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After an incredibly wet summer the valve was turned off in early September and we've been in a serious late summer drought. Last week I started seeing rain predicted for the middle of this week and when I checked the weather forecast Friday and it showed a 90% chance of rain for next Wednesday...

Normal planting window here is Oct. 1 - 15 due to army worms, but after a very wet summer we're bone dry now with no rain predicted. Given the forecast I may not be planting until early November - I was planning to include daikon radishes at 3#/acre in my mix, but with the late start I'm...

Does anyone have any idea how long until fertilizer prices fall? I'm trying to figure out whether I bite the bullet and buy fertilizer or put it off a year. I've had some significant K loss in my plots since my last soil test two years ago and trying to figure out whether I bite the bullet and...

If anyone is in the market for an inexpensive skinning knife I would recommend you look at Ganzo. My daughter gave me a FH923 for Christmas and while I liked the blade shape (I learned to clean deer with a Schrade Sharp Finger) I was dubious because of the reputation of chinese made knives...

I'm planning on some gender reassignment surgery from some persimmons this spring, after leaf out. The QDMA article on persimmon grafting recommended bark grafting - I've never tried bark grafting and to be honest, I'm a little intimidated by it - but I've done cleft grafting before, so I'm...

The timing on getting plots in is always a balancing act for me. I generally have to wait until Oct. 1 to plant because of army worms and then have to watch the forecast closely because it basically doesn’t rain in October. Well, it generally doesn’t rain UNLESS there’s a tropical system in...

I don’t plant true summer plots but do include reseeding clovers (crimson and arrowleaf) in all of my plots. Like most people in this area (SW Mississippi) I just let my plots go fallow over the summer and most of my plots fill in with grasses and dog fennel after the clover fades, which makes...

I've been working on my soil fertility levels and finally have them about where I want them with P at 80-100#/ac. and K at 200-225#/ac. …. and now that I've got them there I would like to keep those levels! I've seen a lot of information on the internet about P and K "removal rates," but...

The Mississippi State soil lab has recently added OM and nitrogen testing, with Nitrogen listed as a percentage. For example, my test results had a hand written notation "N - 0.20%." All of the other entries (P, K, Mg, CA, etc.) are listed in lbs/ac of extractable nutrients. I'm hoping that...

Buck268 has an excellent thread going in which he posed the question of whether he shouldn't just ditch summer plots and plant clover and chicory with a small patch of turnips & radishes??? Lots of good discussion, but not all of it works for us guys in the deep south... so rather than hijack...

I started shooting Hornady SST’s in my 6.5x55 Swedish Mauser last year and was pleased with their performance – accuracy is outstanding and I shot a couple of smallish does that both were “bang-flop” affairs. I shot a mature buck with that rifle/bullet combo this weekend – the shot was only 75...

Season doesn't end here for another 9 days.... so of course I'm already thinking about next years plots. I have a spot that I plan to plant next fall and want to plant a spring crop of buckwheat to start prepping the soil. Does anyone have a recommendation on a crank spreader that will...

I need some advice on a mid-season stand move. My best foodplot is adjacent to a creek bottom. My stand is back in the woods on the south end of the plot and there's a logging road that enters the north end. The road turns slightly about 30 yards north from the plot, so I can't see very far...

I planted 3 weeks ago and was fortunate to have a heavy rain the day after I planted and then again 6 days later. For some reason I never put exclusion cages out until my plots were established, but did it when I planted this year and I am simply amazed how much grazing has already taken place...

I thought the other soil nerds and dirt geeks on this forum might find this interesting; it contains a section at end (starting on page 513) on fertilizer requirements for wildlife food plots broken down by what's planted. http://aesl.ces.uga.edu/publications/soil/CropSheets.pdf The N...

I was on the verge of a full-blown hijack of Fl Plotters thread and thought it was a good idea to start a new thread. Bottom line, I need some advice and guidance on planting rates! First some background: I own 160 acres in SW Mississippi and planted my first plots in the fall of 2014, so I’m...

I mowed my plots last weekend to let the grass and weeds start breaking down (I won't plant until mid-October) and plan to follow-up with a burndown in about 10 days. In the past I've just used glyphosate @ 2 quarts/ac. but some tough broadleaf weeds always seem to survive. I pretty much...

I had a soil test run in 2014, shortly after I purchased my property. I applied lime at the recommended levels and have been fertilizing as recommended for the last 3 years. I just re-tested and need some help interpreting the results and working up a strategy to continue building my soil...

My local co-op doesn't sell brassicas or chicory seed by the pound, and after looking around the best prices for 5# packages is at Seed World (www.seedworldusa.com) in Odessa, Florida or Seed Ranch (www.seedranch.com), also in Odessa. The companies may be related, because their websites look...

My "standard" plot mix is 100# small grains (wheat and oats), crimson and arrowleaf clover and chicory. Although this mix has worked well I want to add some diversity by adding radishes and rape and need some advice. Can I spread the brassicas seed evenly across the plot (which would be...