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Old 02-14-2010 | 08:43 AM
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Soilman
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What you choose to plant will be determined by your soil and how much time, effort, and cash you want to out into the food plot. If you want a perennial food plot, white clover is hard to beat. You should take a soil sample this spring as soon as possible, since you may need to add lime and work it into the soil to successfully grow clover. If you want annuals, you may want to plant the area twice per year. For example, you could plant oats and/or peas/oats mix in the early spring. They green up fast and provide an early season food source, then mature and die in July/Aug. After the oats have matured, you could replant oats, brassicas, or winter rye as a fall/winter food source. There are options, food plotting can be an art, and it really depends on what fits your soil and time/budget.
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