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Burt NY

What seed do you use and why. looking to put a plot in

4/24/2006 1:03:33 PM

I use an "orchard blend" from Olds Seed company,,not deer specific but it has 3 types of clover,vetch,brome and a few different grasses that do well in my acid (ph 5.4) soils. This is the time of the year the deer really hit it,first greenup.
I just had 11 in an acre that is a wide firelane behind the house.I have planted three areas of these firelanes in the last 10 years and then redo them as need be. Seems to last for about 4 or 5 years b4 it needs a refresher.

4/24/2006 1:52:24 PM

as to why,,,,it helps keep them out of the yard and gardens in the spring !!!!

4/24/2006 1:53:26 PM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

I use ladino clover in perennial plots and roundup-ready soybeans when renovating plots for re-seeding the following year. This fall I am going to try turnips. People around here plant them in August so they mature before winter. The frost will turn the starch into sugar and the deer really like them. They eat the tops and dig up the roots. I can get the seed from a local delear for less than $3 per pound, and 6 pounds will plant an acre. Corn and alfalfa also work well. I have a friend who plants roundup ready corn and soybeans together and has excellent food plots and weed control.

4/24/2006 2:52:47 PM

Meadville, PA

I plant a mix of ladino clover and treefoil and turnips. Seems to work well for me. my 2 cents

4/25/2006 5:04:43 AM

Okla

Blackeye peas, they love them. LOL

4/25/2006 6:23:19 PM

Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)

Turnips,Mangles,And Rape for forage here

4/25/2006 10:20:07 PM

Montoursville, PA

All of the above mixed together sounds much like our Big Horn Buck food plot seed. I think that has a bit of white top clover, in there too. Been using it, for years, on 4.5 PH - 5.0 PH, with no lime and less than desirable hours, of sunlight. Costly annual seeding but we like the results. I'm sure if we spent the bucks the production could be improved many times over.

4/26/2006 10:50:40 PM

Mn

corn, and soy beans changing from one to the other every 10 -15 rows. Sorgum is also good, its more for pheasents though. We saw at least 20 deer in our food plot a couple of weeks ago.

4/29/2006 8:47:09 PM

Montoursville, PA

Good food plots must be consistently maintained because if not they create over population which will cause problems and hungry starving animals when the food all of a sudden is no longer there.

Good food plots must be large enough so that they are not hit big time and eaten away, by deer, that will travel miles for the food.

To small, of a food plot, poorly placed or maintained could cause more harm than good. A small food plot may indeed set up a trap site, for your good intentions. This includes both animals and man.

4/30/2006 9:05:57 AM