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Post by widowmaker on Dec 15, 2009 15:40:23 GMT -5
What do you plant for a spring plot here in Indiana? Has anybody had any luck or success with Tecomate? Last year was my first year to plant a fall food plot, but I am wanting to make it larger this year plus put in another as a spring plot. Thanks for all the help.
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Post by hornharvester on Dec 20, 2009 14:10:32 GMT -5
Spring plots should be clover as deer and turkey need protein to grow. Easiest way to plant your clover is to put in under winter wheat or spring oats. Sow the clover seed in the plots right after the spring thaw. Deer want carbs in the winter and protein in the spring and summer. Corn, turnips, wheat are good fall/winter plots and clover for spring and summer. Ive never used Tecomate so cant comment. I use Evolved Habitat seeds but any mix of clover seed works good. h.h.
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Post by throbak on Dec 20, 2009 14:24:00 GMT -5
a good possibility is to frost seed in your old fall plot .check with your district conservationist at the USDA ,NRCS office. timing is critical for frost seeding I have had real good luck here in se ind. late Jan. or early Feb works here. might be later there I use a ladino and alsike clover mix no red it wants to dominate .brand makes no diff.IMOso I go for cheap around 3.$ per lb. ladino less than that for alsike
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Post by mullis56 on Dec 20, 2009 16:51:34 GMT -5
What is frost seeding ?? What are you referring to HH ?? I can't see how to work up soil, etc., in Jan/Feb timeline. Thanks
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 20, 2009 17:08:23 GMT -5
We have "planted" clover seed by just broadcasting it on the ground before a big snow fall. Clover seeds are teensy tiny and the snow, when it melts, takes the seeds down into the soil.
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Post by mullis56 on Dec 20, 2009 17:35:07 GMT -5
Yes they are tiny!
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Post by throbak on Dec 20, 2009 19:01:07 GMT -5
freezing and thawing raises the ground [castle frost] as it does that, it covers the seed. alsike 700,000seeds per lb. ladino 800,000 per lb. switz co. says jan for start of frost seeding
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Post by hornharvester on Dec 20, 2009 21:50:10 GMT -5
mullis, if you have annual plots then seed the clover on top this early spring. The clover will get into small cracks in the ground and grow. I usually plant winter wheat in the fall, then sow the clover seed in the wheat in March. The wheat matures in July. I mow it off late July or August and the clover is up and ready. The next year in late spring I spray the clover with a reduced mixture of Round Up, about 75% of the recommended mix. This will kill all the grasses/weeds and the clover keeps right on growing. The picture is one of my plots this year. Wheat is to the left, turnips in the middle and clover on the right all the way to the end of the path. h.h. Attachments:
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