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    Default Hurricane Rain For Food Plots

    We got our fall plots in over the weekend and started to pray for rain. The ground was dry as a popcorn fart in Barnwell but the fertilizer was blooming and inoculated seeds still on the surface had cool little halos from the dew Sunday morning.
    The big question now is will the rain come down slow and steady or fall in buckets. Fingers crossed that we’ll have 9 acres of happy sprouts when I get there Sunday.

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    I planted before the storm a couple weeks ago and they've come up great. Went ahead and top sewed some more today in some spots I missed the first go round. Deer are hammering them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coastal Woodie View Post
    I planted before the storm a couple weeks ago and they've come up great. Went ahead and top sewed some more today in some spots I missed the first go round. Deer are hammering them.
    Same here but Ned’s rain bad. Spread fertilizer today and would love to get and of rain on them now
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    Seed has been under the barn and fertilizer down since before the last storm that brought no rain.
    Hopefully we get it but I'm concerned it will be enough to germinate with no follow up precip.
    Then.... They trample it to death.....
    Damn it's dry
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    When it's dry, 3-4 inches of rain soaks in quickly.

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    Planted on the 11th and got about half inch of rain on them. They were up about two inched last weekend. Hoping for a slow rain not a monsoon but they need rain.
    Last edited by centurian; Yesterday at 09:12 PM.

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    Getting it here now and it's the first measurable precip. since Debbie dumped 12"
    \"I never saw a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A small bird will drop dead frozen from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.\" <br />D.H. LAWRENCE

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    My clover and greens are doing perfect... put them in about three weeks ago... broadcast a ton of wheat yesterday afternoon on all my spots. the projected rain for us (2-5") will be perfect. glad I am not getting what GSP is calling for.
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    I will add that the deer have destroyed my Austrian peas that I mixed in
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    No tilled in our stuff about 2 weeks ago. Still had decent moisture about an inch down. Good duff layer to prevent run off. Everything was already coming up. This will definitely help.

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    we got ours in the ground about a week ago.. if it moves east a tad we might have worse flooding, if it doesn't we'll just be wetter then hell. weather is going to weather.. those silly deers have enough to eat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Highstrung View Post
    those silly deers have enough to eat.
    right? they are deer. another one behind the next tree.

    throw em some corn or whatever or use a spot light like normal people
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    Quote Originally Posted by GBelly View Post
    right? they are deer. another one behind the next tree.

    throw em some corn or whatever or use a spot light like normal people
    The ole one eyed dog LOL

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    Dry as a bone here in Newberry Co. Plots will be fine even with 5 inches. I hope we get it.
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    you aint ever seen 5" in your life
    Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.

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    i giggle at all this food plot talk when there's a ton of cob corn in the corner.
    Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2thDoc View Post
    i giggle at all this food plot talk when there's a ton of cob corn in the corner.
    But according to the feather guy it will probably get moldy with all this rain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2thDoc View Post
    you aint ever seen 5" in your life
    YOur right six inches is more like it
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    Quote Originally Posted by Huntinjunkie View Post
    But according to the feather guy it will probably get moldy with all this rain.
    Get your shit straight. According to everybody else I have no clue why corn molds.

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