Winter wheat. Easy to grow and deer love it. Mix in some Oats and they will like it even more.
Best annual grass to plant for deer
Have used orchid grass which they love if you keep it somewhat short and tender. Any ideas for something that also takes cold temps some?
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I like wheat, oats, and rye grass.
Grain rye I hope. Rye grass is not good for food plots.I like wheat, oats, and rye grass.
We plant a lot of winter rye (cereal). Cold hardy and even germinates down in the 30's.
It's not a perennial but if mowed after seed has set under the right conditions the next year you can get some regrowth.
Anymore clover and the rye is all we do.
It's not a perennial but if mowed after seed has set under the right conditions the next year you can get some regrowth.
Anymore clover and the rye is all we do.
I just put out the throw-and-grow rye to compliment the bare spots in my plots. It doesn't keep the deer out whichever type I am planting and it doesn't seem to hunt the deer either. Theyre feeding HEAVY on the greens now....hardly hitting the corn at all except during the nighttime hours.Grain rye I hope. Rye grass is not good for food plots.
That should be grain rye. People plant rye grass in yards and it will overtake a food plot like fescue will.
How about a perennial grass? We have good luck with orchid grass if we keep it short-like 8 inches,than it is nice and tender.
Tried a little Rye before-but not sure if had rye grass or grain rye?
We had a lot of clover last year,but pretty much gone by late crossbow season and the rut,turnips the same thing-ate us out early.
Tried a little Rye before-but not sure if had rye grass or grain rye?
We had a lot of clover last year,but pretty much gone by late crossbow season and the rut,turnips the same thing-ate us out early.
If it grew and looked like grass it was rye grass. If it grew a bushy head like wheat or oats it was grain rye.How about a perennial grass? We have good luck with orchid grass if we keep it short-like 8 inches,than it is nice and tender.
Tried a little Rye before-but not sure if had rye grass or grain rye?
We had a lot of clover last year,but pretty much gone by late crossbow season and the rut,turnips the same thing-ate us out early.
As for eating you out of food early the answer is plant a bigger food plot or several of them.
x2.........works well..........We plant a lot of winter rye (cereal). Cold hardy and even germinates down in the 30's.
It's not a perennial but if mowed after seed has set under the right conditions the next year you can get some regrowth.
Anymore clover and the rye is all we do.
Once my summer plot of Cow Peas are done, Winter Wheat will be my food plot this Fall.
That is the easiest planting crop you can find. Just over seed the plot and it will grow!Once my summer plot of Cow Peas are done, Winter Wheat will be my food plot this Fall.
Yes, I planted a small plot with it last September and the deer loved it.That is the easiest planting crop you can find. Just over seed the plot and it will grow!
It’s loaded with wheat grain now. When should I cut it or spray it with Gly. I won’t be planted that small food plot until Fall.
I would hit it with the spray a couple of weeks before over seeding. I usually redo mine a week or two before bow season opens.
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