best no til fall plot seed

arrowdem · Aug 3, 2015

well my food plot isnt as awesome as i had hoped.. there is a little growing, so i dont want to til that up, but i was going to do some sort of a throw and grow in there also for the fall, and start all over next year, gonna for sure test soil and fertilize as needed but for this fall i need something that i can just throw out there and let it grow, any suggestions? this plot has been worked this spring and sprayed with round up a week ago and i will probably spray it again before i plant whatever i decide will work best

gr8outdoors · Aug 3, 2015

Peas,radishes,turnips

arrowdem · Aug 3, 2015

im looking more so for a variety that you can buy on the shelf something with some seed coat possibly?

NDwalleyes · Aug 3, 2015

As late as it's getting you are going to be limited to greens and veggies. A brassica mix like gr8outdoors recommended would be good. Kale, beans, peas, lettuce, okra, spinach are a few other fast growing crops to consider. As you know growing a garden is a great way to draw in deer.

Enslow · Aug 3, 2015

Cant go wrong with alfalfa

Deerwatcher · Aug 3, 2015

Wait for a high chance of rain and go drag in some turnips radishes and find some oats barley rye

NDwalleyes · Aug 3, 2015

Enslow said:
Cant go wrong with alfalfa

Good point. Round-Up ready alfalfa would give you several years of low maintenance food plot and you could add what ever bait pile you wanted to it.

Yoby · Aug 3, 2015

I have similar issue. My plot got over grown by thistle. Will alfalfa grow enough this late in the year? or is it more a set up for next year?

bucksnbears · Aug 4, 2015

Originally Posted by bucksnbears

i admire your enthusiasm but if you planted soybeans in that small plot;:;popcorn;:;popcorn..

i tried to help you back then:;:thumbsup

being this late, you don't have many optiond.
if the weeds are burned down, i'd wait 2 more weeks,lightly work the ground (about 1" deep) no more or you'll just bring up more dormant weed seeds.
get some oats/rye and spread them heavy, drag the ground and you may still get a great plot with a good rain..

i would not plant clover/alfalfa this time of year.

Yoby. burn (chemical) the shit outta that thistle. then do what i recommended for the arrowedem. you still have time.
oats/rye should be planted end of aug/first of sept.
clover/alfalfa should be planted in cool weather.

arrowdem · Aug 4, 2015

well it wasnt because of the deer that the soys didnt grow, they just flat out arent that awesome really skinny not much of a stem to them look pretty ugly maybe i wasnt getting as much light there throughout the day as i thought, and i wouldnt say i dont have many options, lots of guys do fall food plots and from now to sept is the time they start planting them so i should be good to go as the fields go brown my food plot will be flourishing with green.... hopefully

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