Wacenturion
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Been awhile since I have posted here as I'm a Washingtonian. Broke ground on my first food plots last spring. I have 117 acres in the Blue Mountain foothills south of Dayton and east of Walla Walla.
I planted a mix of Imperial WT clover, chickory, and a dryland alfalfa in one plot and Whitetail Extreme in the upper portion. Came in really well until late June when the Dog Fennel or Mayweed seed that had been sitting idle in the soil took off.
Didn't seem to bother the deer or turkeys but I was unable to mow it before seed set. It's an annual, so this year mowing will commence before the flowering stage. I also heavily over seeded the plots last fall with red clover, additional chickory and sainfoil, an alfalfa like perennial with pink blooms. I also reseeded with a bunch of small burnett, one ingredient in Extreme, which they hammered.
You can see how well the plot was coming in June, then the Mayweed invasion. Somewhat excited to see how things go this year.
I planted a mix of Imperial WT clover, chickory, and a dryland alfalfa in one plot and Whitetail Extreme in the upper portion. Came in really well until late June when the Dog Fennel or Mayweed seed that had been sitting idle in the soil took off.
Didn't seem to bother the deer or turkeys but I was unable to mow it before seed set. It's an annual, so this year mowing will commence before the flowering stage. I also heavily over seeded the plots last fall with red clover, additional chickory and sainfoil, an alfalfa like perennial with pink blooms. I also reseeded with a bunch of small burnett, one ingredient in Extreme, which they hammered.
You can see how well the plot was coming in June, then the Mayweed invasion. Somewhat excited to see how things go this year.
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