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Post by bill9068 on May 7, 2019 17:49:00 GMT -5
Finally got to disc and plant my smaller food plot yesterday.  |
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Post by bill9068 on May 7, 2019 17:50:06 GMT -5
Clover in front and soybeans in the back.
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Post by jbird on May 8, 2019 9:42:16 GMT -5
The pic shows more sunlight in the front with heavier shade in the back....your beans going to get the light they need? I will be planting my beans hopefully around memorial day....farmers are itching to get into the fields and some are but many are still on hold because of the wet conditions yet. That's a great seedbed with a disc. Did you plant ag beans or a forage type?
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Post by bill9068 on May 8, 2019 11:19:45 GMT -5
Ag beans round up ready. Sun may be a problem, I limed the fields and fertilized. I will seed late summer over the beans with radishes and turnips.
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Post by jbird on May 8, 2019 15:38:23 GMT -5
I over seed my beans with turnips and winter wheat as well. I will use RR ag beans also, but I have an old 2 row planter that I may use...I run 30" centers but split the rows....I may get lazy and just broadcast them as well. I hope your plot turns out well for you!
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Post by tynimiller on May 17, 2019 8:40:11 GMT -5
I cannot get beans to grow in such a small spot, well grow to maturity I should say. I'll probably still plant a few though for summer forage anniliation.
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Post by bill9068 on May 18, 2019 21:00:25 GMT -5
I have the same issue with beans, but they are just there to let the wildlife eat the young tips off. Never have had a good stand that matured.
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Post by steiny on May 20, 2019 7:53:20 GMT -5
Interesting. I've found soybeans are very easy to grow?
Nice looking plot !
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Post by bill9068 on May 20, 2019 12:23:26 GMT -5
Interesting. I've found soybeans are very easy to grow? Nice looking plot ! I think my problem was I never fertilized. Just broadcast the beans hoped for the best. Deer never let them get very tall before eating the fresh growth. |
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Post by iceman10 on May 21, 2019 19:59:05 GMT -5
Man I’m hoping to get something in the ground this weekend, things haven’t even been close to being dry enough to even try . I think this is the latest I’ve ever been, heard on the radio today the Mississippi River has been above flood stage for 110 days so far .
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Post by esshup on May 23, 2019 15:44:13 GMT -5
Man I’m hoping to get something in the ground this weekend, things haven’t even been close to being dry enough to even try . I think this is the latest I’ve ever been, heard on the radio today the Mississippi River has been above flood stage for 110 days so far . I drove down to Arkansas and back recently and saw a center pivot irrigation system in the middle of what looked like about a 500 acre lake..... There's flooded fields about 3 miles away from the Mississippi River where I-57 crosses it. |
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Post by iceman10 on May 28, 2019 20:46:28 GMT -5
Man this is tuff , all my areas are still 2 wet ! I wanted to plant 1 acre of alfalfa & 1 acre of a bean , sunflower and sorghum with 3 rows of corn surrounding it . Not gonna happen for awhile yet !!
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Post by steiny on Jul 15, 2019 16:12:34 GMT -5
Big day of food plot work. Sprayed all of my clover alfalfa fields (7 acres) with Imox to control unwanted weeds and grasses. Then prepped a couple spots for new turnip plots, mowed down real short then sprayed with a heavy dose of Glyphosate to get a good kill / burn down. Will till and plant after Gly does it's thing.
We could use a little rain now.
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Post by esshup on Jul 16, 2019 0:32:04 GMT -5
Way too dry here now. Grass is turning brown, I see some areas of corn fields with the leaves curling and turning blue.
The ponds have dropped about a foot in the past week. Feast to famine, water wise.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2019 10:02:44 GMT -5
It was dry until yesterday. Received 4+ inches of Barry rain in a couple hours.
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Post by bill9068 on Jul 18, 2019 14:40:03 GMT -5
Went to property and took down 6 ladder stands today. Hot as heck but got them down and by the barn. 3 more to go and then only setting up 4 for my guests. Wanted to make them safe as some of these have been up 10 years with out being used.
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Post by iceman10 on Jul 27, 2019 15:24:37 GMT -5
So this year hasn’t been a normal plant for me so kinda thinking about my fall plant in a couple weeks. I have an acre of radish 5lb that I know is going in , but was wondering if I mix clover in if it would help me in the spring if it’s wet again or should I wait & frost seed ? What ratio if I mix it in & has anyone tried this ? I have some Alfalfa I want to put in also in a different plot and am thinking wait till spring to plant it . Thoughts & suggestions welcome
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Post by steiny on Aug 1, 2019 15:41:00 GMT -5
Got six small plots of turnips planted this morning. I'm done planting plots in Indiana for the year, just some maintenance to do.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2019 12:40:44 GMT -5
I just finished a little 5 lbs buckwheat plot in my lower backyard. Blooms in 4 to 5 weeks. Hoping the bees get the nectar and pollen before the deer devour it.
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Post by iceman10 on Aug 5, 2019 17:57:27 GMT -5
Well I pulled it off , Saturday & Sunday I got 4 food plots in the ground ! Saturday cut down tress & ran bush hog along with disc everything. Sunday ran disc over everything again then ran a drag over it . Planted , groundhog radishes, purple top turnips , clover , chicory. Funny thing is now praying for some rain 🤔
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