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Soybeans
Topic Started: Mar 21 2012, 06:43 AM (363 Views)
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Is anyone using them in 1-2 acre plots and if so, do they last or get eaten before they have a chance to mature? I just found out I can't get peas around here unless I order a tonne so I'm considering going to soybeans as an option for a warm season food source. I'm hoping this will keep the deer off my brassicas until later in the season.
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Planted them twice around 4 acres each time. If I do it again I will plant later because they were pretty much devoured by the time hunting season rolled around.
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brokenarrow
Mar 21 2012, 10:06 AM
Planted them twice around 4 acres each time. If I do it again I will plant later because they were pretty much devoured by the time hunting season rolled around.

Thanks brokenarrow, good to here. Even with 4 acres, they were devoured? :yikes: In my situation, I don't really care if they're eaten before hunting season because I want to try to use them to keep the deer off my brassicas. Last year, the brassicas were gone by the beginning of September. I figure if I can plant a warm season treat, they might leave the others alone until the season. I was thinking of overseeding rye into the beans in late august.
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Well that might just work then. I'm not sure where your from but I'd still lean towards planting them a little later than the farmers do. They'll definitely take some pressure off the brassicas. I scratched the ground in September those years and seed drilled winter wheat into the old bean plots. Worked real well. As far as the deer devouring 4 acres, yah they pretty much hammered it. Too many doe family groups. Working on that.
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I usually go no less than four acres. They will eat them during the summer and if you have a enough to get through the growing season. Then as they dry down and pod up they will hit them at freeze up...
If you have some clover or alfalfa near by that will help them get through the summer.
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Do you guys seed clover in with it so that the next spring you've got something in the plot rather than just dirt?
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brokenarrow
Mar 21 2012, 01:15 PM
. Too many doe family groups. Working on that.

LOL

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wilebski
Mar 22 2012, 11:44 AM
I usually go no less than four acres. They will eat them during the summer and if you have a enough to get through the growing season. Then as they dry down and pod up they will hit them at freeze up...
If you have some clover or alfalfa near by that will help them get through the summer.

Thanks for the ideas guys.
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