I managed to clear a downed tree off of an old food plot and turned the soil over. Also got an acre or so of round up ready beans planted but it has been raining ever since. I have not had a chance to spray round up on another plot I need to plant Heartland Wildelife Institute Topseed Trophy Clover in. I also have some other clover plot maintenece to do. I need to spray to kill the grasses and mow to help control the weed growth. How is everyone else's plots coming along?
My frost seeding is coming up fairly well. I'm just not talented enough to take my own picture of me doing work. http://forums.bowhunting.com/food-p...79-updated-plot-pics-progress.html#post669890
No kidding brad...one thing Trevor will always deliver is great pictures! Told him already if I down one of my brutes I'm paying to have him come take the pictures!!!! What is the surrounding area like Trevor where the soybeans will be? Acre sometimes can get wiped out depending on the answer...you consider over seeding it with brassicas for when the beans die you'll get radish/brassica seed germination and you'll have a great late season plot too!
It sounds crazy, but when you go to spray the round up on those soybeans, take the screens out of your sprayer, and put a 32 once bottle of Franks red hot sauce in the spray tank, it will get all over those beans and keep the deer out of them for the most part till you quit spraying. If you do it, three times or so, early, late June, then early July. they should make it! I did this on my 1.5 acre plot last summer with great success! had never been able to grow soys because they would get consumed!
Buckwheat is in and germinating nicely. That will be tilled under for clover/oats/winter rye in the fall. Clover needs mowed to curb some of the broadleaf weeds here in a week or so. Everything else is coming along nicely. I, too don't take too many pictures since it's often just me, or my dad and I :D Good shots Trevor!
You mixing it with the round up or just water? I had this logged in my brain for future bean plantings but can't remember which it was.
Thanks with the photo comments. As most of you can see, I enjoy a good picture and telling a story either by video or one of my photos. Hot sauce in my round up...hmm does sound crazy. The bean plot is in part of a 5 acre field. I have 1/4 acre of Heartland Wildlife Institute Topseed Trophy clover planted in one corner, beans along the top side of the field that leads to my clover plot. Dad just planted alfalfa that we will be harvesting for our beef cattle. I also will be planting some annual wildlife mix. Our deer numbers in my area are down because of the CWD harvest zone that we have been. Earn-a-buck has taken its toll in our area but we do have a healthier and aged deer herd. I plan on trying to get some velvet footage and get some of my Stealth Cams stuck on Stic-N-Pics in the middle of this plot to see what we have munching on them. If the beans dont make it, I probably will plan something else before season.
Awesome pictures. Weather/rain is doing good so far going into summer here in Wisconsin. Keep us updated (more pictures!) as things progress. What kind of beans did you plant? Regular AG or Eagle or a late maturing type? I agree with the broadcasting of brassicas come early August before a good rain. Worth a try. I also heard of a guy using Cayenne pepper over his pumpkin plot.
I picked up my beans cheap. Our local NWTF organization buys old stock and offers our members an amazing deal. Its a food plot, Im not spending a couple hundred dollars on seed. This is a shot of the seed. Maybe someone can tell me?
I dont know off hand, but my friend also got some seed from the NWTF and I will see if he knows. If I find out I will post back.
That's an Asgrow roundup reafy geneuity bean. We plant 1000s of acres of these. The should be a number on the bag somewhere. Like 37a22 that would be a mid season maturity bean. Eagle beans are a 5.0 + that's why they're still green come November. These beans will to the trick Trevor. Sent from my SCH-R530U using Tapatalk 4 Beta
Like mentioned they are Asgrow beans. I would guess either a 1431, 2031 or 2433. Could be other ones too but they are pretty popular AG beans. The number will be on the bottom of the opposite side of where you opened the bag. It will tell you variety, seed size, seed size per pound and more. Everything you would ever need to know about the variety will be on that bag. Hope you washed your hands before eating! Looks good!
Well I planned on spraying today but after checking the weather I noticed storms were brewing to the west. I decided to put some fertilizer to fit the needs of the soil where my beans are growing. I am noticing most of the beans that are sprouting are nearly 4" now after nearly 2 weeks. Some weeds are grasses are starting to sprout as well but as mentioned earlier, these are round up ready so I will probably spray them in a week or so before the plant gets too tall. As for my clover plots, I mowed them before our get together. I noticed some weed growth and grasses so I will continue to mow the one plot through the summer to try keeping them under control and spray a chemical called Shadow to kill off the grasses. The above photo is the plot where my wildlife pond is and as you can see, it looks good now but the deer have pounded it and with the drought last summer I fear the weeds are too many. I plan on spraying this and turning the ground under and replanting Heartland Wildlife Institute Topseed Trophy Clover. With some luck and mother nature's cooperation, my plots should look great come fall. Trevor
