Planted corn for a fall plot
Jim and Phyllis
best place for a food plot is at the back, but is visible from the
road and from a neighbor's home. The neighbor hasn't shot on it, as
far as we know. We planted a bag of feed corn in a 15' strip across
the sides toward the road and the neighbor. If it comes up well (it
is about 15" now and growing) it should screen the plot and draw deer
from the woods to the corn across the shielded side of the plot.
Maximum rangr from the stand would be 50 yds. We hunt the plot with a
crossbow.
We did not plant beans among the corn this time. We may next time.
We are not sure it would work to broadcast them into the growing corn
and were not sure about comparative growth rates if we planted them
together.
Any other crops folks would suggest for future plantings?
Jim
Chris Barnes
> Any other crops folks would suggest for future plantings?
Oats and winter wheat are a popular choice in north east Texas.
I think it will depend on what grows well in your area.
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> We are not sure it would work to broadcast them into the growing corn
> and were not sure about comparative growth rates if we planted them
> together.
>
> Any other crops folks would suggest for future plantings?
>
pumpkin patches.
They *really* love sugar beets too.
Alex Vitek
>Any other crops folks would suggest for future plantings?
What about the brassica crops? I come across mention of these in food
plot recipes.
http://www.botany.com/brassica.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica
I have wondered about just the basic spinach. It comes up quick even
in the cool soils of spring and fall.
Alex Vitek <ale...@ix.netcom.com>
http://home.ix.netcom.com/~alexvit/outdoor/amv.htm
Ron Novero
I like a few turnips every year and the deer absolutely love the greens.
You can get two crops a year from them. The second crop that you plant
late summer comes up just before hunting season. Easy to plant, too. Just
throw them out on some ground that's not too hard and they pop up all over
the place.
Only down side to them is once the deer discover them, they don't last
long, but they keep coming back looking for more. Also makes the turnips hard
to find once the greens are gone.
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Jim and Phyllis
> plot recipes.
For winter plots we have done clover, rape, wheat, oats and rye in
combination. If if is a dry fall, the rye is crucial. It also yields
well once the delicacies have been picked out...often at about the end
of bow season. I had not thought of rape or turnips for a mixed
planting in the summer. I like the turnip idea as well, but fear how
fast they might go as we have deer through the plot all the time.
Thanks for the ideas. I'll let you know what we do.
Jim
John Ackerman
as they come up, but wait until the seed pod has formed. We'll see. I
mainly want the plot for quail and the deer have eaten everything that comes
up, as soon as it comes up.
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