So Thursday it finally dried up enough north of Pleasanton to get my dove field drilled with sesame. I intended to do it on the 9th, but It was too wet and muddy. Likely would have clogged up the grain drill so bad that the seeds wouldn't have even made it out of the machine.
Yesterday I got it sprayed with a mixture of Dual Magnum and Roundup to kill the nutsedge and assorted weeds that came up after disking, and to prevent other weeds from sprouting.
I bought a 50 lb sack of sesame seed, the shattering type, from Pogue Seed in Kenedy over a month ago. It was literally the last bag they had when I called. $300
This is in about a 10-acre field. So, it should be about five pounds per acre.
My neighbor across the county road planted the seed for me. I asked him to do about one and a half, to 2 foot row spacing, if possible. He said it would be similar to planting ryegrass, with the seed size, but he didn't know about the row spacing, but would figure something out. I haven't been down there since he planted but hopefully we'll get down there next week.
I went with sesame as I was informed on this site that dove really love it, and I also read that deer don't browse it and that hogs don't bother with it too much, either.
I had originally intended to do sunflower, but I found out that deer really love to eat it when it's young and tender. And they will wipe out a whole field of it.
I'll post updates on this thread from time to time.
Yesterday I got it sprayed with a mixture of Dual Magnum and Roundup to kill the nutsedge and assorted weeds that came up after disking, and to prevent other weeds from sprouting.
I bought a 50 lb sack of sesame seed, the shattering type, from Pogue Seed in Kenedy over a month ago. It was literally the last bag they had when I called. $300
This is in about a 10-acre field. So, it should be about five pounds per acre.
My neighbor across the county road planted the seed for me. I asked him to do about one and a half, to 2 foot row spacing, if possible. He said it would be similar to planting ryegrass, with the seed size, but he didn't know about the row spacing, but would figure something out. I haven't been down there since he planted but hopefully we'll get down there next week.
I went with sesame as I was informed on this site that dove really love it, and I also read that deer don't browse it and that hogs don't bother with it too much, either.
I had originally intended to do sunflower, but I found out that deer really love to eat it when it's young and tender. And they will wipe out a whole field of it.
I'll post updates on this thread from time to time.
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