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I've seen ok use out of Winter rye, not great use out of oats, but neighbors fields seem to get tore up when they have wheat. Which do you guys like the best for overseeding perennial clover plots? I've always used rye as I like the soil health attributes and like the oats because it's low...

Putting in about 11 acres of brassica tomorrow and curious if people see a size difference in the bulbs/plants between when they break up the soil with a disk//tiller, and just laying it on the surface of a sprayed field that has plenty of seed to soil contact?

Wondering if I can get a decent white clover stand in a Walnut tree grove ? Google search came up that Grant Woods says it has less susceptibility than most plants to the Juglone on their Growing Deer Site. Less susceptibility than other plants doesn't necessarily mean its gonna be worth the...

Wrapping up with a little bit of doe hunting with my daughter this week, but probably done buck hunting for 2020. I was able to fill one of my MI buck tags on a nice 3.5 yr old that we had lots of pictures of on Nov 14th (night before gun opener) Grunted him in from a couple hundred yards...

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I am planning to spray my SECOND YEAR switch grass screens this week with a pre emergent. I have both Atrazine and Simazine on hand. Which would you use? Or both? I have used as much as 4 quarts per acre with Atrazine before planting, and 2 quarts of Simazine. Second year I have done some...

Getting geared up to hunt IA for the 2nd time ever. First time out was a great experience, was able to harvest a great buck, and see a lot of good ones. This time out, we are targeting some different areas that are still private land, but totally different terrain/situations. Some of the best...

We just completed some larger acres of Spruce plantings last spring that are coming along nicely, some WSG fields that will be up and going this or the next, and tied them all into our existed logged woods that has filled in very nicely with thick growth. These all flow together and plan on...

Helping a buddy with some of his access issues on his property and Switchgrass would be the ticket for his situation if it will grow good. I am use to planting on old farm ground with better soils. So I hate to recommend it based on my results. His soil is pretty sandy, but has enough "dirt" to...

Does anyone have a link suggestion to a good pruning video on young fruit trees? 100's available on YouTube, just hoping for a better video for Wildlife varieties and situations. I see a lot of videos are geared toward Dwarf varieties, in orchards surrounded by acres of fence to keep deer out...

I put in a 4 acre Durana plot last fall with winter rye. Unfortunately I got it in much later than I hoped. After germination i was dangerously close to that 30 day mark before our first frost/freeze. Checking the plot last week it was REALLY soft from snow melt/rain, etc. I looked the plot...

We are developing 29 acres of farm field this fall and next spring, and would like some input on the design for maximizing what will hold the most deer. We have high deer numbers, but low mature buck numbers:) We have a small 5-6 acre woodlot that we are hunt already, that has some tree lines...

I've attempted a couple different times to get my clover planted this fall. Attempting around September 1st, then mid September, and now looks like Monday next week (Oct 1). All sorts of issues pushing this date back. Anyways, am I still in good shape ? It will be in Northen/mid Ohio. And I...

I do thousands of trees in the fall most years. Usually shipped dormant. Plant, then they don't show green until the next growing season. I put some in the other day that were dormant, and now they are leaving out. Mid Michigan area probably a month away from some good frosts. Will these trees...

I bought a couple hundred pounds of 6-28-28/acre to incorporate into the soil when I'm planting my perennial clover plot this week. When I read on labels for "BOB" varieties of clover for instructions they always recommend planting with 19-19-19 ?? Why is this? I always use a cover crop for a...

Sprayed a 5 acre area prepping for a perennial clover plot I plan to put in this week. It was a failed bean planting this spring so it was flipped 4 months ago. Had a bunch of grasses coming up in it, which got sprayed last week. Nice and brown now. I usually turn the top few inches mixing in...

Debating on giving Durana a try this fall for plots in Northern Ohio and southern MI. I usually use Kopu II, Alice, and Jumbo Ladino. I've been super happy with it, but cant ignore the amount of people talking up the Durana variety. What rate would I plant the Durana/acre ? I see its...

I am putting in a road screen in the next couple days with miscanthus. Last fall it was planted in Winter Rye. Contemplating if I should terminate the Rye with glyphosate or not? Or should I just plant it in the Rye, and let the miscanthus come up through it?

Can someone talk me through the allelopathic effect when it comes to planting things into winter rye the following spring and how the allelopathic effect works? Fall clover plantings are night and day compared to cover crops that don't use this same process. Why does it keep weeds from...

Starting some new switch grass screens this year. Has anyone planted their Egyptian wheat screens , then pressed switch grass seed into the area right after planting?? I know I've heard of people doing this with corn, but not sure if the EW would work the same? My plan was to lightly till in...