What are you all planting for your wildlife this year. I have existing clover/chicory mixes but I am adding some other mixes this year. I am planting Heartland Wildlife Institute Annual Wildlife Mix and Secret Weapon. The Annual Wildlife mix is great for cover and food for all animals and Secret Weapon should be a great food source for my deer herd because of the beans and peas. I am excited to get them in the ground and see how things work out this fall!
I have a half acre of the whitetail institute no plow im gonna try out...this will be my first year planting a plot so hopefully everything goes well and i will upgrade to a full acre next year
I'm going with whitetail institute imperial clover on my half acre 1st food plot and going to mix in some turnips also!!!
Had 2 acres of round up ready corn last year but will forego planting this year because the property is up for sale and I'd hate to lose it after putting in the hard work/money for renewing the plots.
Spring: some buckwheat, some peas, some oats, some sunflowers, clover and some Sorghum/Switch blend (this is the only one not in yet, will be in June). *Sorghum is merely a cover crop/sight barrier till the switch starts to grow next Spring. Fall: Some trophy radishes, purple top turnips, kale, rape, forage oats, winter wheat/rye/peas, crimson clover and finally some chicory. All in small kill plot type plots, and along a main path that runs our property.
I have a spring chicory/clover/wheat plot in now, with an already established white clover/chicory beside it which will most likely be mowed and maintained this summer to see how the clover does, and most likely tilled under for turnips/kale in the fall. Not much else right now due to time.
Just put in 3 acres of soybeans last night. Will surround them w. sorgum on the perimeter. I also have about half an acre that will be planted in a turnip mix later this year.
What type of soys? Because you could very simply broadcast brassicas into the browning soys come fall as well! Wham bam another late season plot.
I just stuck with clover plots this year. I typically try other things but I want to establish a good protein plot and see if I can kill off them!
1 small plot is Brassicas and clover. Other small plot is Turnips, Clover, Alfalfa, Carrots, Chicory. Big plot on other property is clover on 1/2 acre. Brassicas, Turnips, Clover, Alfalfa, Carrots, Chicory on 1/2 acre. and the other half acre will be corn and beans.
I have about an acre of clover plots from last fall plus 1/2 acre of wheat going to seed. Planted 2 acres of corn back in April along with 1 acre of Heartland Wildlife Institute Annual Mix. Just planted 3/4 acre of Milo last weekend. Want to get 1-1/2 acres of soy beans in yet this spring.
for the doves...our deer devour the sunflower shoots before they even make it to half growth usually...just our deer I guess.
Seriously? I never hear of deer caring to eat any part of a sun flower. I dont know where your located but here in northern IL, there are plenty of large soy bean, corn and clover/alfalfa fields so Im not expecting them to devour mine much, if at all. Mainly for the birds.
I aggree with TYNIMILLER, here in southwest WI I planted a few small spots of sunflowers and they never made it up before being eaten off. Got the idea from hunters in the Dakotas. Deer Love em! Gotta plant alot of them for them to make it though...
See my signature . I also am trying out some Eagle forage soybeans. Got a little bit of field corn and soybeans in. Few areas killed off that are nice and yellow for some late summer planting. Going to try radishs this year again. Got my garden in also, deer seem to like what I plant in there also.
Got my soy beans in the ground this morning. MAAAAN was it dusty. It's supposed to rain tonight and maybe tomorrow. I sure hope they get it right or I may have wasted my seed. It was DRY out there.
Wow...although I bet our deer would have done the same thing. I seriously don't think any seed got to even 6 inches tall.
Just curious as to how you guys plan on planting the Heartland mixes I see small seed and big seed ( example peas and turnips) combined and was wondering how you can evenly broadcast and drag the big seed without getting to much soil over the small seed ???
