Dove field

[BullochCounty]

I have about a 10 acre dove field i planted in sunflowers in April that got destroyed by deer. quickly replanted most of it in sorghum and millet with 20 rows of sunflowers up the middle. I don't have a lot of experience with sorghum. I planted it this year so I could get something in the field that the deer wouldn't eat down as soon as it popped up. How should i manipulate it? mow? mow/burn? Leave it standing? silage chopper? Just curious to see what others would do.

 

[Bigearl68]

The silage chopper will do the best job. Sorghum is hard to kill down for burning with herbicide. It can be done but it’s a slow process. Will take a full rate of roundup about 3 weeks to get a good kill. If the seeds are falling out of the head on their own then just leave it standing.

 

[cowhornedspike]

Don't burn it. It will pop like popcorn and be useless for the doves...I know.
If it is clean between the rows I would just leave it standing and maybe chop a row each week to keep plenty of fresh seed on the ground.

 

[Gut_Pile]

Leave it standing and keep some clean dirt beside it