Is it too late?

[johnf]

I went out to the lease land that I hunt this week to do some shooting. When I got there I found that it had been clear cut, plowed and replanted with 12" pine trees.

All is not bad. It had rained the day before and there were literally hundreds of fresh deer tracks all over the place. The deer are still there.

I was thinking about getting clover, some kind of deer plot mix or maybe some turnip greens, rape and other forage seed to plant. Is it too late to do this. It looked like the trees were planted fairly recently. The rows were still very fresh and I could probibly just scatter the seed and lightly rake it in to plant.

[blehst]

well it all really depends on what u want there.. brassicas take up to 45 days to mature... on the other hand some types of corn can take 90-110 days to mature.. we planted our food plot two weeks ago with corn and bishops seeds... i dont think you are too late.. also try and see what feed they already have arond in the area i.e (corn, soybeans).. soybeans(good during early season) corn (good for late season).. so if you dont have any of those types of feed around it may be a good idea to try both.. a good product might be biologic's biomaxx... both roundup ready. i dotn particularily like clovers because they are already lots of it in the woods.. the turnips are also a really good choice.. after the first freeze they turn sweet.. good attraction.... oh and maybe a NO TILL seed would be great.. just rake between the rows spread seeds.. and if u can pack the seeds with either a fourwheeler or a tow behind roller.. or step on it if the rows are narrow.. hope this helps.. here is a bad quality photo of our fields.. the doe is standing right in the middle of it and her fawn to the right..

[generallee]

i think it is all dependent on what type of seed you want to put in the ground. I dont think you would have much problem with beans or peas. Clovers may have a hard time establishing themselves now because the heat of the sun in june and july are so hot. I planted my clover plot this year the last week of februay to give it time to get established before the summer heat came down on it, and it did real well. Things like turnips would be another good fall choice, due to the fact that they deer wont really touch them at all til you get a good frost or two. My advice would be to just wait a few months and do a fall planting to be sure that the money you spend on seed, fertilizer, etc. does not go to waste.

[wtnhunt]

Most definitely not too late. I only plant our perenial clovers here in the fall(September) now John. Mix in a little rye grain or wheat for a quick stand and that gives the clovers time to establish. Brassicas are also best with fall plantings.

[johnf]

I talked to the extention agent today and he said to plant Iron & clay cow peas, alyson clover and Ozarksoybeans. He said okra wouldn't be bad to plant right now either. I didn't know deer would eat okra.

[BamaTrophyHunter]

we plant sorghum, sunflowers, peas, and browntop around the first of july

[wtnhunt]

[ QUOTE ]
I didn't know deer would eat okra.


[/ QUOTE ] Deer will eat just about any vegetation John. One of the ones that surprised me was when I read somewhere that they will eat peppers.