went down to the farm yesterday to check on food plots. Things are looking good. Several months ago I posted about a no-till method I have used once before by simply spraying several times and broadcasting rye and wheat. I did this on a gasline right-of-way on the Northern section of my property. Due to how far it is off the road, it is tough to get a tractor back in there. I sprayed 2-3x this summer and overseeded it with rye and wheat. I don't have any pics but the plot looks like a carpet of green.
My strip plots on the southern end of my property look great. I had a 3/4 acre pasture in red and white clover. I strip plotted it to the tune of brassicas and oats (mixing clover with the oats). The brassicas planted in mid JUly look great. I have leaves the size of my two hands and growth as high as my thigh in some spots. The deer are hitting the greens and I over seeded rye in the bare spots where the deer have wiped out the brassicas. The oats planted on August 21 are up about 2-3 inches. The turkeys did their part and left me with some bare spots so I took advanatge of how easy winter rye is to grow and over seeded all my strips with rye. Should provide some fresh growth.
My strip plots on the southern end of my property look great. I had a 3/4 acre pasture in red and white clover. I strip plotted it to the tune of brassicas and oats (mixing clover with the oats). The brassicas planted in mid JUly look great. I have leaves the size of my two hands and growth as high as my thigh in some spots. The deer are hitting the greens and I over seeded rye in the bare spots where the deer have wiped out the brassicas. The oats planted on August 21 are up about 2-3 inches. The turkeys did their part and left me with some bare spots so I took advanatge of how easy winter rye is to grow and over seeded all my strips with rye. Should provide some fresh growth.
