Anyone have experience planting milo?

[stubborn1VT]

Just curious about milo ( aka grain sorghum )as a later season draw.  Deer won't bother it while it is growing and raccoons won't get into it like corn.  Has anyone planted it?  I don't see why I can't broadcast it.  The taller variety can also provide some screening effect since it can get over 5 feet tall.  

I would be interested in hearing from anyone with firsthand experience with this.

[dbHunterNY]

going to be a bummer expecting an answer but ..... nope.

[suburbanfarmer]

I did back a few yrs ago in Bristol/Honeoye region. Nothing touched it, deer didnt even bother with it ever.

On the flip side grew that in another field out in Darien area and it got devastated after the hunting season was over. Guessing if it had gotten colder sooner and pods dried up they would have come to it sooner.

In my opinion beans are better options in late season if you are planting enough area.

[LET EM GROW]

I planted some last year with my qdma soybeans. Great mix for late season! I will be doing more this year. Maybe adding in another grain or legume of some sort too

Edited January 17, 2020 by LET EM GROW

[stubborn1VT]

7 hours ago, LET EM GROW said:

I planted some last year with my qdma soybeans. Great mix for late season! I will be doing more this year. Maybe adding in another grain or legume of some sort too

When did you plant it?

 

[Jeremy K]

@sodfather did some i believe

Edited January 17, 2020 by Jeremy K

[sodfather]

1 hour ago, Jeremy K said:

@sodfather did some i believe

No never planted Milo . I planted Japanese Millet for waterfowl and some backwoods buffet stuff for deer . 

[Jeremy K]

17 minutes ago, sodfather said:

No never planted Milo . I planted Japanese Millet for waterfowl and some backwoods buffet stuff for deer . 

My bad , sorry about that .

[E J]

I used to plant some at a property I had in steuben county. The only ag around there besides my foodplots was hay field's so the deer were hungry. It would get eaten by the deer there. The turkeys absolutely loved it. 

[LET EM GROW]

On 1/17/2020 at 5:47 PM, stubborn1VT said:

When did you plant it?

 

Early June,  I mixed them with Group 1 beans. 

[bruno1]

We have 2, 100 acre fields that we use for our preserve bird hunts. The deer pound them all season long and love to bed in there also. As far as planting goes my farmer gets to it when he gets to it as long as it’s ready by September 1st for us