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too early for fall food plot?
« on: August 08, 2008, 03:01:35 PM »
im here in extreme sw corner of mo and the forecast is looking like some rain for the weekend.i have a bout a half acre food plot ive dozed off in a 30 acre stand of timber adjoining a couple hundred acres of woods and pasture land. id like to disk it up and plant  some brassica, biologic, turnips and clover. we just had a inch of rain and i just fertilized with some rank turkey manure.origanlly it was a post oak flat before i dozed it. i know it prob needs some lime but i have no way of getting any. am i too early yu think?id hate to plant and sprout and then it get burned up. the brassica has a 45 day perod to grow 2 ft tall. this is a new plot and id like to be sure of getting deer in there before season in mid to late nov.any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.
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Re: too early for fall food plot?
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2008, 02:18:32 PM »
i went ahead and disced and planted and everything came up big time, put out a salt lik today.been wet and cool so everything should be good if i can make to sept without it gettin burned up.just gotta build a ground blind and i be good to go.
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Re: too early for fall food plot?
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2008, 03:56:20 AM »
We did ours too early last year.  I think it would have been ok if had rained a bit more.  Were gonna try for a early/mid october food plot this year and see how the clover/alphalfa turns out.  Its raining hard this weekend so lets hope the soil retains the moisture.
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Re: too early for fall food plot?
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2008, 05:21:48 AM »
the food plot really turned out good so far but i was lucky and got plenty of rain right after i planted it. that was unusual for august.i planted another one last week but it hasnt been rained on yet to sprout.just have to see how it does.
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