I was just wondering if you guys could help me out on what kinda seed I should use for a kill plot? I did a ph test and it was 6.5.and I would also be planting it in the fall so any tips will help! Thanks
Fresh. In all seriousness though as for specific seed or seed blends there is next to no knowledge of the location to base it off of? Sunlight hours of exposure? Indirect or direct? Neighboring ag operations? Neighboring hunter plot operations? Understory situation of woods around it? Topography of location? Target time frame of most desirable and palatable to the deer? No doubt other aspects to consider as well but these will do better of painting a picture...anyone that answers with no details is blowing smoke.
Might check out green cover seed. I think MnMoose suggested them on another thread. Pretty neat site. Lets you set your 3 objective goals for the ground along with your PH and a few other factors. It then gives you multiple choices of seed in 3 categories (Excellent, Good, Fair).
There are several places that you can buy very high quality seed without paying for the picture of the buck on the front/back of the bag. That dang picture is extremely expensive!!
Sota hit it right on the head. Watch towards the end of the season, you can find real good deals on treated seed that didn't get planted. Sometimes you can find "damaged" bags that are 99.9% full, corn and beans. Most places don't want to keep it over the winter. You might lose a little on the germination but nothing noticeable for a food plot. I've heard that you should try to keep it from freezing but not sure if that matters much. I ended up with close to 18 bags from last years planting, all of the bags were brand new, just didn't get planted. You can Google the variety that you have to find out if it is going to be better for a wetter/dryer area. IF, you are worried that much about it. I used to believe in the seed that was "designed for deer." Blah Blah Blah. RWW is good seed, no doubt. Most soybean seed that is planted for crops now days are highly shatter resistant to keep from losing yield. One of the varieties we planted was rated a 9 out of 10 on being shatter resistant and was free. Beats the heck out of $75 a bag for RWW.
No problems with seed freezing but it needs to be stored either one way or the other, it shouldn't be someplace where it goes through multiple cycles of freezing and thawing.
