11 days to a successful lawnmower plot

[Drycreek]

Looking good Native ! I’m still a month or so away from getting started on my plots. The spigot turned off for us about 3 weeks ago. I’m already running sprinklers in my yard and my plots are drying up. I can’t complain though, we got a full month more out of them this year due to the extra moisture we got in June and July. I won’t plant until decent moisture starts arriving with cold fronts. I’m really looking forward to deer season more and more each year as I get older. Never know, at my age, when this season will be your last.

 

[Native Hunter]

Looking good Native ! I’m still a month or so away from getting started on my plots. The spigot turned off for us about 3 weeks ago. I’m already running sprinklers in my yard and my plots are drying up. I can’t complain though, we got a full month more out of them this year due to the extra moisture we got in June and July. I won’t plant until decent moisture starts arriving with cold fronts. I’m really looking forward to deer season more and more each year as I get older. Never know, at my age, when this season will be your last.

We never know at any age, so we just need to cast our bread upon the water as our Friend Solomon said!! Good luck Drycreek.

 

[Mennoniteman]

Damn!!

I’m ordering through Kings Agriseed but you can’t do it direct. It needs to go through a vendor. Great product and I have no issues besides not getting wheat for fall planting.

I also order enough between myself and my friend that it only costs around 100 dollars to have a pallet dropped off at our business.

You can go to King's Agriseed office in Lancaster Pa and buy directly out of their warehouse

 

[jlane35]

You can go to King's Agriseed office in Lancaster Pa and buy directly out of their warehouse

No shit, I tried calling and ordering originally but they said I had to go through a vendor.

Regardless they seem like they never have any leftover seed from season to season.

I wanted some buckwheat to throw into my fall plots and tried adding it to my order and they are all out.

 

[MarkDarvin]

No shit, I tried calling and ordering originally but they said I had to go through a vendor.

Regardless they seem like they never have any leftover seed from season to season.

I wanted some buckwheat to throw into my fall plots and tried adding it to my order and they are all out.

I’ve got a place like that. Ask them who their vendor is closest to you, have the vendor place the order, and then go pick it up at the warehouse anyway. It’s dumb, but it keeps 300 guys like us out of their hair.


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[Native Hunter]

Buckwheat flowering but thin from being eaten hard.

 

[T-Max]

Does buckwheat flower its entire life? When I planted in June, it had flowers after a few weeks and seemed to continue until it was 5’ tall. I think it still had white flowers when I rolled it.


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[Native Hunter]

Does buckwheat flower its entire life? When I planted in June, it had flowers after a few weeks and seemed to continue until it was 5’ tall. I think it still had white flowers when I rolled it.


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It does flower quickly. I will probably get some new plants from the seeds this year.

 

[Native Hunter]

Glad I planted early. We are now in a drought and no rain in the forecast. Below is another lawnmower plot I did this year. I left out the buckwheat in this one.

PS - the break in the middle is a spring covered in jewelweed.

 

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[Mountain Man]

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Native I like winter wheat for feed in the fall, I will be spreading seed into an established clover plot before mowing with a flail mower. In your opinion how high would the wheat have to be before deer stop using it in Nov. I like the idea of planting early before the dry spell I am just concerned of planting to early. I am in Renfrew county Ont. and we do get early frosts.

 

[Native Hunter]

Native I like winter wheat for feed in the fall, I will be spreading seed into an established clover plot before mowing with a flail mower. In your opinion how high would the wheat have to be before deer stop using it in Nov. I like the idea of planting early before the dry spell I am just concerned of planting to early. I am in Renfrew county Ont. and we do get early frosts.

I used to have some trail camera pictures of big, long blades of wheat hanging out of the mouths of deer. I think they will continue to eat the blades no matter how long they get. When the wheat makes a stalk, they will likely not browse that part. However, once the wheat makes a head, they will then browse the grain heads when they ripen. For me, the grain head will be the next spring.

I used to worry about my wheat getting too mature, but I don't anymore.

 

[Mennoniteman]

In situations where grain for a fall plot was planted too early to try to beat an expected dry spell gets too tough for deer to graze, another great option still exists, mow it short and there will be tender regrowth plus a great opportunity to throw n mow brassicas to sweeten the plot.

 

[Mountain Man]

In situations where grain for a fall plot was planted too early to try to beat an expected dry spell gets too tough for deer to graze, another great option still exists, mow it short and there will be tender regrowth plus a great opportunity to throw n mow brassicas to sweeten the plot.

At what point would you say wheat gets too tough for deer to graze? I sure didn't have that problem this year, I spread wheat into clover very early in Aug. then cut the clover, everything started coming up nice then no rain, by Nov. deer season they had it less than lip high and went looking for greener pastures. I will try and post pictures of the sequence of events. I also took your advice and sprayed with Cleth in the spring, it took care of some of the grass but it will probably be an ongoing problem. Thanks

 

[Mennoniteman]

At what point would you say wheat gets too tough for deer to graze? I sure didn't have that problem this year, I spread wheat into clover very early in Aug. then cut the clover, everything started coming up nice then no rain, by Nov. deer season they had it less than lip high and went looking for greener pastures. I will try and post pictures of the sequence of events. I also took your advice and sprayed with Cleth in the spring, it took care of some of the grass but it will probably be an ongoing problem. Thanks

Your deer will tell you when it's to tall. If you think the wheat is too tough for deer to graze, run a few mower swaths through it as a test, to see if the deer zero in on the new growth.
Don't feel bad about the lack of rain and failed fall plots, the fall drought was across most of the US.

 

[Drycreek]

The wheat in all my plots is lip high. They have kept it eaten down since it germinated. One, it got a late start because it wasn’t wet enough to plant until early October. Two, it was so dry this summer that the native browse had already dried out to the point that it was not nearly as palatable as it should have been. So…..we had no “jump” on our plots, they were eating in them as soon as they poked up out of the ground.