2016 Food Plots

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Here's a two row planter for 500.. Needs a little paint I think

Yep, the only thing I could plant now is rice.

Finally got the rest of the seed planted on Friday before the rain. The birds were eating my sunflowers before I could get them covered up. They were so full from eating seeds that they had to walk home.

It felt good to get it all in. I slept 12 hours last night; I was beat.

I'm thinking next year that I'll plant some corn.

LOL now that is funny!

I did get mine all in finally, and went to Corydon to help a friend get his finished over the past couple days. He had a tractor with implements, and it was a whole lot easier and faster than what I've been doing.

My ship sunk, but when my wife's ship comes in, she'll get me some farming toys.

I did hear on my way down south that farmers were running out of time to get crops in. The report quoted that typically >60% of crops were in, but only thirty something percent were in due to the rains.

My sugar beets are in the forefront of the photo, but mostly weeds. I planted too late after spraying. I ordered some stuff to spray the weeds.

Powerplant is coming up fast, sunflowers look good and chufa is better than I expected. I have more clover than my deer can eat. I hope they send telegrams to their kin to join the feast, and don't forget grandpa.

I had just poured out this corn and got up in my stand to setup my cameras when I noticed this girl enjoying herself. I just kept working. I was downwind and she was clueless to my presence. I dropped something and she trotted into the woods. I didn't see a fawn, and she was by herself.

I'd been putting corn out to keep them from eating my crops too early; they like corn! Her tail was wagging as she gobbled it up. It warmed my heart to see her.

I have noticed that in the areas that I remember breaking up the ground really deep and finely, the crops seem to be flourishing. Some areas were wetter than others and just didn't get broken up as well.

I can't say that it matter too much for the clover and plants that got rolled in, but the big stuff really liked the loose soil. I'm sure other factors could be at play here, but just something I noticed.

I wasn't happy with my disk. I bought what I thought would be the best one, but had to modify it. Mine is a two axle disk with 7 on each. I'm sure this is best for breaking up clumps; however, the angle wasn't adjustable and not as aggressive as I would have liked.

The one I rented last fall was a single axle, but was adjustable. It did great without any weight. I made some brackets to allow for a more aggressive angle on mine, and think this will help.

It's possible that I'll put in a fall plot. Some areas were taken over by weeds before I knew what it actually was. I planted stuff that I didn't know what it looked like. Nope, I didn't know a weed from a plant. I won't make this mistake again.

Catching them early would have been best. The big mistake was killing off the growth too long before planting. Maybe spring plants normally have this problem??? I did see farmers spraying the beans yesterday. I know the fall plot didn't seem to have this problem.

It's too soon for me to tell what will survive after spraying, but if I have an area, I'll test out my new disk setup and try again. I may try some Whitetail Institute Pure Attraction or Ambush.

I've got two big plots of soybeans. One looks great, but the other planted a bit later looks poor due to lack of rain at critical time sand heavy browse pressure. Will be planting turnips in next several weeks, but would like to see some rain to soften the soil up a bit first.