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Food Plot Discussion
Wsucoug:
--- Quote from: nwwanderer on June 06, 2019, 06:54:42 AM ---Always consider moisture, timing and competition. Dry, will not work. Timing off no chance. Competition in place it fails. Many combinations work great, clovers, as many varieties as you can find, is great, moisture and competition critical. Forage type grains, trit, oats, barley usually are best for plots, more cover. Check local seed suppliers first, out of area deer mixes are way over priced and often wrong varieties.
Here is a picture from a week ago, peas and wheat emerged first, sweet clover will take a little more time. I used sweet clover because it is a biennial. Tiny this season so it should escape most grazing this spring and be huge next year. Great nesting cover. This site will get hit hard this summer, probably not much seed production for winter.
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Also this. Gotta keep competition in check. There is to little moisture to go around.
jrebel:
For weed control....do you guys spot spray with roundup? I get to see my food plot for the first time in a month tomorrow. I have been told it is growing well but does have weeds in it. I plan on taking round up to spot spray being I have so many varieties in a relatively small area. I will take pictures and report back.
Jrebel
headshot5:
Depends on the weeds. Crossbow for broad leaf, and roundup for grasses/thistles.
T-ROY:
Wsucoug. Do you do this for living? I will try exactly what you suggested and get back to you guys this fall. Thanks for all the help from everyone. Good info
Wsucoug:
--- Quote from: headshot5 on June 10, 2019, 02:29:17 PM ---Depends on the weeds. Crossbow for broad leaf, and roundup for grasses/thistles.
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I would say crossbow for thistles and other tough to control broadleafs. Round up aka glyphosate will kill most items when mixed correctly; however, it will only top kill thistle.
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