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Great job Carlos. I have a similar patch myself. The waterhose and sprinkler really works well. Mine drew deer like a magnet. Hope you do well this fall. BigJohn
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that looks like an early summer mixture, but it should produce something. when i plant deep woods plots, i use my lawn arrator behind my four wheeler to "plow" the ground. it really turns the top layer of soil and prepares a nice seed bed after a dozen or so passes. about three weeks ago i planted 50# of sourghum and 50# of deer vetch in three of my plots. first time using deer vetch and i hope it pays off at $150 a bag. a good cheap plot combo is a winter wheat and oats mixture.
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Way to improvise and be self sufficient Carlos. I hope you arrow a dandy over that sweet little ecosystem you created.
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It will work. Almost all the plots I've planted in the last 5 years were done similarly. Some with the help of the lawn mower to clear the ground and some with just hard work. I've never planted that type of see in a plot but you can fertilize as you've stated, even doing it a couple of times lightly. The deer don't mind at all. If you get a lot of leaves on it this fall just run the mower over it again and blow them off/ chop them up. The deer will appreciate it. As a bonus any acorns falling in the plot will be easy pickings and the deer will gravitate to it. Hope you have great sucess!
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Way to work!! I've given it some thought.. but now I just might do it!! Jason
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Keep a eye on Tractor supply stores. They blow seed out at the end of the season dirt cheap. That's where I buy mine.
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I did almost this exact thing years ago before I had a tractor...
I used a "deer mix" of Milo, red and ladino clovers, sorghum and soybeans... Worked well but I could not make the plot big enough...
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