Spring food plot thread

[unclefish]

My boss wanted to plant alfalfa, 12 acres is drilled in and waiting for some rain. Along with 20 acres of native prairie grass. Should be an interesting next couple of months watching to see how these do.

Cool stuff. Please keep us updated on the alfalfa.

I've wanted to plant this for many years but my pH is no where near alfalfa requirements. I know it also needs micro nutrients like boron, etc...

Do you know what variety you planted?

[Dushon]

Cool stuff. Please keep us updated on the alfalfa.



I've wanted to plant this for many years but my pH is no where near alfalfa requirements. I know it also needs micro nutrients like boron, etc...



Do you know what variety you planted?

We put out 700,000 lbs of lime 2 winters ago our ph is excellent for our area. Roundup ready alfalfa. I already burned the bags it came in, forgot the company name.

[unclefish]

We put out 700,000 lbs of lime 2 winters ago our ph is excellent for our area. Roundup ready alfalfa. I already burned the bags it came in, forgot the company name.

RR should do well. I'm sure its a low dormancy variety for this far south. There were some Texas Extension articles done about a decade ago about landowners growing alfalfa in East Texas of all places and said if you get the pH right and have the right soil.....its the best (legal ) cash crop per acre for that area.

[J-Carp]

Anyone do food plots in west Texas...ozona area?

[Dushon]

Anyone do food plots in west Texas...ozona area?

I'd recommend cactus and mesquite

[J-Carp]

I'd recommend cactus and mesquite

Check and check

[Dushon]

alfalfa starting to pop through in places. Off to a good start, should do pretty good because the deer have a lot of natural browse to grub on right now.

[EastTx]

Anyone planting this weekend?

[Dushon]

Anyone planting this weekend?

Ground temp is still too low for me in my woods.

[686]

If my seed comes in tomorrow I'll be trying to get it in the ground then as well. I'm trying some Sunn Hemp that I'll mix in some cowpeas and soybeans with on about 2 acres of fallow pasture that I plowed last week. I'll also be seeding some of Turner's bird mix (millet/milo, sunflowers, etc) into about two acres that had some decent native sunflowers last year.

I'm going to try and set up a get-r-dun all-in-one pass seeding-disking-packing arrangement with our tractor like this:



We'll see if it works.

[Dushon]

If my seed comes in tomorrow I'll be trying to get it in the ground then as well. I'm trying some Sunn Hemp that I'll mix in some cowpeas and soybeans with on about 2 acres of fallow pasture that I plowed last week. I'll also be seeding some of Turner's bird mix (millet/milo, sunflowers, etc) into about two acres that had some decent native sunflowers last year.

I'm going to try and set up a get-r-dun all-in-one pass seeding-disking-packing arrangement with our tractor like this:



We'll see if it works.

Just remember your broadcaster throws alot wider than what you're pullin. You're gonna get a lot of irregular planting depths with that setup.

[686]

Yeah, definitely going to have to watch the broadcast throw, may have to skip a row between passes while seeding and then come back and hit the skip rows just disk/packing.

The Sunn hemp needs to be planted 1/2" to 1" so I was thinking just sraighten out the disks and do the best we can. I don't have a seed drill, so trying to make something work.

Our disk is a pull type with hydraulic drop down tires, so I was thinking I might be able to use the tires to make sure not to put the seed in too deep.

Thanks for your input!

[Backwoods101]

Great idea for a thread

[Tshelly]

Spring food plot thread

Anyone planting this weekend?

I got mine I and got a great rain on it. My soybeans are up two inches, but I didn't get a picture yet. I planted two different mixes. On about 1.5 acres. I separated the two and used different mixes to see what they preferred

[Tshelly]

We burnt it and lymed it in February. I'll get updated pics with the crop up this week