Food Plot ideas for fall

[buc101]

I recently planted several food plots totaling about 3 acres. I planted buckwheat, sunflowers and ICP's. Normally I would wait until early October and disk them under to plant a mixture of wheat, oats and include some others seed like kale, radish or turnips. I'm looking for ideas on how to start converting some of the plots to clover and should I disk or overseed the wheat and oats for the remaining fall plots?

 

[Canuck5]

(I know I repeat myself, and I am sure you've done it, but):

Get a soil test done now and make sure your soil ph is above 6 and be ready to apply the recommended amounts of potassium and phosphorous, to start with. Put down 1 pound per acre of 20 mule team borax as well.

Then review Triple C's handwork.

https://forum.gon.com/threads/life-cycle-of-a-clover-plot-updated-week-14.952754/

 

[Canuck5]

My preference is to always get whatever the soil test recommends, worked up into the soil, 4-6" deep. That's the root zone for most clovers and if you put it in there to start, top dressing in later years will be fine.

With clover, you will get grass and some broad leaf weeds. Make sure come next spring you have the proper herbicides to take care of it, so that it doesn't hinder the growth of the clover.

Plant your clover, when the soil temperature and moisture are right, in the fall, so that it and your nurse crop, jumps out of the ground, with little weed competition.

This is a 12 year old Durana plot, that really started to get weak last year and I just overseeded it with whatever I had. You can see that grass takes it over every year and I go in and nuke it.

 

[Canuck5]

This is another plot, that has a little bit of everything in it, clover wise.

 

[Canuck5]

Planting for weed control .....

 

[Canuck5]

I am always adding Medium red clover to my mix now because it will last a couple of years, provides variety, does well in the shade (which I am learning)and has a deep tap root to help break up soil compaction.

But, having said all that, white clover is still the standard bearer.

 

[buc101]

Thank you for the information.

 

[Gut_Pile]

Put down 1 pound per acre of 20 mule team borax as well.

what is the borax for?

 

[Canuck5]

https://www.cropnutrition.com/nutrient-knowledge/boron

 

[southernman13]

I’ve got a good stand if white clover. I’ve never been impressed by clover. Just sayin.

 

[Gut_Pile]

I’ve got a good stand if white clover. I’ve never been impressed by clover. Just sayin.

what hasn't impressed you?

 

[southernman13]

I’ve never seen any activity in it. When I plant beans peas sun hemp etc deer eat it up. Same with crimson clover. I’ve never seen a seer eat it. I’m sure they do I just haven’t seen it.

 

[fireman32]

I’ve never seen any activity in it. When I plant beans peas sun hemp etc deer eat it up. Same with crimson clover. I’ve never seen a seer eat it. I’m sure they do I just haven’t seen it.

I’ve had similar experiences with crimson clover, however I had some arrow leaf clover growing wild on my place and deer are hammering it.