Food plot and a little work today

[jbhlsu]

Fish,
How did your place handle the storm? I hope everything ended up ok at your home also??

[unclefish]

Fish,
How did your place handle the storm? I hope everything ended up ok at your home also??

Lake is almost to 17 feet above normal so the creek has backed up. I can't get to the back field but I bet its flooded. I'll know more once the lake goes down.

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[Dushon]

Lake is almost to 17 feet above normal so the creek has backed up. I can't get to the back field but I bet its flooded. I'll know more once the lake goes down.

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Heard through the grapevine that the gates are malfunctioning and are letting a small amount of water out when they're not supposed to. Could be down sooner than expected


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[gingib]

Whats on the planting agenda this year UF? I love seeing what all you do and searching for ideas on this years plot.

I will be doing wheat/oats plus 1-2 others I am not sure on yet

[unclefish]

Whats on the planting agenda this year UF? I love seeing what all you do and searching for ideas on this years plot.

I will be doing wheat/oats plus 1-2 others I am not sure on yet

Since I can't get to my plots yet due to flooding I'm probably gonna go very basic with a spray and throw. Elbon Rye, Clover, Chicory seem to be a great combo.

[unclefish]

My son sent me a pic today of the creek crossing. That water is 7-8 feet deep there.



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[Hancock]

It's up

[SFAbowhunter]

My son sent me a pic today of the creek crossing. That water is 7-8 feet deep there.



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Well at least there are lots of tracks there leading to the water

[texanatc]

This thread is awesome. Full of useful info. Been thinking about starting a plot after reading most of this thread so I got a soil test done. I have a ph 8.0.

Is a plot out the question?

[unclefish]

This thread is awesome. Full of useful info. Been thinking about starting a plot after reading most of this thread so I got a soil test done. I have a ph 8.0.

Is a plot out the question?

Heck yeah...plant away. 8.0 pH is a tolerable level just like 6.0 is on the low side.

[texanatc]

Any help on reading the results of soil test, pdf above?

[unclefish]

Any help on reading the results of soil test, pdf above?

The test calls for you to add 85 lbs of P (phosphorus) per acre

That's a crap load of P to put out.....and I'm not kidding. Since most high P fertilizers are 16% P at the most....you would have to put out 566lbs of 3-16-0 fertilizer to get 85 pounds of phosphorus down.

That would be extremely expensive and probably not worth it IMO.

You can buy big bulk bags of bone meal on eBay but most don't give a ratio of P.

My advice would be to put as much P down as you can afford/manage now and call it good. Adding organic matter to the soil over time can also raise P levels. That's easy to do by growing Elbon Rye or similar in the fall and mow it after it gets tall in the spring...but it takes time.

[texanatc]

Oh wow, thank you. I'll still give it a shot and post progress.

[gingib]

I am thinking about planting Tecomate Monster Mix which is Red and White Clover with Chicory and adding my own wheat/oats. Any thoughts?

I can get it at below retail cost that is why I am considering it.

Wheat, Oats, Clover, and Chicory was kinda my plan all along

[unclefish]

I am thinking about planting Tecomate Monster Mix which is Red and White Clover with Chicory and adding my own wheat/oats. Any thoughts?

I can get it at below retail cost that is why I am considering it.

Wheat, Oats, Clover, and Chicory was kinda my plan all along

That's a quality mix. I've had good luck with the Tecomate chicory....love that stuff.