This spring we are going to plant some native perennial forage on some areas that are exposed due to bulldozing, etc. or that we will disk ahead of time. Right now we will likely go with Texas Perennial Wildlife Mix from Turner seeds based on what I have gathered here and comparing price, seed mix, etc from Turner. I'm thinking we will plant 6 acres (6 bags) this year and then do a similar amount every year for a while or maybe if we have success increase the amount per year. This will be in addition to the 10 or so acres we plant in spring food plots (Turner Spring Deer). As an FYI, this is the first time we have planted in the spring on our new place. We planted a few acres in food plots last fall and they did pretty well. Those were a wildlife mix from the local feed store that my dad got.
So my question is what is the best way to plant it? Not how to plant it as we have that covered. More specifically, would this be more effective in blocks or strips? My 2 thoughts are blocks up to an acre or so or doing say an 8' wide strip for half a mile to a mile stretches next to new roads, etc. I can see advantages to both but I'm leaning towards the long strips with the reason being ultimately we would love to have this stuff take off and grow all over the ranch. So rather than have it concentrated in a couple of large areas and have it spread from there I'm thinking of having it spread from strips to maybe get more areas of the ranch exposed to seed quicker. What are your thoughts on this and/or what have y'all had success with in the past? We may end up doing both and see what works better but any direct experience we can apply to kick start our process would be appreciated.
So my question is what is the best way to plant it? Not how to plant it as we have that covered. More specifically, would this be more effective in blocks or strips? My 2 thoughts are blocks up to an acre or so or doing say an 8' wide strip for half a mile to a mile stretches next to new roads, etc. I can see advantages to both but I'm leaning towards the long strips with the reason being ultimately we would love to have this stuff take off and grow all over the ranch. So rather than have it concentrated in a couple of large areas and have it spread from there I'm thinking of having it spread from strips to maybe get more areas of the ranch exposed to seed quicker. What are your thoughts on this and/or what have y'all had success with in the past? We may end up doing both and see what works better but any direct experience we can apply to kick start our process would be appreciated.
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