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    When do you plant your winter food plots? I threw out a 100 lbs of oats and wheat before this rain on a new plot. What is the disadvantage of planting oats and wheat earlier than mid September?

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    Army worms

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    Quote Originally Posted by usrgce View Post
    Army worms
    Yup, I try to get them planted the second week of September and you still risk worms getting in them then.

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    Good info, thanks

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    Army worms and also one good thunderstorm will sprout it , and in late august/early september ,the chances of hot,dry days and weeks are pretty high and can burn new growth up real quick .
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    Quote Originally Posted by bbhntr48 View Post
    When do you plant your winter food plots? I threw out a 100 lbs of oats and wheat before this rain on a new plot. What is the disadvantage of planting oats and wheat earlier than mid September?
    Dry weather.

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    I needed to plant something in a newly cleared timber stand. Oats and wheat are cheap. We will see how it turns out.

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    The biggest problem is lack of rain, then Army worms, and lastly weed competition. Whenever you turn soil, new weed seeds are exposed. The best thing about fall food plots is that you have a lot less problems with weeds due to the below freezing temperatures.

    In the end, despite the risk, we are all busy. You got it done and that is what counts. I would rather have an early planted food plot and none at all. It might work out just great!
    When I do those I usually throw in some leftover soybeans, sunflowers, garden seed....anything the deer hit hard when it is young. The deer will decimate those summer foods the first month of deer season that act like sort of a cover crop. The fall things will push through after the first freeze.

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    Fungus thrives on early planted cereal grains. Aphids quickly spread the fungus. Stunting and yellowing of leaves occur. Deer will not eat it as much and some will avoid it.

    October 1st is a better choice as a planting date.

    Also this......

    "Increased risk of*wheat streak mosaic*and related diseases. Wheat curl mites survive over the summer on living plant tissue of volunteer wheat and certain other grasses. As soon as those host plants die off, the wheat curl mites leave and start searching for a new source of living plant tissue. Wheat that is planted early is likely to become infested, and thus become infected with wheat streak mosaic, high plains virus, and Triticum mosaic virus. The wheat curl mites can normally move only about a half mile or more through the air before dying, so if wheat is planted early, make sure all volunteer wheat within a half-mile is completely dead at least two weeks before planting."
    Last edited by Catdaddy; 08-19-2022 at 08:01 AM.

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    Winter rye last week of September
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    Do not hunt doves over it. Illegal
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    Session fly infestation
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    Do oats germinate okay when broadcasted? rate per acre?

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    Quote Originally Posted by YoungBuckTX View Post
    Do oats germinate okay when broadcasted? rate per acre?
    Yes...and 65-100 lbs per acre.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Duck Tape View Post
    Do not hunt doves over it. Illegal
    Only if get caught or aren't politically connected though.

    Plant when you can. I'm gettin' all my stuff in the ground this weekend because the next 3 weeks has no time for it and I ain't working on a dang thing come Sept 15th. That's play time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Catdaddy View Post
    Yes...and 65-100 lbs per acre.

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    I broadcast or overseed oats and wheat before a rain every year. Works great. I am hunting a timber lease and am not worried about a pretty food plot, just an effective one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by YoungBuckTX View Post
    Do oats germinate okay when broadcasted? rate per acre?
    The thicker you plant em the better they do

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    I got 200 lbs of oats and a half a barrel of rye just waiting till after labor day. I'm with Glenn September 14th I park the tractor.

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    We planted the first weekend of bow season and waited to October to hunt. We held enough acreage to control the pressure. Hunting and food plots improved after that change.

    I will do the same on my places this year my neighbor couldn’t wait and planted white clover last weekend. I am curious how it will turn out.

    I still prefer hinge cuts and just tilling the soil and fertilizing. Not as pretty to hunt but just as effective, imo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glenn View Post
    Only if get caught or aren't politically connected though.

    Plant when you can. I'm gettin' all my stuff in the ground this weekend because the next 3 weeks has no time for it and I ain't working on a dang thing come Sept 15th. That's play time.
    This here. I'm planting next weekend. Would love to wait 2 or 3 weeks but the schedule doesn't allow.
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