2011 Food Plot Pictures

  • webstj
    Mazeppa, MN
    Posts: 535
    June 14, 2011 at 1:33 am #204511

    I am surprised to see no Food Plot pics up yet that are not just black soil. Lets see how they are coming along. I was fortunate to find one slightly dry weekend in mid May to get the beans going. My pics were not taken by a food plot enthusiast so they arent the best, but enough to give me an update of what i needed to see. If the logging trails are growing the rest must be doing better!

    Pic 1 – Ladino White,Alaike,Red Clover, Rye, Chicory.
    Pic 2 – Eagle Beans – Wildlife Manager Mix
    Pic 3 – Same as Pic 1 mixed with Winfred/Hunter Brassica, Ethipoian Cabbage, Dominion Swede.

    Also planting Turnips, Radishes, Brassica at end of July.


    todders
    Shoreview, MN
    Posts: 723
    June 14, 2011 at 3:26 am #106793

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    I was fortunate to find one slightly dry weekend in mid May to get the beans going.

    I was not as fortunate in may and it took till June to get seeds in the ground It looks like a great start to the growing season for you and some nice work you have done Those are some of the most promising plot pictures I have seen for 2011! Please keep us posted.

    Brad Juaire
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 6101
    June 14, 2011 at 11:17 pm #106810

    Looking good Justin! This wet spring has been a challenge and I’m hoping my fall food plots will make up some of the missing yield.

    flatlandfowler
    SC/SW MN
    Posts: 1081
    June 16, 2011 at 6:50 am #106831

    Looking good, real good. We weren’t fortunate enough to catch much of a dry spell here. Plots finally got finished up the beginning of June. Things are really popping around here so hopefully I will be able to get some ‘green’ pics up soon.

    P.S. Those logging trails look like they are begging for some day light bucks come september

    webstj
    Mazeppa, MN
    Posts: 535
    June 19, 2011 at 9:31 pm #106860

    We tried some interesting logging technigues 3-4 yrs ago and they have turned out very nice. Rather than leave large logging trails that get no growth, we had the logger clear cut as many canopy trees as possible (even though it was selectively logged) off the edges of the trails to let sunlight in and also create large turn-arounds (kill plots) at the ends of the trails. It has allowed us to not only get growth on the trails but as you can see the sun is penetrating the sides very well also and the undergrowth is phenominal deep into what is normally a largely canopied hardwood forest. We also had them leave all the tree tops in the woods for browse, cover, etc. Not to mention, this came at a profit for selling trees and a forester recently nominated my father-in-law for a Forestry Stewardship award and we had no idea that there even was such a thing.

    It is a great idea for those who have SE MN valleys with little Ag land to till up for food plots. We produced roughly 4 acres worth plots inside the tree line and thus produced another food plot addict.

    There will definitely be more pics to come, next time I get a chance to make it down.

    mpearson
    Chippewa Falls, WI
    Posts: 4338
    June 21, 2011 at 2:49 am #106887

    Looking good web!

    lick
    Posts: 6443
    August 2, 2011 at 2:15 am #107756

    Looking good Justin

    webstj
    Mazeppa, MN
    Posts: 535
    August 16, 2011 at 3:04 am #108642

    I should have wiped the lens on the cell phone but here are the Fall plots and more pics of our Beans. The beans have gone from knee high to waste high and back down to knee high again! We will see if they really can handle the browsing pressure…

    Antlerqueen also decided we were going to have a pumpkin and squash plot this year also..






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