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Is throw-and-grow seed a waste?
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Originally posted by TXBRASS View PostI meant radishes. Which is best for deer?
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I usually plant Buck Forage Oats or some form of forage oats and that is what I had the best luck with. I planted wheat one time and I will never do that again because it kept growing in the spring / summer and left a massive root ball that was brutal to rototill under in the spring. Winter oats just fade away.
I would suggest that you would be better off spraying Roundup on the area, let it die off, mow it and whatever grows back roundup again. Then in the fall after some rain tear up the bare dirt what ever way you can and throw down the forage oats and and the drag something (a gate, chain link fence etc) over them to cover the oats and if you can do this right before a moderate rain, not a flood. The oats will come up and they just keep growing and the deer can't usually kill them out like peas if the deer eat the first two leaves that sprout on peas. Good luck.
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Is throw-and-grow seed a waste?
Originally posted by Archery1st View PostLet's see some pics of your plots! I've been considering this mix
I had small plots this year. Let me see if I can find some pics. They will be huge next year. I know that. They hit the food plots before anything else.
Edit: Don’t have one of the sugar beets. Just these two. A mix of oats and all sort of other stuff. Used whitetail institute’s Pure Attraction and Beet and Greens. Was really impressed with the growth until the deer mowed it down and I realize I need BIG plots. And yes a calf got into one of the pens. Mowed it down quick.
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I think its mainly a gimmick. ALL the contributing factors have to come together for it to work: rain (and did it keep raining after it was planted), soil PH, did you plant it deep/shallow enough, did the birds eat it all, did you plant it at the right time, did you kill all the unwanted grass/weeds, etc, etc. I would spend your money on a different mix that would be more suited to your area, and best of luck to you. Do you have heavy machinery (tractor with a disc, etc)?
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I've never tried specific throw and grow stuff but I have had good luck nuking the grass with glyphosate and then coming back a week later, spread oats and mow the grass down on top of the seed. Has worked great for me so far. As long as it rains it will come up.
Google "throw and mow food plot"
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