Here are a few pics of my winter rye and oats plot that is long and narrow and connects with my brassica and clover plot, I planted pastor Andrews plot screen on the left as that is where I will be entering. The plot is two weeks old and I just spread another 50 lbs of winter rye to fill in bare spots. Scoot
Whitetail Habitat Solutions | The Power of Winter Rye for Whitetail Food Plots - Whitetail Habitat Solutions Here is a great article on winter rye and I know a lot of new food plotters would like it. Scoot
Stop messing with us and post the gd pics already! I just received an order of seed Friday. 1250#, 400# of which is winter rye. Been hitting the plot work pretty hard lately. I sprayed 10 acres this morning that lies in 6 different fields. Also have Crimson clover, winter peas, oats, barley, triticale, sugar beets, white and yellow mustard, forage brassica, turnips, chicory, buckwheat and red prosso millet. The buckwheat and prosso millet are for birds and to see if I can get away with planting them this late.
looks great. glad you got some rain finally. interested in the final pictures on how the plots look before winter. remember to get some little seclusion cages out there.
They are cages that protect a small area so you can see what the plants would look like without being browsed off, gives you an idea how much the plot is being eaten.
Rye has things many overlook agronomically. The roots go down, helping loosen up the soil. Fall rye works as a smother crop, suppressing weed growth. Rye has properties that inhibit future weed growth. It tolerates low pH, and more shady areas. It is very good on light soils. The negative compared to the triticales, forage wheats etc etc is that it doesn't have the nutrition value and goes from a quality spring crop to "straw" 1-2 weeks earlier than other winter grains.
I have found winter rye to be an excellent bridge in early spring. The green spring growth is broused until native and natural foods begin to grow in the spring.
Winter rye is very beneficial to have around for many of the reasons stated already. It's almost always in our rotation or mixed in on each property. Good stuff guys.
