Food plot progress

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

So far-no clover- just grass patches that didn't get tilled good enough.

 

Hopefully clover sprouts soon..

 

I need it to be 3" before I can spray grass killer

 

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[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Is this clover sprouting???? I hope so. I still see some blue seeds that didn't get packed into the dirt yet-guess they won't now unless I step on them. Sold is packed now from the rain..

 

 

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[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Found a spot with bigger stuff.. hope it grows in thick!

 

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[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Yeah I think that's all weeds... no clover yet.. I need some sunshine I think..

 

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[Gunsmoke]

Looks real good.  best of luck.

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Finally clover is showing up!

I check it every 3 hours all day long lol..

 

I called whitetail institute to see.. they confirmed that clover starts with 2 round leaves and can take a few weeks to get started.. especially 1st week it didn't rain to set the seeds in the dirt.

 

Very excited!

 

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[Rusty]

Here's the deal my young impatient one.  Go back inside and finish mounting 100 deer heads.  Then come back out and check on the progress of your hinge cutting and food plot.   

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Lol I'm addicted

 

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[Rusty]

Lol I'm addicted

 

The deer are all standing over on your neighbor's property thinking "Jeez, won't that guy ever go inside?"  

[Zipper]

Yep. Sprouting clover has 2 leaves.

[tcook8296]

Clover spends pretty much the first season setting roots. Next spring that clover should take off. Most guys plant it in the fall with a cover crop usually winter rye and clover takes off the following spring and the rye helps keep the weeds down. 

Spring planted clover can be done but you have lots of weed competition. I would keep over seeding it this year before a soaking rain, in the fall for sure again and frost seed around March next year. 

You are spending lots of money on that WI clover. You can buy it from Merit seed in Ohio much cheaper. 

FYI WI clover has a good amount of berseem clover in it which does not frost seed. 

It also contains a good amount of seed coating. Read the tag, you would be surprised at how much you are paying for whats in the bag

[tcook8296]

Lime will also take a lot of time to have an effect on the soils ph. I put down 8000 lbs down on about 5 acres of plots last season and 16000 lbs Sunday. Ag lime spread $43 a ton

Edited May 3, 2017 by tcook8296

[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

Thanks for the info tcook. I went with WI clover because I was calling them for planting advise, figured I might as well buy their seed.. I'm only doing a half acre I think it was only like $35 in seeds. I bought 2 bags in case I ran short, but I ran out perfectly. I'll use the other bag of seed this fall.

 

Once the clover gets 3 leaves or 3" they told me spray the field with arrest max, slay, and crop oil mixture to kill off the grass and weeds.l competing with it. I have all the chemicals waiting for the day they grow enough lol.

 

 

 

 

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[JerseyJaysTaxidermy]

This clover or weeds?

 

 

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[Rusty]

This clover or weeds?

 

Wow that was fast.  You finished 100 heads already???