Best perennial food plot
01-11-2010, 05:44 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: MN
Posts: 342
You should first take a soil test. You may need to lime your soil, and that is critical for perennial crops. Clover and alfalfa make great perennial food plots on well drained ground, but they need a pH of 6.3+ for clover and 6.8+ for alfalfa.
01-13-2010, 03:42 AM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Cambridge Ohio USA
Posts: 744
If there was a best, there would only be one, because that's all anyone would plant. The best is what works best for you, and that could take some experimenting. The picture on the bag doesn't make a difference.
01-13-2010, 06:31 PM
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: MN
Posts: 342
It is usually cheaper to buy your seed individually from a local coop, or online from a source such as welter seed. There is no difference between the seed in a premium blend marketed to food plot growers, or seed grown by farmers.
01-23-2010, 07:48 AM
#7
Spike
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 56
my thoughts
Soil testing is certainly the first and the most critical.
As far as what to plant I've had better success with Imperial Clover and Imperial Chicory Plus.
If you want a deer attracting fall annual try Winter-Greens. I've planted it in a couple areas for the past 2 years and it's a late season hotspot.
Just a thought. Good luck.
Buster
As far as what to plant I've had better success with Imperial Clover and Imperial Chicory Plus.
If you want a deer attracting fall annual try Winter-Greens. I've planted it in a couple areas for the past 2 years and it's a late season hotspot.
Just a thought. Good luck.
Buster
01-23-2010, 07:56 AM
#8
Spike
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 33
Me too Buster, our club has tried it all. I agree about the imp clover and wintergreen. We use both. Tried oats and a couple other grains this year in a couple areas and they winter killed early. I would stick with a base of perennials and add fall annuals for tonnage. If your pH is 6.3+ they will do well.
Otis
Otis
