im trying to make a safe place where my 13 year old grandson can hunt im opening up 1 or 2 acres of land to put food plot on what i want to do is put it in chikory and clover but i want to also put dunstan chest nut trees and native persimmon trees in the same plot like a orchard setting the clover and chikory below the trees please any opinions

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Suggetion if you have not already ... once you get the pot cleared and grubbed out good, be sure to have a soil test done. Clemson should have some very good advice on food plot crops. I am not familiar with the Dustan chestnut, but there are some great varieties of fast growing, early dropping acorns trees that do well here in Al. As far as persimmon trees? If you do not want to spend the $$$ at a nursery, now is a good time to gather up wild sapplings. THey are easily transplanted, tough as nails as far as surviving the shock of being transplanted and will grow like a weed with soft mast in 3-4 years. Just be sure to use "grow tubes" to keep the deer off any saplings that you plant until they get on up there.

If you are going to plant a crop for year round, look into a variety of clover that will survive the hot SC summers. Again, Clemson should have some good info to guide you to the better choices ... or maybe the local USDA extension office. Where I hunt we have 4 fields of a mix of year round clovers that Auburn suggested for SE Alabama that have done superb. Each field is about 1.5 acres. We keep the weeds out with a selective herbicide. These fields will get 12-24 inches tall in early summer ... and the deer hit them hard. We planted it 4 seasons ago and so far we have not had to replant.

As far as cool weather food plot stuff .... I like a mix of oats, wheat, grain rye and purple top turnip. This mix has done great down this way.

It's hard to have both trees and a good food plot...They will compete for sun and water and the trees will win....