Anyone out there had any problems with Honey Hole dying or wilting real bad? My food plot looked great for about a month and I was out yesterday and it is wilting and dying in spots.. It also smelled a little rotten.
Too much rain? I used a homemade blend from my local feed store. It's doing good. I am in South Carolina and we seem to be getting the right amount of rain. I am no expert by a long shot, but I can only guess rain fall is your foe. Maybe someone else with more experience will chime in. Good luck bud.
I've used that blend before, never had that problem with it. Mine didnt wilt until December from frost.
My food plot died too but it was free so I don't care. It rained a lot earlier and I noticed it wasn't growing.
It has been a wet year. I had the right PH and seeded the right amount but it did come in pretty thick so it may be a combo of too wet and to thick.
I had a plot of turnips that I overseeded too much about half of it died, and it smells pretty ripe. I threw in the winter rye and oats on the parts that died off and they came right up nice. Maybe try tilling and seeding in something new, or if you can't till it, just seed it and see what comes up. I don't think it's too late where you are
Yah sounds like overseeded and maybe too wet. But probably the overseeding and the soil not having enough nutrients/fertilizer to feed the plants throughout the growing cycle. Other thing is some plants could be past maturity. I plant my brassicas on the early side and some plots are stinky. But I plant early on that land as I got heavy deer pressure and plus want food later into the winter vs early fall. The honey hole mix has 3 kinds of rape and two kinds of turnips. That is a idea too with the winter rye. Have nothing to lose to get some winter rye and give it a try. Thanks for trying the mix.Keep us updated and any other questions post away.
I agree the moisture is probably playing a tole in the wilting. If the plot is really thick and you've been having a lot of rain, then the sun can not get down there to dry the soil bed up. Which will in turn cause the roots to begin rotting and cause the plant to wilt. I reccomend fertilizing with a high potassium ferltizer, such as 0-0-60. Potassium strengthens the cell walls of the root and will help it over come the stress. After that, I would wait about 2 weeks, to give the roots time to strengthen up and hopefully dry up some. Then come back and apply a balanced ferltilzer with a lot of micro nutrients such as 13-13-13, this will ensure the plants that make it have enough energy to push out new growth! Hope this helps!
I had the same issue in one plot. The question I have is how much sunlight is the ploy getting? I have 3 plots in the same area and one of the plots is wilting and smells bad. This plot gets a lot less sunlight and they all got the same amount of rain. Like Jake said I am going to toss down some rye and winter wheat to fill it in.
That's the same situation! To much moisture and not enough sunlight getting to the soil to dry it out. It caused the roots and the plant to rot
The plot gets almost full sunlight. I think it has to do with too much rain.. Here in Nebraska we have had record rain this year. is there anything i can do to try and save the good plants in the plot?? I would say I have about 70% of the plot that still looks healthy.
Maybe get us a picture of the plot and the plants so we have a better idea what we're working with. If it's mostly brassicas then you're probably a the end of their season anyway. Over seeding with cereal rye or wheat or triticale and crimson clover would be a fairly safe bet.
Treat with a high potassium fertilizer, followed up by a triple 13. That's about all you can do as far as saving what's there
Checked my cousins plot. He has it in some pretty wet ground. It was turning yellow in some spots and also the deer pressure is high. Also another friend has a wetter plot and same thing, some yellowing and the brassicas on higher ground were perfect. But could be a few different factors so no knowing for sure, but least we are trying to figure things out and sharing ideas.
I am going out there today to check on it. I will snap a few pics and share what I find out. Thanx for the input
