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    Default Food Plots

    Am I the only dip$hit that didn't get his food plots in ahead of this storm? Long range forecast shows no rain for as long as they are forecasting after this storm moves on. Same set up as last year where it didn't rain from 9/15 until 11/1.

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    Just hope for bird pee.

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    Get some of that fancy corn seed still on the ear and top sow it 60 yrds from stand. No precipitation required.
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    I'm just about ready to give up on food plots. I can't keep the bastards out of it long enough to get established. Everything I got looks like the bread aisle of your local grocery store with a hurricane in the forecast.
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    Got the remainder of mine in Saturday
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    Dont need rain if you still have moisture in the soil. This big rain would wash most of my seed away in the hilly rocky clay i have to work with. Dont sweat it you have plenty of time!

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    We saw Mathew coming last year and put all our stuff in the ground. It got good rain, grew about 3" tall and then the drought hit. It stayed 3" tall for the entire season. We held off this year, will wait for some more consistent rain.
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    Well damn. Is it going to rain before thanksgihing? Forecast for the next 15 days shows nothing but sunny bluebird days. May just skip on planting this year. Any others in the same boat and giving up or we will you plant in mid to late October if you have to wait that long for some rain? My dumb ass also already bought all my seed. Will the seed keep til next year? Never kept seed that long. Always just bought it and put it in the ground a few days later.

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    We planted last Saturday. Where I planted, with the exception of a few places, there was still a ton of moisture in the ground. I feel like I will be just fine.

    Yes you can keep seed for a year but it needs to be kept in a cool dry place.
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    Quote Originally Posted by banded_mallard View Post
    We planted last Saturday. Where I planted, with the exception of a few places, there was still a ton of mojo stirs in the ground. I feel like I will be just fine.

    Yes you can keep seed for a year but it needs to be kept in a cool dry place.
    Moisture?

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    It sucks


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    Quote Originally Posted by gamecock1974 View Post
    Well damn. Is it going to rain before thanksgihing? Forecast for the next 15 days shows nothing but sunny bluebird days. May just skip on planting this year. Any others in the same boat and giving up or we will you plant in mid to late October if you have to wait that long for some rain? My dumb ass also already bought all my seed. Will the seed keep til next year? Never kept seed that long. Always just bought it and put it in the ground a few days later.
    i have about 30 bags of oats i'm sitting on until it rains. the fields have all been sprayed and bushhogged already, just waiting on some moisture in the ground. ive planted in october before and it did alright, will wait again this year if i have to.
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    so now we complain because it MIGHT NOT rain?

    Geez. Make dirt. Put seed down in it. Get harv to do his dance thing. Wait.

    You're feeding a damn goat. Not your family.

    Yall should start a club called "Overthinkers Anonymous".

    and i dont care if there is "moisture in the soil" unless you just want it to germinate and sit there. I'll plant IN the rain if I had to....
    Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.

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    I planted earlier this year. Planted August 19th and everything has grown pretty well. I do also have a way to get water to the plot if need be but seems to be holding on very well. Going to throw out some clover in it to fill in a few of the small gaps and fertilize it next weekend if all works out the way it should.
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    2th is grumpy this morning
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    Got mine in 2 days before Irma. Looks like some shit off tv. Deer are hammering then
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    Quote Originally Posted by TheVisorGuy View Post
    Got mine in 2 days before Irma. Looks like some shit off tv. Deer are hammering then
    I did too but it hasn’t rained since


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    Funny this came up.

    Our summer plots are still looking good. We planted alyce clover and aeschynomene. Bush hogging a couple new spots this past week getting ready for fall plots. The thought off spraying those plots sucks. Especially with getting them in late. Planted last year this week actually.

    Time line now is looking to be week of October 9- 14.

    I'm not worried about the rain as soil has moisture. Im worried about another shitty winter.
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    Moved tractor with new drill to northern Screven County next to Wade Plantation. Got a day of planting Saturday. Just by looking at tracks in the sand, theirs some heavy on the feet deer up here. May be looking for volunteers to shoot doves once 500 acres of peanuts are picked.

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    Yep i need that for about a day.

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