Its that time of year again, what are y'all planting?
Given the bust that my dove plots were last year (they actually grew well until the cows destroyed them), I wasn't going to plant anything for doves. I had a late change of heart and planted a couple of acres of native sunflowers a few weeks ago. I was definitely late on this one but I have had good rain since planting so we will see. We have also had a few nights of temperatures in the 30's since planting so I'm optimistic some will germinate. It was really muddy when we planted them so we didn't cover the seed very well which hopefully allowed them to get colder than they would insulated in the soil. My hope is they will sprout and grow quickly to be not appetizing to the cows when they get hungry. Currently we still have good fall plots to keep the cows busy. In the fall I plan to plant natives when I plant my fall plots and see if it works better.
A few weeks ago I also replanted and planted ~10 acres of Texas Wildlife Perennial mix from Turner seeds. I know it is a slow go with this effort but my goal is to change some of the vegetation geared towards cattle to vegetation geared towards wildlife. In the future I will plant about 5 acres per year and hope what I already planted spreads. Currently I'm sitting at 11 acres planted of the perennials over the past 2 years.
In 2 weeks I plan to plant our spring deer plots. I got a head start planting 1 acre last weekend ahead of a little rain. I'll plant over 9 more acres on April 13 assuming the weather cooperates. This year I'm planting 5 acres of Turner Seeds Spring Deer Plot mix which is mostly cowpeas and some other clovers and 6 acres of a bag from the local feed store which is mostly soy beans and peas. The local bag is more of a generic wildlife mix so it does have some milo and sunflowers for the dove and turkey.
Here's to no rain when I need to plant, rain after I plant and good ole sunshine to make them grow.....
Given the bust that my dove plots were last year (they actually grew well until the cows destroyed them), I wasn't going to plant anything for doves. I had a late change of heart and planted a couple of acres of native sunflowers a few weeks ago. I was definitely late on this one but I have had good rain since planting so we will see. We have also had a few nights of temperatures in the 30's since planting so I'm optimistic some will germinate. It was really muddy when we planted them so we didn't cover the seed very well which hopefully allowed them to get colder than they would insulated in the soil. My hope is they will sprout and grow quickly to be not appetizing to the cows when they get hungry. Currently we still have good fall plots to keep the cows busy. In the fall I plan to plant natives when I plant my fall plots and see if it works better.
A few weeks ago I also replanted and planted ~10 acres of Texas Wildlife Perennial mix from Turner seeds. I know it is a slow go with this effort but my goal is to change some of the vegetation geared towards cattle to vegetation geared towards wildlife. In the future I will plant about 5 acres per year and hope what I already planted spreads. Currently I'm sitting at 11 acres planted of the perennials over the past 2 years.
In 2 weeks I plan to plant our spring deer plots. I got a head start planting 1 acre last weekend ahead of a little rain. I'll plant over 9 more acres on April 13 assuming the weather cooperates. This year I'm planting 5 acres of Turner Seeds Spring Deer Plot mix which is mostly cowpeas and some other clovers and 6 acres of a bag from the local feed store which is mostly soy beans and peas. The local bag is more of a generic wildlife mix so it does have some milo and sunflowers for the dove and turkey.
Here's to no rain when I need to plant, rain after I plant and good ole sunshine to make them grow.....
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