Spring/summer plot epic fail...

[davel]

Planted about 2.5 acres in Whitetail Institute Powerplant about 3 weeks ago. We were supposed to get 1-2 inches of rain the next day and didn't happen. No real measurable rain since so the plot was a failure. Making me reconsider planting spring/summer plots from now on. Probably just going to plant clover and chicory like I did in the fall and have perennial plots. Let work, fertilizer, etc.

 

[blood on the ground]

I wouldn’t call it a fail yet! Your seed just hasn’t germinated yet.

 

[davel]

I wouldn’t call it a fail yet! Your seed just hasn’t germinated yet.

Well it came up but very spotty. Just way to dry this time of year. You never know if you will get rain or not...and it was probably more like 4 weeks than 3 so it should have all germinated by now. Soil was plenty warm enough.

 

[livinoutdoors]

Yup if it didnt rain and the seed in buried it will mostly still come up. Its just hangin out.

 

[davel]

I really hope yall are right. With my past experiences in planting I am more the glass is half empty mentality. I like your optimism though!

 

[livinoutdoors]

I really hope yall are right. With my past experiences in planting I am more the glass is half empty mentality. I like your optimism though!

If you are gonna do any type of farmin, no matter if its food plots, row crops, market garden, home garden, pasture, hay, or livestock(did i leave anybody out??) you had best put your optimist hat on, or you will pull all your hair out!???

 

[davel]

If you are gonna do any type of farmin, no matter if its food plots, row crops, market garden, home garden, pasture, hay, or livestock(did i leave anybody out??) you had best put your optimist hat on, or you will pull all your hair out!???

?

 

[doomtrpr_z71]

Some believe in the saying plant in the dust and the bins will bust but I never plant anything without moisture, it's why I plant dryland first. But there's a good chance the seed imbibed enough water to start germination and fail if it's been a month.

 

[livinoutdoors]

Some believe in the saying plant in the dust and the bins will bust but I never plant anything without moisture, it's why I plant dryland first. But there's a good chance the seed imbibed enough water to start germination and fail if it's been a month.

Why do they say that anyway? Plant in dust bins will bust. Any science to it or just rain timing in some areas?

 

[doomtrpr_z71]

Why do they say that anyway? Plant in dust bins will bust. Any science to it or just rain timing in some areas?

I've mainly heard it in the Midwest so I have no idea, the only scientific basis I can come up with is if it's dry when it's young it'll put roots down more than if it's wet all the time .

 

[livinoutdoors]

I've mainly heard it in the Midwest so I have no idea, the only scientific basis I can come up with is if it's dry when it's young it'll put roots down more than if it's wet all the time .

That makes sense. ?

 

[B. White]

I was planting fall only when I was leasing. Clover, wheat and oats around Oct. 1st. Clover always kept growing good through the following May. What grows good in summer plots either got ate when 2" tall or it got too dry. It was not very economical for me.

I'm planting bare ground in the garden to keep weeds down. This is a corner where iron and clay peas, buckwheat and sun hemp come together. I don't think the peas have had rain since they were planted and are about 8" tall. May have been a 10-15 min rain on the other stuff after it was planted. It is dry as can be. My point is this mix seems to grow ok in dry conditions. If not protected by electricity it may have been mowed down by now and not make it worth the effort. Just fyi.

 

[Bigearl68]

Deer in the southeast have all the available browse they could possibly want. No real need to plant summer plots. Winter plots with clover and wheat are the best kill plots it seems, and that clover will last a while.

 

[releehweoj]

We have a couple of reasons for not planting summer plots

1-Surrounded on 3 sides by farms that rotate soybeans, peanut and cotton.
2-Deer stop visiting our fall\winter plots when browse in the woods becomes available
3-without irrigation, our few attempts at growing summer plots were not successful