only rye plant, had all the room it wanted, perfect soil under it.
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Post by sd51555 on Apr 22, 2024 20:23:20 GMT -6
I've seen poor stands of rye have only 3-5 tillers per plant too. I guess the take away is it will flex no matter what you do.
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Post by Reagan on Apr 22, 2024 21:31:32 GMT -6
I broadcast 2 bushel on my small 1/3 to 1/2 acre ish plots.
This is throw and mow or sometimes disking.
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