Food Plot Questions

[TXBowhunter11]

My dad and I are planning on tilling up a piece of our land and planting some seed for a food plot. We hunt in N. Texas around Seymour. It is very dry with little rain. Any advice on how to go about doing this? What type of seed? Any and all information will be very helpful. Thanks guys.

[Stan R]

Call Turner Seed. 800.722.8616

They know their stuff!

You will also get a lot of advice on here.

First take a soil sample and fertilize per results. Your results will be improve greatly

[TXBowhunter11]

Thanks Stan!

[TXBowhunter11]

Anyone else?

[Palmetto]

Look in the game management forum. Tons of info there.

[Boomerang]

DRY is your killer. To hunt over triticale is good, not as bitter as wheat. Other cool season grasses may have smaller seeds and can not be planted as deep. Some rust, but that doesn't matter as you are looking for a food plot through January and cool season grasses if planted in October or September will be too old after that, the deer may quit all together. If you have irrigation, anything will be good.

[holdem]

Go get some horse feed oats and broadcast it, cover up with a drag.

[unclefish]

Since its so late in the year Rye (not rye grass) would be your best bet for decent germination. It will germ down to 34 degrees. Most all the other cereal grains oats, wheat, triticale all require warmer germination temps....40 degrees or so.

We need a warm spell if you are gonna attempt anything else.

[Horitexan]

It's pretty late to start a food plot for this season. I use BioLogic Texas Draw and I send BioLogic my soil samples. It's a really easy system since they tell you what you need to use in your soil to get the best result. Texas Draw is formulated for dry conditions. It does really well if the army worms don't get it like they did mine this year.

Better to plant in late Sept or early Oct. With Texas Draw you just disk the soil, fertilize, disk in the fertilizer, broadcast seed and drag with a piece of chain link; and pray for some rain.

[TXBowhunter11]

Thanks guys. And for the record I will be planting this next spring/early summer. Just wanted to get some info on it before.

[unclefish]

Then scratch everything that you've seen on this thread including my post. I think we assumed this was for planting now.

Cow peas, soybeans, and lab lab all are hard to beat from summer plots. Plant several acres of them cause they can wipe an acre or two out in a hurry.

What is your goal for the plot? Antler growth?

[MQ32Shooter]

I'm with Stan. I've used Turners for 10 years. He was right on with his advice to not put anything in the ground until you get a soil sample done. Also, might go knock on the doors of some locals that have grain out now to see what they use.