Would 3 different types of clover and ryegrass be good planted on old logging roads? I know the deer travel the logging roads going from the corn on the north side to the beans on the south side and didn't know if clover would be good on the logging roads since the closest hay field is 30 miles down the road? I have 1.25 acres worth of logging roads I'm looking to plant Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Do not bother with rye grass, go with winter rye or wheat. Rye grass is just that a grass and not worth planting if you want deer to eat it.
Can I plant wheat or winter rye with the clover? Sorry if it's a dumb question this is my first year doing food plots I bought this property in the middle of hunting season last year Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Ok thank you would I still use the 25lbs per acre blend rate for wheat as a nurse crop? Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Our common trail mix that works well, for sun/shade trails. Trail Mix: 30% White Clover 30% Endo-Graze XL Perennial Ryegrass 15% Birdsfoot Trefoil 15% Creeping Red Fescue 10% Radium XL Alsike Clover
Drill or broadcast and how do I figure out how many pounds of each makes the percentages? Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Trail mix was developed to provide excellent forage feed for deer in the Spring, Summer and Fall. This mix was designed to perform well under a wide range of growing and soil conditions in the upper mid-west. Trail mix can be planted in areas ranging from full sun to more heavily shaded areas such as logging roads and trails located directly in the woods. Seeding Rate – 10 lbs./Acre Drilled; 15-20 lbs./Acre Broadcast
Only comment I have is this----if you use the trails to get to or back from stands do not do it----deer will feed on these trails and you will kick them off and they will relate this with all food plots, Will only use way after dark
I do not use these trails to get to stands or anything they maybe get use 1-2 a year and that's in March Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
Do not use ryegrass. Provides next to zilch for deer nutritionally and weeds are better. We plant cereal grains all the time with clovers/chicory blends. Best nurse crop IMO for clovers.
Planted alfalfa, clover and chicory on our trails, turned out great, problem is keeping leaves off them come fall.
Realistically this question should start with knowing how much sun you are getting, and how much wheel traffic you will have on your trails. If you plan on using these as fourwheeler/equipment trails and if they get little sunlight, I would recommend Grandpa Ray Outdoors Logging Trail Blend; Logging Trail Blend 20% Medium Red Clover 15% Alsike Clover 15% Meadow Fescue 15% Festulolium 15% Creeping Red Fescue 15% White Dutch Clover 5% Ladino Clover However, if you aren't going to drive on it often, and gets decent sunlight then I would go with more of a clover, chicory, alfalfa blend. I plant many of my fourwheeler trails with Grandpa Ray Outdoors Mass Builder Blend with pretty good success, but then again I have decent sunlight hitting them. Mass Builder Blend 20% Ladino Clover 20% Medium Red Clover 20% Alfalfa 20% Berseem Clover 10% Chicory 10% Alsike Clover
