I would put rye grain on those ridge top and smaller plots. Deer will pound peas and oats down to the dirt. Rye seems to be the only thing that can withstand the browse pressure on small plots. Sometimes I’ll plant oats and peas early and seed over them with rye after they get browsed down.
Thank you for the advice. I broadcast 1 strip of cereal rye on a road as a test and it is up good. I forgot to put it in the video though. The road gets shaded a lot so I don't know how well it will work. I'll definitely put some in a plot next time to see how it does. Thanks for taking time to comment and share your experience!
Learning the Outdoors No problem. Always appreciate people that share information. Have you ever tried no till using buckwheat? It works well with larger seed like peas and soybeans. Plant buckwheat seven weeks before you plan to put in peas , oats and soybeans as your fall planting. Seed into the standing buckwheat and roll or cultipack it over the seed. Then Spray with gly to terminate. Works really well. It will probably get browsed down so then you can simply broadcast rye around 200 lbs per acre right over it ( usually around 5 or six weeks later).
I am in lower Alabama. We are trying this same sort of mix. I have heard it takes time for the deer to develop a taste for new forage. They haven’t found the winter peas yet....but they did love our purple hull peas this summer.
Man we planted iron clay cowpeas this summer and they did great for us. The cool thing about them is they keep growing and sprouting new leafs as the deer browse them. Here is one of my updates from this summer on them. ua-cam.com/video/meEQPEm_2IE/v-deo.html
Man we planted iron clay cowpeas this summer and they did great for us. The cool thing about them is they keep growing and sprouting new leafs as the deer browse them. Here is one of my updates from this summer on them. ua-cam.com/video/meEQPEm_2IE/v-deo.html
Man we planted iron clay cowpeas this summer and they did great for us. The cool thing about them is they keep growing and sprouting new leafs as the deer browse them. Here is one of my updates from this summer on them. ua-cam.com/video/meEQPEm_2IE/v-deo.html
They looked great to me. The deer ate them down to the dirt during the season but the plots came back in the spring really nicely. The peas did good in one of our plots this spring, much better than they did in the fall. The last 2 seasons the oats have went to grain in the spring and we see turkey's in them.
@@learning_the_outdoors I went back and watched this video after the 7 week update. It wasn't till then I realized you didn't cover the peas. They don't do well at all top broadcast.
@@jeremysilcox9362 that makes sense. I'm learning that I think the larger seeds like peas need to be covered a little like you said. Thank you for taking time to help out!
IF you would get you a water tank on a trailer and water your peas it make,s a big difference.That,s what i do and it help,s everything else.There is time,s when you get plenty of rain,but for the time,s of dry stretche,s it make,s the difference.I pump water from a creek so no water bill.
Man I've thought about trying something like that but didn't figure i could put down enough water to make any difference. Good to know that it will actually help.
See how much it costs to make our food plots and roads here:
ua-cam.com/video/lCPE-86SjeQ/v-deo.html
New to your channel, great update. I never got my plots planted this year, just never had time.
Thank you very much.
I would put rye grain on those ridge top and smaller plots. Deer will pound peas and oats down to the dirt. Rye seems to be the only thing that can withstand the browse pressure on small plots. Sometimes I’ll plant oats and peas early and seed over them with rye after they get browsed down.
Thank you for the advice. I broadcast 1 strip of cereal rye on a road as a test and it is up good. I forgot to put it in the video though. The road gets shaded a lot so I don't know how well it will work. I'll definitely put some in a plot next time to see how it does. Thanks for taking time to comment and share your experience!
Learning the Outdoors No problem. Always appreciate people that share information. Have you ever tried no till using buckwheat? It works well with larger seed like peas and soybeans. Plant buckwheat seven weeks before you plan to put in peas , oats and soybeans as your fall planting. Seed into the standing buckwheat and roll or cultipack it over the seed. Then Spray with gly to terminate. Works really well. It will probably get browsed down so then you can simply broadcast rye around 200 lbs per acre right over it ( usually around 5 or six weeks later).
I have not tried that but I am definitely willing to. Thank you for the suggestions.
I am in lower Alabama. We are trying this same sort of mix. I have heard it takes time for the deer to develop a taste for new forage. They haven’t found the winter peas yet....but they did love our purple hull peas this summer.
Good stuff man. Thanks for the comment. Did the purple hull peas keep growing after the deer browsed on them some?
@@learning_the_outdoors They cut them down to the dirt.
Man we planted iron clay cowpeas this summer and they did great for us. The cool thing about them is they keep growing and sprouting new leafs as the deer browse them.
Here is one of my updates from this summer on them.
ua-cam.com/video/meEQPEm_2IE/v-deo.html
Man we planted iron clay cowpeas this summer and they did great for us. The cool thing about them is they keep growing and sprouting new leafs as the deer browse them.
Here is one of my updates from this summer on them.
ua-cam.com/video/meEQPEm_2IE/v-deo.html
Man we planted iron clay cowpeas this summer and they did great for us. The cool thing about them is they keep growing and sprouting new leafs as the deer browse them.
Here is one of my updates from this summer on them.
ua-cam.com/video/meEQPEm_2IE/v-deo.html
How did your plots look March and April before you came back to do summer plots?
They looked great to me. The deer ate them down to the dirt during the season but the plots came back in the spring really nicely. The peas did good in one of our plots this spring, much better than they did in the fall. The last 2 seasons the oats have went to grain in the spring and we see turkey's in them.
@@learning_the_outdoors I went back and watched this video after the 7 week update. It wasn't till then I realized you didn't cover the peas. They don't do well at all top broadcast.
@@jeremysilcox9362 that makes sense. I'm learning that I think the larger seeds like peas need to be covered a little like you said. Thank you for taking time to help out!
IF you would get you a water tank on a trailer and water your peas it make,s a big difference.That,s what i do and it help,s everything else.There is time,s when you get plenty of rain,but for the time,s of dry stretche,s it make,s the difference.I pump water from a creek so no water bill.
Man I've thought about trying something like that but didn't figure i could put down enough water to make any difference. Good to know that it will actually help.