Early planting this spring?

[BlakeJ]

Think we'll be planting our food plots early this spring? I bought a soil thermometer, and I'll wait until it's right, but I was just wondering what y'all thought with this warm winter.

[texashunter56]

Winter is a long ways from being over. IME when planting in the Spring to early young plants struggle to do well in cool night air, short day length and low soil temps. I have planted early one year and then the next year I planted the same food plot seed several weeks later. The later planting did much better growth in a shorter growing period than the early planting did.
One thing these warm temps will do is make the mid-winter growth of the annual forbes much better. Anything that grows naturally is your cheapest/best food source. Might try in some selected spot fertilizer on areas of highly preferred native plants.

[lovemylegacy]

Winter is a long ways from being over. IME when planting in the Spring to early young plants struggle to do well in cool night air, short day length and low soil temps. I have planted early one year and then the next year I planted the same food plot seed several weeks later. The later planting did much better growth in a shorter growing period than the early planting did.
One thing these warm temps will do is make the mid-winter growth of the annual forbes much better. Anything that grows naturally is your cheapest/best food source. Might try in some selected spot fertilizer on areas of highly preferred native plants.

A lot to be said about fertilizing natural veggies