Re: food plot clover
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02/15/22 08:04 PM
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Takes awhile to get clover started in canopy. Prolly 2 years to get it going good.
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Re: food plot clover
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02/16/22 04:07 PM
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You can overseed with rye or winter wheat (what I use) in late summer to provide forage over the winter. I also planted brassicas and they came up great but nothing will touch them but the groundhogs. I've got turnips the size of softballs in the same plot but the deer don't care. Apparently they've got better things to eat. It often takes a couple years of planting until they learn that they’re edible. Once they figure it out, its hard to get a small plot to winter because they wipe them out
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Re: food plot clover
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02/16/22 10:00 PM
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Check out Grandpa Rays seeds. Have had great luck with is seed and blends. Canopy and clover is tough. Clover we have found is great year round and the deer really pound it year round once PH is correct. We have switched a lot of our plots to clover blend due to they are hard to get to every year. We plant around 40 acres of plots a year, adding a couple acres more this year.
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Re: food plot clover
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02/16/22 10:49 PM
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In my experience planting food plots for deer, it’s hard to beat Whitetail Institutes Imperial Clover. Expensive, yes. However, my best clover stands have came out of those bags. Clean up the weeds best you can before planting. I spray, till, then wait 2 weeks. You’ll get a flush of weeds. Spray again, till and plant. Be sure to do a soil test, clover likes high PH. (A good stand of this will last 5+ years if properly maintained. Clover takes maintenance).
Last two years I’ve been experimenting with Frosty Berseem Clover. I’m having good luck with it, and the deer seem to love it. It’s an annual, so you’ll have to re-establish every year. I mix it with oats and rapeseed, and it’s a great blend .
John
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Re: food plot clover
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02/17/22 01:31 PM
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Check out Grandpa Rays seeds. Have had great luck with is seed and blends. Canopy and clover is tough. Clover we have found is great year round and the deer really pound it year round once PH is correct. We have switched a lot of our plots to clover blend due to they are hard to get to every year. We plant around 40 acres of plots a year, adding a couple acres more this year. friend had great luck with this last year. I was thinking of maybe trying the inner sanctum for the plot in the woods. What specific ones did you have luck with?
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