Food plot done

[Ford]

Put the food plot in. 1/2 acre of Winter Rye. They seem to like it, and it seems to last, based on last years results.

 

Tilled in a lot of clover, I would expect some of it to hang on. I just scratched the surface with the new tiller as this Winter Rye will grow on just about anything. Some fertilizer 5-10-10, and 240 pounds of lime. That makes 3440 pounds of pelletized lime added over three years on 1/2 acre. Still low on Ph, but does not seem to matter much.

 

One interesting point, I sprayed just a tad light with round up ten days before, and it killed most of the grasses but not the clover, or most of it anyway.

 

 

New tiller

 

 

 

 

Plot

 

 

 

 

Good times!

 

 

[Ford]

Expecting a little more growth this year as well. Maybe a lot more, as I planted a week earlier, it poured the day after I planted, and we are expecting some warm weather in the week ahead. Hope I did not plant to soon, as they say the deer like the WR short. It apparently gets rank if to tall. I "expect" them to keep it mowed though. 

 

Pic from last Nov.

 

 

 

 

 

[outdoorstom]

Nice looking plot. I don't think you planted too early.

[Ford]

Thanks.

[Sparke2]

looks good the amount of work that goes into WLM is a labor of love.This what was done this year WG ,TT .19day after plantig .

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 8, 2014 by Sparke2

[LET EM GROW]

When i sprayed round up on my clover/weeds plot last year to plant my turnips end of July, the clover didnt die either. I tillied it in with the king kutter and it still grew with the turnips, until the turnips got near 2 ft tall (shaded out?)it seemed to die out. Or the round up finally set in.. not to sure really. But it looked great with nice clover growing with the turnips

[Sparke2]

Maybe the ROUND UP was not hot enough? Two weeks is a good amount of time for it to get going. I always err on heavy side when I make a batch. going to be killing mine down in the spring and making that area a winter plot I need a few seasons working the soil in that part of the plot , will eventually be back in clover for good.  

 

[Ford]

Yeah sprayed a little light on purpose to keep some clover. Round Up will kill it with a good dose, but I wanted to till some green clover in for N. Plus the stuff is so hardy, I expect a lot of it to come back in spring.