I was trying to decide the best forum to post this in, and I could have sworn we had a management section but anyway, here it goes... We're trying a little experimental foodplot at my buddies farm we have hunted the past few years. It's going to be a very small foodplot on a old logging road that leads into a field. We've already got one strip out into the field disc'd up really well and about 50yds of the logging road. That's about all we are going to do. I'd say the logging road part is about 50yd long and 10-15ft wide. It will actually get pretty good sunlight, not great, but it will definately have quiet a bit. We had to bushhog it and the weeds were about chest high. So, stuff can grow in there. Here's my question, what should we try for this time of year? I'm open to suggestions.
i'm waiting about another month here in the heat of Texas to plant a very similar area. A logging road. The plot will be long and narrow with good sun. I'm putting in rape and turnips. I had a spring plot in that location that had chickory and clover. It got hit HARD!
Winter Wheat would probably be your best bet this fall. You can't go wrong with wheat, just give it a good dose of nitrogen and you'll have a green carpet in no time. I'll be planting mine here in a couple of weeks. You could go with turnips too, but some deer don't like turnips. I have a friend that has planted them for 3 years and the deer never touch them. Maybe plant a small corner in turnips, that way you'll know if your deer like em and can plant some next year.
I agree you cannot go wrong with the wheat, plant a small test strip of turnips to see if they get hit. I have one area they (turnips) get hammered, another area 20 miles away the deer wont touch them.
Winter wheat or oats would be great to plant around now. It is a couple weeks late for most short season brassicas such as turnips, but you could still broadcast some and have results. I put my turnips in the 1st week of august and they are about 3 inches tall now. maybe more, its been a week since I've checked them. I will side dress them with Urea or nitrate (34-0-0) in a few weeks before a good rain. Make sure you don't do what a lot of people do...Too much seed, too little fertilizer. Good luck, have fun.
Most everyone has hit the nail with turnips, wheat and oats. I would also suggest brassaicas (sp?), clover will still do well in the fall, winter peas or rye grass.
