Clover/corn food plot Day Day135
Good Morning from Eufala! We are on our way to visit our oldest daughter and her family in Atlanta area (Lawrenceville). Making a 6 hour trip in 2 days, antique/junk shops, lookin' for green glass and pocket knives.
We were blessed not to receive but 0.45 inches of rain out of the Karen storm. I was able to pull the 10' disk over the food plot Monday afternoon without having Momma come and retrieve me with the other tractor. Then again yesterday morning before I spread 400 lbs. of 8-8-8 fertilizer. Each disking helps dry the soil. We planted 100 lbs of Wrens Abruzzi Rye with the antique Van Brunt grain drill after cutting in the fertilizer. The soil is just to wet to get a proper seed bed for clover, so that's out for now.
Will post a few pic when we get back of the rye planting.
Treefarmer
Just an update....I posted some pics earlier of my plots that I seeded about 2 weeks ago...had a lot of rain and we couldnt cover them in, just let nature work.....here's one of them from the day we threw the seed, and another shot from this morning....I asked my neighbor up there to go over and take a look at the closest one and send me a pic....He said its looking good, the grasses are up and the green's (turnips, peas, sugar beets, rape, etc) all look like they took....great news....since ML starts this Saturday.....cant wait..
Thats just 2 weeks..........looks good...
Thats just 2 weeks..........looks good...
Thanks....Yeah, I think I got real lucky this year....just enough rain to make it happen...and rained up there again this week to really give them kick....so now Im wondering if last year I might have put the greens a little too deep.....since they came up better this year without even being covered. My neighbor that took the second pic...his greens never came up this year,,,,and he ran the disc over them real light to cover....??
DaveT,
A good example for us to pay attention to seed depth as we work on these plots. The fact that yours is doing well and only broadcast and rain fall covering it, shows how little depth is needed. The ideal depth is different for different crops and a mixture makes it difficult to be exact. The brassicas, like the clovers need only a 1/4 to 1/2 inch, where the grasses, rye, oats, wheat, etc.
may do better with 1-2 inches planting depth. What we planted last Tuesday, should be up this weekend since we have adequate moisture and still warm soil temps. We'll see when we get back home from Atl.
Treefarmer
