28-Feb-2010, deer are still hitting the sugarbeets!

Good job! having a plot that is feeding them this time of the year is an accomplishment.

I've never tried growing sugar beets, but back in the 90's I experimented with something similar called Mangels. I tried a couple years and the deer only ate the tops, sparingly at that, so I gave up on the idea. Probably one of the heaviest producing crops I've ever grown, but somewhat difficult and expensive to grow.

Since RR sugarbeets will not be available to foodplotters spring 2010 ... looks like the two year run is over. :nonono2:
01-March-2010



01-March-2010

I'm not helpful as far as beans go, but they sure will tear up some turnips when the real cold gets there. The first few frosts, they were still just hitting the rapeseed, but once the snow and ice came, they were pawing and digging for the pt turnips. Only bad part is they started hitting it hard in the last two weeks of late archery and are still hitting it now. I'm gonna plant them again, but try ww and oats I think this year. My cousin had deer in his ww and oats from october to the new year, one county down from me.

I am just south of wichita and planted turnips in my ww,most of the deer would walk around them and they just started eating some in feb after it was really cold.I will stay with ww,milo,SB and maybe try some jerry oats this year along with a new alfalfa planting.

I tried turnips for the last couple of years where I hunt and the deer really chow down on them. I plant them with grasses and clover. Got the idea when the deer decimated my BILs garden and ate all of the peas and turnips leafs.