Cotton Candy for Deer: How to Plant Iron & Clay Cowpeas!
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Iron and Clay Cowpeas are a summer favorite of both deer and deer hunters. Deer hunters love iron and clay cowpeas because they are easy to plant, drought tolerate, grow fast, and provide a great food source throughout the summer. Deer love them because they are a delicious succulent plant filled with taste, protein, and moister.
Iron and Clay Cowpeas can be grown in most of the country between May and August. I plant them every year in my fall plots and they last until the 1st frost while they draw deer in (sheee...that's my little secret!). I like cowpeas better than soybeans because they grow faster, they re-fork better after being eaten, and they are more drought tolerant. However, deer love soybeans too!
In this video, I show you how I plant Iron and Clay Cowpeas into my seeded out fall plots from last season. I start by burning down the plots with 41% Glyphosate and then spreading the Cowpeas directly into the weeds. I then come behind that with my harrow and cover them up with dirt...done. This method works really well and is a minimal way to get cowpeas in the ground while cleaning up the weeds in your food plots. I do inoculate my seed but in many case you do not need to. Inoculation is important for many legumes if you are planning on the plants going to full maturity and producing beans or peas. If you are only planting to get them out of the ground a few inches to pull in deer then you don't need to inoculate. They will come up and the deer will eat them so fast that you'll think you did something wrong while planting them.
I buy my seed and www.seedworldu.... What's nice about this company is that they break down 50lb bags so that hunters can order just a few pounds of seed for their smaller plots. Many guys find success planting cowpeas in their smaller bow plots ahead of bow season and they don't need a 50lb bag. Nothing will draw in deer for bowhunting like Iron and Clay Cowpeas.
It's not too late to plant some cowpeas this summer or even going into the fall. Get those iron and clay cowpeas in the ground and pull those deer in!
Please let me know if I can help in any way.
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I followed the instructions on the video and I cannot believe how easy it was to plant the peas. I was done in an hour with one acre. A day after I planted the peas it rained. Two weeks later the plants were 4 to 6 inches tall. Thanks for posting this video!!!!
Man that’s awesome!!! Your deer are going to love you! It feels a little weird at first planting into weeds but it comes out beautiful in two weeks! They grow so fast that you dont really have to worry about overeating unless you have a very small plot. I just planted 6 acres and getting rain today! Thanks for sharing brother!
Trying to understand how a roundup soaked land is good for deer. : |
Because roundup kills the weeds that deer don’t eat so that the plants they do eat can flourish.
@@TheHandyHunter yeah but that shit is extremely toxic and carcinogenic. it gets everywhere...not just where you spray it, which is why people like my dad have cancer right now (and our country has sky high cancer rates)
Why don’t you stay with your kind. Why do you freaks always make spectacles of yourselves?
Glyphosate is the worse thing to put on food plots.
I try to limit it to only when I have grasses, particularly bermuda, that I have to keep in check. I hate spraying chemicals period and they’ve become very expensive!
You wasted most of your Roundup. You need to wait two or three weeks to let the roundup do its work before you plant and disk.
It’s not ideal but it works amazingly well. Most foodplot managers don’t live where they hunt so they would have to make two trips before planting where this strategy is done in one day. Knocks it all out in one trip. Thanks for commenting!
@@TheHandyHunter just skip the gly. Same results.
That plot will be dead soon... peas die once they are nipped off by deer. Tried them once and turned down a mowed down plot and did oats 9/21 last year and did oats deer hammered them for 6 weeks until frost.
Agreed...I just plant the peas around my bow spots to produce forage for bow hunting. I then will spread oats over the top of them and the deer will press the seed in the soil so I don’t have to disk them in. The peas, if not eaten, will die at first frost as the oats and fall plot are coming through. I plant mid Sept as well. Deer love the oats up to about 8 inches...then they seem to turn to other stuff. Keep in touch and thanks for watching!
