Winter food plot

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Winter food plot Sept 16, 2014 22:41:19 GMT -5 via mobile

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Post by Ty on Sept 16, 2014 22:41:19 GMT -5

I'm getting up early Saturday morning to put seed out on my favorite greenfield. I bought 2 bags of winter pea mix ( 3 kinds) and a big bag of brassica mix with a whole lot of turnips, rape, and kale. I hope this works great , and I believe it will, but I can't wait to post some progress. Hopefully in the form of antlers. The deer ate rape like crazy last year, and basically ignored everything else. Now if I want a good salad, I can just walk out to the green field.

farmertrappe Swamptalker Extrordinaire Swamp Talker of the Month - October 2015, October 2016 - Swamp Talker of the Year - 2016 Posts: 3,434	Winter food plot Sept 17, 2014 19:23:21 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by farmertrappe on Sept 17, 2014 19:23:21 GMT -5 Sounds like a plan, something there for all the critters to like. By the end of the month in I want to spread some manure I have piled up and plans oats. Everything seems to luv them oats.

Ty Junior Member Posts: 50	Winter food plot Sept 18, 2014 17:11:38 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Ty on Sept 18, 2014 17:11:38 GMT -5 I'd like to plant oats and soybeans but the only ones I can find are really high priced.

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Winter food plot Sept 19, 2014 6:48:31 GMT -5

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Post by farmertrappe on Sept 19, 2014 6:48:31 GMT -5

The first years I planted oats I got them from the whitetail institute. They grew great, deer hammered them but they were just way to expensive. The guys at the feed store recommended I just plant feed oats, not a certified seed. Cost a third of the price of the fancy stuff. They grow great, deer hammer them along with everything else. In the spring iv'e planted forage soy beans which are a little cheaper than other seed. They did well and the hunting was good over them, deer and fowl.

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Winter food plot Sept 19, 2014 19:56:55 GMT -5

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Post by barkspud on Sept 19, 2014 19:56:55 GMT -5

Living here in Maine we get alot of snow so I want something to stand up in it so they don't have to dig so much. Winter greens from whitetail in statute me and most of the other plotters plant. Its expensive but well worth it from the growth any way the deer hit them. I live on a island off the coast and the deer started mowing them down as fast as they come up. The guys inland say the deer don't start on them till a good frost. I planted clover and alfalfa In hopes they would eat that till my greens came in good but no such luck. I'm thinking they have a server protein deficiency and why the hitting them so early and hard. I'm going to try a spring planting of them as a experiment and see what happens. So my fall and winter plot is just about gone already I need to plant a bigger one next year..

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Post by Ty on Sept 16, 2014 22:41:19 GMT -5

Post by farmertrappe on Sept 17, 2014 19:23:21 GMT -5

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Post by barkspud on Sept 19, 2014 19:56:55 GMT -5

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