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Our plots this year; Coop seeds at there best
Topic Started: Sep 11 2014, 10:32 AM (347 Views)
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Here is where my son and I will shoot his first deer with me. I made the mistake of passing on 4 deer last year here and he was not a happy 5 year old with his dad. Won't happen again. Blind is overlooking forage radish on one side and field peas on the other. We had soy mixed in with the peas in place of oats (oats attract bears) put the deer cleaned them up as they came out of the ground. Nice thing about peas is that they usually leave them alone until they start to mature but then watch out.
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Next is a view from the bottom of the plot. Blind is near the spruce trees in the top of the plot. You can see the peas on the right and radish on the left.
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This is an Alice clover plot that has attracted a lot of summer attention. again you NEED to mow clover and Alfalfa plots. You don't need much for clover but some is a good idea for summer food source.
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Next is a new kill plot for a friend and his son,
He said he wanted to get his 9 year old out and with a new born at home he didn't have any time this year. Well,,,, I did. ;)
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Let side of the boys ground blind
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Infront of the blind :D I like doing things for others!
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THE VIEW
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The radish are doing well and I think on pace for a bumper crop. This is just over a month and the root should start to get way bigger. 8-10 inches long and 4 inches round. No kidding!
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I got a new piece of equipment that I have to say for all the beating I gave it has served me well. My lawn tractor was 21hp Club Cadet and had no problem turning the belt drive on the tiller. In some cases I had to be on and off the drive because the tiller would push the tractor and most of the time feather the brake. You have to go shallow for the first run and get deeper with other passes BUT it did the job. Slow going BUT it beats spending hours racing a quad and a set of disks. Tiller runs you around $1300 but I would buy this again!
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Happy Hunting and support your local coop because they support us and farmers!


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Wow, those are some pretty plots. How often/low are you mowing the clover? Thanks for posting that forage radish shot too, I was thinking mine were stunted but I see they're right on track.
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Clover you want to mow as close too 8 inches as possible . I get 6 with my lawn tractor as this is the best or high I can get. I aim for once a month because if you let the weeds grow, they take over.
Glad the radish post was helpful!
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Nice plots Ray,
I like the idea of soya instead of oats, might try that next year. I like the kill plot are those tillage radishes ?

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Wow way to go on your plots and way to go helping a buddy!!!
Goes around comes around!
Good luck and let us know how your season goes!
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Sep 11 2014, 03:12 PM
Nice plots Ray,
I like the idea of soya instead of oats, might try that next year. I like the kill plot are those tillage radishes ?

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Yes
All the same but different seed companies have different names for the same thing.
Diakon Radish is the true neme
Forage radish
Ground hog forage radish
Jackhammer forage radish
Tillege Radish

and then we have buck on a bag companies................ Same stuff! Picture below, plants im holding are Diakon Radish. All the same stuff.
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