They do luv the pea's might be good for someone with low deer numbers
Depends on the size of the plot and deer population. I plant iron clays in rows and cultivate for weed control. Any plot less than 3 acers is a wast of time with iron clays. But they do not die when deer nip the tops.
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Awesome video man thanks for taking the time to show. I did cow peas last year best plot I’ve ever had.
I can’t wait to plant more! It’s my favorite summer plot for sure!
Will the iron clay peas come back out after the deer clip them off? I have a small patch that has almost nothing but stems now.
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They won’t come back if they leave just the stem. If the peas make it to where they “fork” and they eat one side of the fork they will come back. This is where it’s advantageous to plant larger plots because they tend to browse on the leaves and it gives time to get to the fork stage. Hope that helps. Sounds like your deer love them too!
I have never heard of inoculating pea seed. I have been farming peas for many many many years. Sorry I have just never heard that nor have I ever done that. And we grow some of the most prettiest Peas on this farm that you have ever seen for sale. If you lime and turn your spoiled with a breaking plow from time to time and use a cover crop your soil will be in good condition to grow peas and make pea seed or food however you take it but I'm sorry inoculating peas believe it's just another gimmick to get your money
Once the bacteria is in the soil you don’t have to innoculant again…your soil obviously has the bacteria if you are growing beautiful peas. For deer hunters…some foodplots have never seen legumes or the bacteria so you have to innoculant 1st time around. I always do it just in case but probably don’t need it because of previous plantings. Sounds like you got some great soil! Keep up the good work…i would love to buy some purple hull peas!
2oz per gallon is more than enough unless you’re trying to kill trees.
Agree, I don’t get too many woody plants in my plots anymore but I do get some bermuda grass which I dont play around with. 3oz will do the job on that too but 2 oz saves a little $$$.
Can you just over seed that with grains come
Fall?
You can! You can overseed with grains and then lightly disc in. The nitrogen from the peas will help them pop too.
I got a little over 300 acres in Twiggs County, nice to see what works in my exact area.
Hi Joe, yes cowpeas work great in central Georgia! Like candy for deer and they are easy to grow if you get adequate rain. Good luck brother and keep in touch!
Love the video,gotta try this next year
You won’t regret it! Good luck!
What month is best to plant in spring, i notices it was pretty hot when you planted. Enjoyed video
Im in central Georgia and I would plant in April but I tend to plant late summer due to all my clover flourishing throughout the Spring. I like to let the clover seed out by late summer then plant cowpeas that will carry me till fall planting in Sept. hope that helps.
I inoculate my Cowpeas with bacteria. Helps them pull nitrogen out of the air, converts to ammonium and stores in soil to be used by peas and future use when roots die
Right on! A lot of people skip this step and it’s a big mistake.
Bout crapped myself after looking at seed world planting rate of 3-5lbs per 1k sq ft. Thats like 200lb /240 bucks per acre. I’m also from this area and just picked up 1200acre lease in varnville, SC. We’re late but just got our areas picked out, mowed, and tilled. Headed up next weekend to plant. Would you go straight 50lb per acre cow peas or mix with something else?
I was leaning towards mixing 50/50 with lab lab
Depends on what your goal is. Are you just trying to get something in before send of summer in prep for bow or is this your fall mix? If for bow plots then just use cowpeas alone at 50lb per acre. If planting for fall mix I would wait until Sept and plant cowpeas with other cool season seeds like grains, winter peas etc. the cowpeas will draw them in but will start dying at first frost. Hope that helps! Good luck and have fun!
Do turkeys like the peas, ever mix in sorghum?
Yep, they love them and quail too. You can definitely mix with sorghum, short corn or sunflower for vine support but I generally just plant the peas alone. Hope that helps!
Thumbs down for the round up - that stuff is so bad. You dont need that to kill the plants.
I hear ya cause I hate it too. I use as little as possible but sometimes we get invasive bermudagrass that will take over if not killed. There are other herbicides but I don’t like using any if possible.
