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Originally Posted by brucer95
Im looking into planting a small plot here real soon to be used this fall, any recomendations? Would be nice if it came back every year but I get some cub time if it doesnt. Thanks in advance for your help. Very nice mount too by the way. Very good taxidermy work.
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I don't know much of the soil type in your area. High and dry, or low and wet, sunny or shadey? These are all factors in figuring out what to plant.
Is this going to be a harvest plot or strickly a food source? Most harvest plots are small and an annual, meaning it will grow for the one year and die off through the winter. Perennial grows 3-5 years if properly maintained.
Perennials are clovers, alfalfas and the like. Annuals are like a grain, corn, brassicas, turnips. (excuse the spelling)
Afood plot must a get a min. of 4 hours of sunlight per day tp get good growth, if you were looking for a harvest plot I would go with a brassica, this is a big draw after a couple good frost, because the sugers in the roots and stem come up to the leaves and the deer go nuts for it. With our area the frost comes right at the perfect time during bow season, October!
I sell seed from the Whitetail Institute, and know from trying others that this stuff has no =, they were the first company to design a seed spacifically for whitetails, not cattle like most of the other seed companies.
A perennial clover would be for soil with moisture, and alfalfa would be for dryer soils, also remember a food plot will only be as good as the soil it's planted in, soil PH is big here. It should be nutral, like a 7.5, and to get soil results you will need a soil test. Easy enough to do.
Soil preperation is also a key factor. If I were planting an annual I would go with (in order of best consumption in my area) Winter Greens, Pure Attraction, No-Plow, and in small areas with 4,500 sq. feet or less I would use Bow Stand or Secret Spot.
Perennials, would be Whitetail Clover, Alfa rack Plus, Chicory Plus, again perennials are a little pickier on soil type than annuals. And I have no idea of the length of your growing season.
What I would recommend is go online to the Whitetail Institute website and you will find alot of information about what and when to plant in your area.
Or if you would like to talk more about it, pm me and I'll give you my phone number.
Good luck