Food plots to flood
#11
Been looking around for some information on food plots for ducks and geese as well. Found this article with some good info on it.
http://www.hardcore-brands.com/hunti...cks-and-geese/
http://www.hardcore-brands.com/hunti...cks-and-geese/
#12
I have had a consultant from Miss. advise me on Chufa, which he finds very effective, especially since deer and other plot poachers do not eat it. It is a nutgrass. However, I planted an acre or so next to the Bayou, and the coons dug up every single seed before they germinated.
#13
Spike
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: East Central PA
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The answer to that is what food plants will grow in your area. Oldtimr is from your general area, and should have a notion about that. On my duck holes in Arkansas, I am blessed with Smartweed, so No planting. Also, we have had excellent hunts over simply native grasses that were allowed to seed out and were than flooded.
I have had a consultant from Miss. advise me on Chufa, which he finds very effective, especially since deer and other plot poachers do not eat it. It is a nutgrass. However, I planted an acre or so next to the Bayou, and the coons dug up every single seed before they germinated.
I have had a consultant from Miss. advise me on Chufa, which he finds very effective, especially since deer and other plot poachers do not eat it. It is a nutgrass. However, I planted an acre or so next to the Bayou, and the coons dug up every single seed before they germinated.
#14
If you are going to only flood seasonally, I still recommend giant smart weed and maybe some Japanese millet and bur reed. If it is going to be a permanently flooded shallow wetland I would look as planting some tubers such as duck potato. I suggest you contact these folks and tell them what you want and where you are and they con point out some plants and seeds that will do the job. http://www.kestersnursery.com/Wetland%20Plant's.htm
as always, good luck, it is good to see a youngster getting involved in creating habitat, especially when he is doing it with his father.
as always, good luck, it is good to see a youngster getting involved in creating habitat, especially when he is doing it with his father.