Delayed fertilizing and plot focused on spring return

[sailinghudson25]

I've been reading some folks delay fertilizing a new plot.  Usually newly established area and with legumes.  Anyone do this?

Im looking to draw deer bak to an area they leave to yard in the winter.  Typical loamy sandy soil.  They don't  love ladino clover here a ton.  I can't get equipment there often either.

Thinking hairy vetch, or fall overseeding clovet with wheat.

This place gets tons of snow too.  Maybe a shrub plot like willows.

[growalot]

 Clover get a light 0-20-20 0-20-20 then heavier in later summer..others get a 10-20-20 then 15-15-15 month later.

Ever try small Burnett? It's a great plot seed to mix with a legume of clover,trifoil or vetch

[sailinghudson25]

I'll check out burnett,

 

Finding those fertilizers is tough.

I find the 6-24-24, the typical garden 12-12-12.  I found some lawn starting stuff with other nutrients like iron, molybendium, and others I think it's 16-24-8.  Not ideal, buy it was 10 bucks a bag on clearance bought 3 bags.

I usually start with a garden fertilizer,  then put the 6-24-24.  I almost always do clover and cereal grain mixes in the past.

I scratches up a weed patch and overseed clover with some lime 6-24-24 and some borax.  Came out great.  That was 2 years ago.  That .1 acre strip I put a 1/4 bag of fertilizer and a bag of lime twice a year.