Following up on posts

[H80Hunter]

Just an observation I've had, and I hope I don't get scolded for posting it here:

One thing that drastically improves the quality of knowledge on these forums is people coming back and following up with how something worked out. Can't tell you how many times someone posts like, just as a random example, "I'm gonna spray (something) and lightly disc (something) and broadcast (something else)." Well, reading what you did is informative and gives ideas for people in the same situation. But, if you come back and tell us that nothing grew after you did this, that makes the thread FAR more beneficial.

Let's make it a goal of ours to do this. I've currently got a thread about planting LC Rye+4 mix on the early side. Three years from now, when someone looks up that thread, they'll be disappointed and wondering if what I did worked out or not if I don't follow up with a conclusion. I'll make sure to come back and say, "Yeah it worked, we got rain right after and an early first frost and I was happy with my plot" or else "It was warm and rainy all fall and the oats got too big and the deer didn't touch them, next time I'll wait another couple weeks."

Obviously not every thread is guilty of this by any stretch, but I think it makes a thread far more helpful when I see some conclusions/observations after the fact. Our experimentation in our food plots is valuable to everyone if we share as much information as possible, including results.

 

[j-bird]

Oh NO - we only post success! That's why I don't post much!!!!!

Actually you make a good point. The biggest thing about a failure is that you learn from it. Normally failure is a far better teacher as well. I think I may be working on one myself. I have corn plots that I got out late and I am worried that they will not produce actual grain..... I am and will however post my "plan B" as far as spreading other fall forages to still try to make the plot useful. Failure is only truly a failure if you don;t learn anything....otherwise you simply learned how NOT to do something!

 

[H80Hunter]

Yeah. So many posts end with "Here's what I'm going to do" but there's no "and here's what actually happened after I did that."

 

[Gator]

The continued land tours are better at showing the results afterwards.

 

[Twolftg]

I had planned to just give up on my one troubled brassica thread as well as the plot it self and just chalk it up as a loss, now you made me feel like I better figure something out.

 

[smsmith]

Failed brassica plot = nuke with gly and seed to winter rye/oats/maybe some peas.

 

[OkieKubota]

Just an observation I've had, and I hope I don't get scolded for posting it here:

One thing that drastically improves the quality of knowledge on these forums is people coming back and following up with how something worked out. Can't tell you how many times someone posts like, just as a random example, "I'm gonna spray (something) and lightly disc (something) and broadcast (something else)." Well, reading what you did is informative and gives ideas for people in the same situation. But, if you come back and tell us that nothing grew after you did this, that makes the thread FAR more beneficial.

Let's make it a goal of ours to do this. I've currently got a thread about planting LC Rye+4 mix on the early side. Three years from now, when someone looks up that thread, they'll be disappointed and wondering if what I did worked out or not if I don't follow up with a conclusion. I'll make sure to come back and say, "Yeah it worked, we got rain right after and an early first frost and I was happy with my plot" or else "It was warm and rainy all fall and the oats got too big and the deer didn't touch them, next time I'll wait another couple weeks."

Obviously not every thread is guilty of this by any stretch, but I think it makes a thread far more helpful when I see some conclusions/observations after the fact. Our experimentation in our food plots is valuable to everyone if we share as much information as possible, including results.

Good point on following up...I think a lot of times we don't realize that someone, somewhere may be awaiting to hear what we ended up doing and how it all turned out. If it is a failure there is no shame so it would let those following know what they should or should not do. I think we also need to put our location on our user name because what works in Minnesota usually absolutely won't work down here in areas dominated by high pressure systems in the summer and vise versa...

 

[j-bird]

I agree with Gator that the land tour threads tend to show more "before" and "after" type results. That was where I planned on documenting my "failure" and move to plan B if/when the time comes.

As far as the failed brassica plot is concerned - some cereal grains like Stu suggested is the ticket. You might even be able to get some turnips to grow too, at least some extent yet, but I am not sure how much growing season you have left. You may need to figure out if there was/is an issue with your soil as well......planting more in poor soil isn't really going to help matters much.

 

[lakngolf]

Good point. I will try to oblige.

 

[Twolftg]

I agree with Gator that the land tour threads tend to show more "before" and "after" type results. That was where I planned on documenting my "failure" and move to plan B if/when the time comes.

As far as the failed brassica plot is concerned - some cereal grains like Stu suggested is the ticket. You might even be able to get some turnips to grow too, at least some extent yet, but I am not sure how much growing season you have left. You may need to figure out if there was/is an issue with your soil as well......planting more in poor soil isn't really going to help matters much.

Yeah I had planed to spread some cereal grains that's what I ment by give up on the brassicas, but it in the spirit of education and h80hunters post I am inspired to work to find an answer. As for land tour threads they do a great job of that, but if we want a database of answers and knowledge that is searchable such as was on the other site we need to post results when tips or ideas are tried or shared.

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[HB_Hunter]

I liked the time lapse food plot that I saw in another thread. I need to keep better records of soil test results, lime/fert application and ground prep/planting rates/methods. Following up would be much easier...

I looked back at farmlogs to try to get some details, but I didn't do the best job of documenting all that I had done.

Thankfully there is much more work to be done .

 

[Ozarks-Bowhunter]

This is a very good point. It would be great to be able to see what the outcome was good or bad.

Another thing I always wished could happen was that in the name this plant section that the outcome could be put in the title so it would be easier to find what your looking for.