sandy soil food plots
06-12-2011, 01:14 PM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: South NJ
Posts: 36
sandy soil food plots
I'm looking for anything that will grow in sandy soil that can be used as a food plot. I tried some different products that didn't work to well after a week or two. Constant watering is not an option and want something other than mineral licks to use.
06-12-2011, 04:23 PM
#2
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Comance county, OK
Posts: 11,408
One of our places has a lot of sand in the soil. Iron clay peas usually do well there. We plant the peas thick and deep in wet soil. The peas will cover the ground when they are 6-8" tall and that helps conserve moisture. With the amount of rain you get in NY, iron clay peas should do well there.
In August-October we disc the peas in and the plots are planted in oats.
In August-October we disc the peas in and the plots are planted in oats.
06-13-2011, 03:37 PM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Person Co. NC
Posts: 884
Cool season annuals are easy, think wheat or winter rye. Crimson clover does better than most things.
For warm season, buckwheat, kobe or korean lespedeza is tough enough for about anywhere. Sorghum is also great for dry land, but it's more of a fall food source from a warm season crop.
For warm season, buckwheat, kobe or korean lespedeza is tough enough for about anywhere. Sorghum is also great for dry land, but it's more of a fall food source from a warm season crop.
06-27-2011, 08:46 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: cazenovia, NY USA
Posts: 2,973
some good advice -
When I was younger - I did my thesis on the Pine Barrens ecology in Albany NY - and I suspect your NJ soil conditions could be similar. (Pitch pine, scrub oak?) - It would be a challange to grow high tonnage plots on this soil type. I probably wouldn't go that route as my main land management plan. Do you have native scrub oak? Could you manage for that?
When I was younger - I did my thesis on the Pine Barrens ecology in Albany NY - and I suspect your NJ soil conditions could be similar. (Pitch pine, scrub oak?) - It would be a challange to grow high tonnage plots on this soil type. I probably wouldn't go that route as my main land management plan. Do you have native scrub oak? Could you manage for that?
