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Offline jhm

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Food plots are in and up
« on: August 21, 2011, 08:09:38 AM »
     Last weekend my son and I got our food plots planted and they are up and running this weekend, we planted wheat with a mixture of corn, peas, okra, turnips, all mixed in, the feeders are all repaired and filled and running also, hope everyone else are doing as well and getting ready for the season.   Jim

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Re: Food plots are in and up
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2011, 11:27:25 AM »
my turnips and wheat is up and doin good but my sugar beets dont seem to be doing anything at all.we have been getting good moisture and if it keeps up ill have some really nice turnips by mid oct.happy planting guys!

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Re: Food plots are in and up
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2011, 05:40:50 PM »
Spent last Thursday through this Monday in South Carolina.  Have Tractor.  Will Travel.  Five hundred miles one way, but my MF 275 and disc harrow were the Boss Hog this weekend.  Thirty man-hours of tractoring with temperatures hovering around 110-degrees in the afternoons, it was beastly hot going around and around and around and around...etc.  Sure feels good to have that job done.

On 295 acres I prepared ~40 acres of wheat and wheat-oats-rye combination.  Everything was over-seeded with Crimson Clover.  Now we wait for a little wetting rain and some future gentle rains to both germinate and keep the soil moist for crop growth.  Small and tender plants cannot live long in this 110 degree heat.

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Re: Food plots are in and up
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2011, 03:27:44 PM »
     We use a 3 point 5 ft. tiller it takes no time to break the ground up and we use a 3 point fertilizer spreader for fertilizer and seed then a light going over with the tiller to cover seed and alls well.   Jim

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Re: Food plots are in and up
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2011, 03:33:08 PM »
here in SW MO the mast crops are nonexistant due to the lack of rain.or at least on my property.no acorns or persimmons. the only thing growing seems to be the bermuda grass fields and foxtail.neither of which i think are a big draw for deer. we have had wet years the last 2 years and a lot of the does had twins. im seeing more deer than ever before but now im wondering how they gonna winter.i just planted a half acre plot of wheat and turnips tonite and have at least a acre of turnips up and goin good.but we need more rain.

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Re: Food plots are in and up
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2011, 02:32:57 AM »
Going to start preparing the ground this weekend...I wait until mid-Sept to mid-October to plant...Probably going with wheat/oats and clover...