Mega doe in the peas. Found fawn tracks just outside plot in staging area
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I’ve got a low deer population but they found the peas and have started hammering in the past week. Last year peas grew to maturity in other plots. Would it be worthwhile to throw out some fertilizer to help with the growth to counteract browsing or just let them mow it down and wait until fall to fertilize the crop that gets planted then.
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Originally posted by Mountaineer View PostI’ve got a low deer population but they found the peas and have started hammering in the past week. Last year peas grew to maturity in other plots. Would it be worthwhile to throw out some fertilizer to help with the growth to counteract browsing or just let them mow it down and wait until fall to fertilize the crop that gets planted then.
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Peas are a legume, so adding nitrogen isn’t all that beneficial. If you do add some fert, I would pick a low N and high P&K mix.
What type of pea is this?
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0-20-20 would be a good choice if you can find it, but it’s scarce as hen’s teeth around here. When I had big clover plots I’d buy a pallet of it at a time and my feed store guy was good enough to store it at his place. He still gets it for me if I tell him a couple weeks in advance.
I’ve never fertilized IC peas after planting, so I can’t say if it would help. I planted peas and buckwheat in these plots and looks like I got carried away with the peas !
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Originally posted by Mountaineer View PostI’ve got a low deer population but they found the peas and have started hammering in the past week. Last year peas grew to maturity in other plots. Would it be worthwhile to throw out some fertilizer to help with the growth to counteract browsing or just let them mow it down and wait until fall to fertilize the crop that gets planted then.
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Originally posted by bowhuntertx View PostThat looks great. What are the details of the plot? What and when did you plant and what size is the plot?
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Went and checked the plots a week later...
The dove plot is rocking finally.... 5 weeks after planting.
The main plot was in such bad shape I forgot to take a picture of it while trying frantically to find half of the species I planted...
And the Alyce Clover / Joint Vetch is weedy, but coming in.
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3 dove plots from our Wise county farm. Planted 6 weeks ago and got really lucky with the rain. First couple weeks we had small rain cells that just happened to hit our place.
First picture is 5 acre field with milo, brown top millet and peredovik sunflowers. Seed was drilled into bare dirt.
Second picture is 1 acre field with brown top millet and native sunflowers. Natives didn’t come up. Seed was broadcast and dragged on bare dirt.
Third picture is 2 acre field milo, millet, peredovik and native sunflowers. Natives didn’t come up much but everything else did. See was broadcast on bare dirt and dragged.
Interested to hear comments. We definitely threw extra seed and I think it shows. Not sure if the density will be a problem. Didn’t use any fertilizer.
Hoping we continue to get good rain and some dove in September!
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