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Deer Food Plots: 3 Questions
Posted on 9/12/23 at 11:18 am
Posted on 9/12/23 at 11:18 am
Is there a benefit to planting one of the premade mixes? They seem expensive.
I have two spots at the ends of my shooting lanes that get full sun and I've been thinking about planting them.
What would be the problem with going to walmart or my local feed store and buying packs of turnip seeds, spinach seeds, etc.?
What other greens would you recommend? I'm just going off stuff I know they eat out of Maw Maw's garden...
I have two spots at the ends of my shooting lanes that get full sun and I've been thinking about planting them.
What would be the problem with going to walmart or my local feed store and buying packs of turnip seeds, spinach seeds, etc.?
What other greens would you recommend? I'm just going off stuff I know they eat out of Maw Maw's garden...
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Posted on 9/12/23 at 11:23 am to Clyde Tipton
you can get a oat/wheat mix for reasonable cost at most farm supplies or co-ops this time of year. May less than $20 per 50# bag. Then buy a pound of peas, etc to mix in and you're done.
Posted on 9/12/23 at 11:27 am to Clyde Tipton
I buy the seeds separate and mix myself. My mix last year is 60% wheat, 36% rye, 2% rape, 2% clover. We stay away from mixes with peas because of the hogs, so we get some grazing before they destroy it. This mix came out to $22.55 per acre cost. About the same as a throw and grow but with wheat in there instead of just rye grass.
My best and cheapest plot was half turnips half rye grass. The deer loved that.
I've got mustards, collards, rape, and turnips planted behind my house. We'll see how that turns out.
My best and cheapest plot was half turnips half rye grass. The deer loved that.
I've got mustards, collards, rape, and turnips planted behind my house. We'll see how that turns out.
This post was edited on 9/12/23 at 11:41 am
Posted on 9/12/23 at 11:37 am to Clyde Tipton
My local feed and seed store has a mix that they put together themselves.
3 types of clover, oats, wheat, cereal rye, turnip, peas, rape.
last year it did really well until the brutal cold hammered it. The clover and rape survived (rape barely did). But, the deer loved the rape. They really hit it hard the entire time it was growing.
3 types of clover, oats, wheat, cereal rye, turnip, peas, rape.
last year it did really well until the brutal cold hammered it. The clover and rape survived (rape barely did). But, the deer loved the rape. They really hit it hard the entire time it was growing.
Posted on 9/12/23 at 11:38 am to Clyde Tipton
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Is there a benefit to planting one of the premade mixes?
The benefit is in volume, if you are only planting a half acre or so , it is better to buy a pre=made mix vs having to buy a 50 pound sack of each component , if you are doing several acres then you come out ahead making your own mix, you can follow the percentages of the mixes and do it your self cheaper
Posted on 9/12/23 at 12:31 pm to Clyde Tipton
I never plant rye grass….which is different than rye, for 2 reasons. It’s much lower in protein than wheat and oats, and it will volunteer in following years and take over oats, wheat or whatever else you plant. Rye grass is not a desirable food plot seed.
A good mix for our climate is 50 lbs wheat, 50 lbs oats and 6 lb crimson clover (unless the plot is in a bottom, which is more conducive to ladino, durana or Chickasaw).
A good mix for our climate is 50 lbs wheat, 50 lbs oats and 6 lb crimson clover (unless the plot is in a bottom, which is more conducive to ladino, durana or Chickasaw).
Posted on 9/12/23 at 12:32 pm to Clyde Tipton
I never plant rye grass….which is different than rye, for 2 reasons. It’s much lower in protein than wheat and oats, and it will volunteer in following years and take over oats, wheat or whatever else you plant. Rye grass is not a desirable food plot seed.
A good mix for our climate is 50 lbs wheat, 50 lbs oats and 6 lb crimson clover (unless the plot is in a bottom, which is more conducive to ladino, durana or Chickasaw).
A good mix for our climate is 50 lbs wheat, 50 lbs oats and 6 lb crimson clover (unless the plot is in a bottom, which is more conducive to ladino, durana or Chickasaw).
Posted on 9/12/23 at 1:33 pm to PlaySomeHonk
Dufrene's lumber has a few different mixes. One is wheat, oats, winter peas, annual rye, and crimson clover. And the other are Buck Buster fall mix and premium seed mix.
Posted on 9/12/23 at 1:48 pm to Clyde Tipton
If you're talking about less than a quarter acre, the premade mixes is the way to go. Clover, rape, chicory, cereal rye, wheat, turnips, radish.
Posted on 9/12/23 at 1:57 pm to Clyde Tipton
Don't you live in North Caddo? The feed store in Vivian will let you mix up whatever you want and their prices seemed very reasonable last season.
Posted on 9/12/23 at 2:38 pm to REB BEER
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Don't you live in North Caddo?
I'm in Shreveport and I deer hunt in Vernon Parish.
Posted on 9/12/23 at 3:16 pm to Clyde Tipton
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What would be the problem with going to walmart or my local feed store and buying packs of turnip seeds, spinach seeds, etc.? What other greens would you recommend? I'm just going off stuff I know they eat out of Maw Maw's garden...
An 8 pack of spinach seeds is 15.95 on Amazon.
Plotspike forage oats is 23.99 at tractor supply.
I would plant the oats if it was me.
Posted on 9/12/23 at 4:07 pm to Clyde Tipton
Winter wheat, buck oats, winter peas. go back with greens/turnips as a filler.
As long as you lime and fertilizer it like you should they will love whatever you plant that is green.
As long as you lime and fertilizer it like you should they will love whatever you plant that is green.
Posted on 9/13/23 at 7:19 am to Clyde Tipton
I usually plant oats or wheat it is affordable and easy to grow. As someone who grows and sells vegetables you don't want to grow spinach it is extremely difficult to sprout and weather needs to be cool for it to grow. Now mustard and turnips are cheap and easy to grow but I haven't had much luck with deer eating it on my property.
Posted on 9/13/23 at 7:26 am to DownSouthTiger
I normally go to the co-op and get wheat and oats and overseed with some type of name brand greens. This year I was short on time so I bought the Domain products. Did a mix of Green Machine and Big Sexy.
Planted one plot this past weekend and it's rained twice so far this week so I'm hoping for good results but it's a new spot that hasn't been planted before and it was a pain in the rear to get busted up so I'm not sure how it's gonna do. It holds water decent so I'm cautiously optimistic if I got enough lime and fertilizer on it.
I've always wondered about planting different types of greens like turnips and kale... my parents do them in raised beds and the deer will not stay out of them.
Planted one plot this past weekend and it's rained twice so far this week so I'm hoping for good results but it's a new spot that hasn't been planted before and it was a pain in the rear to get busted up so I'm not sure how it's gonna do. It holds water decent so I'm cautiously optimistic if I got enough lime and fertilizer on it.
I've always wondered about planting different types of greens like turnips and kale... my parents do them in raised beds and the deer will not stay out of them.
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