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Deer love buckwheat in the summer.
Deer love buckwheat in the summer.
Buckwheat newbie question. Do deer eat it thru the summer or is it purely a cover crop to prep the area?
If I remember right, buckwheat was $58 for 50 lb. Red Ripper cowpeas were $55 for 50 lb. The mix was Whitetail Institute Power Plant that was on sale. I can’t remember what it cost, but around $60 for 50 lb. I think. I don’t buy too much in the way of BOB seeds, but this was a deal with some other seeds thrown in that I’ll use this fall and I kinda wanted to try the mix with Sunn Hemp in it to see what it would do.
I forgot that your seed prices always seemed high compared to most people’s prices. Must be a location thing.
My deer hammered my buckwheat when it started flowering but over than that they didn’t touch it much but the bees do love the stuff.
My personal opinion for our high seed prices is that there is no ag in our part of the state, so anything we get is shipped from ag country to a middleman, (or two), before the end user gets it. My MRC seed came from Oregon. That’s just about as far as you can get from me and still be in the US of A.
But we do have fire ants , feral hogs, and an occasional sasquatch........
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I gave it a try in a lower lying area that commonly gets washed out. Both the buckwheat and jap millet are doing well. Kinda overpopulated though .Has anyone tried a buckwheat and millet mix as a dove attractant? I’ve got some left over japanese millet, will put the buckwheat in a week from now. It’ll be my first attempt.
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Time for some predator control?Here is an update of ours. View attachment 19322
Time for some predator control?
I love a story with a happy ending.9 were caught during last years trapping season, and a bunch more just moved in after that.
Nice pictures. Is that an old grain elevator in the background?I gave it a try in a lower lying area that commonly gets washed out. Both the buckwheat and jap millet are doing well. Kinda overpopulated though .
This is one of several plots in a small area I’m using to try and attract doves for a shoot. Total is maybe over an acre. The wheat is almost ready to manipulate.
Another area of Japanese millet. The stuff grows very quickly. A little buckwheat sprinkled in on top.
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I love a story with a happy ending.
That has got to make a huge difference for your wildlife populations.
No poults? Are there a lot of coons and possums around? And fisher cats...I would like to think so but who knows. We aren’t seeing any turkey poults. I am seeing more rabbits but we are also hinge cutting for them, letting old hay fields grow in, planting spruce and shrubs, and had our property logged with the tree tops being left in tact. Whether it helps or not it’s a nice relationship to have and let a guy use our property to do something he loves. While maybe saving a deer/turkey/rabbit along the way.
No fisher cats but yes lots of raccoons and opossums. The trapper only caught 2 last year but he doesn’t target them. I found a guy with a coonhound but we never were able to meet up.No poults? Are there a lot of coons and possums around? And fisher cats...