I was told that I would have to put an electric fence up or put Milorganite on it to keep deer out of it until it got up. Is that necessary?
It depends. If it’s a small plot with high deer density you may think you planted it wrong because they’ll eat it as fast as it comes up. If you have a small plot and can do a fence that may help. Otherwise, the bigger the plot the better. Once you get them to the fork stage you are better off...usually about 2 to 3 weeks. After that they grow like crazy. Good luck and let me know how it goes!
I wonder if you are still spraying glyphosate on your food plot?
I try to avoid spraying anything at all cost but sometimes I’m trying to control something specific like bermudagrass which needs to be killed down to the root. If I don’t have a problem with grass I’ll just disk the plot and let it lay in the sun for a few days. Good luck!
Any new videos
I may pull together a vid on my cowpea failure this summer…if I get time! Stay tuned!
What gate setting do you use on spreader?
Hard to say…the gap is probably about a 1/4-5/16 in the hopper. You want to sling it with the lowest rpm possible so you dont crack the seed open when the blade hits it. I usually make one round with a barrower gap to cover the plot and then open it up some and do it again. Hope that helps and good luck!
Great video! Thanks!
You are welcome!
You may have mentioned and i just missed but how many lbs of peas per acre do you plant?
I typically do 50lb per acre but you can do 100lb as well but cost a lot more. Good luck!!
How long after spraying do you wait until you plant ?
I have planted same day as long as the spray is dry. Works great for me!
So spray for weeds....no lime? Then just disk the seed into the ground same day? Did I get that right? I got real sandy soil..
Yep, that’s what I do and it works great! I don’t lime because my ph is pretty good. Sandy soil might be a little tougher because it doesn’t hold moisture as well...just plant right before rain if you can. Good luck! Wish you the best!
Mine didn’t do so good. After week 4 they may have been three inches tall and then turned yellow and leaves started to fall.. plenty of rain each week. But I never fertilized before or during the growth period. Suggestions?
Have you done a soil sample? Have you grown anything in that plot before? Yellowing can be from too much water or too little nitrogen. Did you innoculate the seed with bacteria before planting? Let me know. Thx!
@@TheHandyHunter soil sample no. It’s is in fact the first time plant in this area. However we are only a few hundred yards away from our annual garden that does really well with just a few bags of 13-13-13. We did however have some serious rain four about four days straight that could have been to blame.
Sounds like you have good soil so maybe it was the rain. Any chance of them coming back or did they completely die?
Ok I am confused... You sprayed GF on the food plot, then put out Iron&clay cow peas, the disced it in? All in one day??? Or did you wait between spraying the weeds with GF and then dropping the seed and discing them in on another day? Great video btw.. just wanted some clarification before I try to copy this method.
Hi Devon, yep...I sprayed GF and spread the seed in one day! If I’d had enough time I would have harrowed in that day as well. I got up early the next morning and harrowed it in. I’ve always done it this way and it saves a lot of time and produces a beautiful foodplot. I just let my GF dry first and then spread the seed. Nothing wrong with doing this work over a few days but if you are in a crunch you can definitely do it all at once. The nice thing is that the GF will slowly kill the weeds as your peas take over and smother out the weeds. Good luck with your plots. I’ve got to get busy on mine!
Hello. Really appreciate your video. So you normally spray weeds first then sow peas on top of ground? followed by discing them in? Also where do you buy your seed? Appreciate your time
Yep, I typically spray, broadcast the seed and then lightly disk. Best to do it right before a rain if you can. I buy my seed from SeedworldUSA.com. You can buy online or at their store in Tampa. Not cheap seed but deer do love it! Good luck and keep in touch!
@@TheHandyHunter Thank you
What time of year is best to plant these in East Texas?
Not really sure for that area but you can plant from spring weather all the way until early fall. First frost will kill them off. I plant mid summer and throw some in my fall mix as well. Hope that helps and good luck!
