I'm going down to my 60 acers nexty weekend to check cameras and my kill plot. last time I was down there it was dead and I had to replant some radishes. Unfortunitly, we (IL) haven't got any rain since I replanted, until today. I am wondering with the opener just 22 days away would it be worth it to throw out more radishes??? What are your thoughts?? also, I am not planning on hunting my kill plot until early November, unless my camera shows more then does and fawns.
No not at all.... I'm heading out next week to plant my winter plot. Down here in NC sept / oct is our rainy season, so most of the time we wait until now. Could be different in your neck of the woods though.
Plots put in in September have been some of the best for us as far as "hunting plots" go over the last several years. It's really more about what you plant. Radishes, winter peas, oats, turnips, are all good as late food sources. Depending on where you are, and how soon you typically get the first hard frost, even a fresh clover plot planted in September can produce a lot of activity. We just planted 8 plots this week ... a mix of milo/sorghum, clovers, peas, turnips, rape & oats. With corn about to come out, beans turning, I figure our plots (as long as we get some rain) should be just about "right" by the time the corn and beans around us are out of the fields. You also have to consider that oaks are starting to drop acorns already, and will continue to do so for the next month or so, so that will hopefully help keep deer from over-browsing anything you plant for the Fall/late season.
thats good to know. I'm not taking a tiller down there this time so more radishes and turnips all the way.
You're right down the road from me. This rain should help some. The ground was so dry and hard the past two days we were planting up in Brown/Schuyler counties, it would have been hopeless to even put the seed down without "breaking" it first. I'm hoping it keeps raining the next day or so ... we definitely need it!
I planted last week in dry dirt so this rain saved the plots! oats, canola, turnips... We still have a month till our average frost date in this part of southern Il. I would not hesitate to plant those plants for a few weeks to come. They may not be ready for opening day but heck we still have a lot of green corn and beans in this area due to the late spring.
Dont forget to try Winter Rye it grows all winter when temps are above freezing. They make great spring plots for turkey.
