Plots starting to green up!!
 

Went out to check my plots yesterday and it was a beautiful day so I snapped some pictures of the micro-plots I planted this year...I don't have any sort of heavy equipment so small food plots is really all I can do....here they are...


This one here is planted with a Legume Mix, Alfalfa, 4 types of Clover, on the ends it is planted with Corn, Sunflowers and Sorghum...You can see the middle of the Clover came up strong and starting to get a pretty strong root system, I replanted some areas that needed. You can just make out the sprouts of the Corn, Sunflowers and Sorghum.


One of the surviving Sunflowers that survived the early browsing...Deer were nipping them off as soon as the left the ground


This plot here is planted completely with the Clover mix, it cam up pretty thick, I've recently sown in some Secret Spot Mix in the bare areas.






For someone who is just starting to plot, I'm pretty happy with the way things are shaping up...

RE: Plots starting to green up!!
 

I would be very happy with that. How did you plant the sunflowers? The turkeys ate all the seeds that I put down.

RE: Plots starting to green up!!
 

Looks like its coming in good

RE: Plots starting to green up!!
 

Luckily...well not so much lucky because I would love to have enough turkeys around here to give me problems they were not my biggest problem...just birds in general...at first I broadcasted and then raked over it but that didn't do any good half the seed was gone in a couple of days, so I went back and dug rows and replanted the corn, sunflowers, I still lost plenty of seedlings but got a good number to survive..

RE: Plots starting to green up!!
 

I broadcastedthem as well, but then went over them with a roller. I think I will do a lite till next time to put them in the ground farther.

When did you plant your plot?

RE: Plots starting to green up!!
 

I started planting my plots the first weekend in May.

RE: Plots starting to green up!!
 

Only one suggestion. I would budget for a dozer one day a year (probably $700 or so) to expand the plots and get some sunlight in there.

RE: Plots starting to green up!!
 

I agree next year I plan on clearing some of the understory to allow more sunlight, the plot is not big enough to require a dozer rental( though that would be fun) I'll probably use a tractor with a blade and a chainsaw to clear some of the tree's out fun more sunlight.