WHAT KIND OF BOOM SPRAYER DO YOU RECOMMEND?
Depending on the size you need I like the Fimco sprayers at Tractor Supply. I’ve had mine for years and should last a long time if you maintain it properly.
@@TheHandyHunter I appreciate you responding. My son and I really enjoy your videos. They are really helpful
Awesome! That’s great to hear! Keep in touch and good luck hunting 👍
I did sorghum and cow peas last time was wondering I did corn instead of sorghum. Think way it will have something else for later season. Any thoughts on how that will work?
Great thinking! Did your deer hit the sorghum late season? Corn would be great for vine climbing but I’m not sure how well it would produce good heads without heavy fertilizer. Also would have to be planted thin to not overtake the peas. I love the idea and may have to give it a try! Thanks for commenting!
My deer never hit the sorghum but the doves were all in it.
Is there a herbicide you use on iron and clay cowpeas?
I used roundup before I planted but I don’t spray anything on them once they’re planted and coming up. Once they’re up they can shade out most weeds because they grow really fast! Good luck!
@@TheHandyHunter Thank you. Im going to try them this year for first time.
Did you spray the plot and plant the same day?
Yep, that’s how I do it every year.
Do you lime your plots?
I test my plots every few years and apply lime as needed. My ph is kind of low in a couple plots so I may add some lime this year. Good luck!
@@TheHandyHunter i was just curious. thanks, you too.
You’re welcome. Good luck this year!
40 years ago when we still inoculated with a slurry, we would mix a bag of inoculation in a quart jar and dump it on the seed and stir it in. When the dry inoculation came out, it was GREAT. The hoppers were about 3/4 bushel and we would just sprinkle the inoculation on top and it would quickly filter down through the box. Any loose inoculation would fall in the row.
Ya gotta love that dry inoculant!! Thanks for sharing!!
Great video. I recently bought a boom sprayer like yours and was curious what psi you set the pump to and what gear and range to you spray?
It’s kind of hard to say because my pump and pressure gauge are old but I typically run around 40psi for pressure. I usually run in middle 3rd or high 1st if it’s not too bumpy and the weeds aren’t too high. The best thing I’ve found is to spray a test strip, jump off and look down to the ground and see whether weeds all the way on the ground are a little wet. Hope that helps! Good luck!
Love these videos,keep them coming
Thank you!!
Do you have to disc the seed in after spreading ?
Yep, I just lightly disk it in once and it does the trick. Anywhere from a 1/2in to 1.5in deep is perfect. It’s a forgiving seed so it will germinate in a wide range of depth in soil. Good luck!
Thanks for the reply
You bet! Good luck!
How do you keep deer from wiping it out before they get to full size
It depends on how large your plot is. I usually plant a couple acres. It helps to plant right before a rain so they pop quickly and get to the Y stage so when a deer nips off a stem the plant keeps growing. Once they are up they grow fast and hard for deer to keep up with a decent sized plot. Hope that helps.
How long did you wait between spraying and planting?
Hi, I sprayed and slung seed in the same day. I then harrowed it in the next morning. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching!
Discing right after spraying glyphosate is a waste of money. It takes several days for glyphosate to work it’s way through the plant.
Nice video thanks. Didnt known you were from this area, I buy seed there too as well as Hancock in Dade City.
Small world! Its crazy how many hunters I’ve met from this area. I buy from Hancock too. Nice to have local seed companies that carry everything. Keep in touch!
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You made that looks easy. Did you harrow over the seeds once or twice? Also do you have to fertilize them? Thanks for any information.
Douglas Renaud Hi Doug, I only harrowed once and I don’t use any fertilizer. You could fertilize them but the summer weeds also love that fertilizer! I try to keep it low cost and it works. I have a feeling the deer may not let them get big enough to mature...which is fine! They are easy to plant...they are very forgiving. Put the seed on the ground and cover them with a little dirt and kaboom! Let me know if I can help. Good luck planting that candy! Thanks for watching!