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Post by esshup on Sept 9, 2021 11:38:25 GMT -5
I *think* I know what happened, but I'm not sure. I have a food plot that has beets/radish/turnips in 3/4 of it, and I planted the other 1/4 with clover. All planted at the same time. The brassica bulbs are about 2"-3" dia, the clover is non-existant. I did not put down an exclusion basket to check growth on the clover but there is no stems, no green at all in that part of the plot.
Lack of rainfall??
I did see 5 does and 4 fawns in the brassicas last night.
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Post by steiny on Sept 10, 2021 13:00:15 GMT -5
Clover is slow to get started, particularly when it's dry. You may need to reseed when we get some moisture.
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Post by Mack Apiary Bees on Sept 10, 2021 13:34:00 GMT -5
I read once that fall is the best time to plant clover for the same reasons steiny mentioned.
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Post by esshup on Sept 10, 2021 15:29:39 GMT -5
Clover is slow to get started, particularly when it's dry. You may need to reseed when we get some moisture. I agree. Right now I think I will overseed with either wheat or oats, and overseed earlier in the Spring with Clover (frost seeding is what I'll shoot for). The longer I mess with food plots, the more I realize in this area there is very little late summer/fall moisture, certainly not enough to germinate seeds and keep them growing. Last 4 years I have planted Fall food plots earlier and earlier, now I have resigned myself to the fact that if I don't get Spring plots planted I will not have Fall plots. |
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Post by steiny on Sept 11, 2021 8:37:29 GMT -5
Yeah, I've had lousy luck getting turnips going in fall plots the last couple years.
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Post by budd on Sept 11, 2021 10:02:45 GMT -5
Yeah, I've had lousy luck getting turnips going in fall plots the last couple years. Driest year I have ever seen up here, I planted 3rd week in July and my turnip field looks awesome. I usually wait until August but figured with it being so dry I better get them in early. |
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