Winter rye

I own a couple acre field, and was looking into planting a food plot for fall, Its sandy soil and hasn’t been planted for years. Doing a little research, It looks like winter rye does the best for sandy soil, and can be planted around labor day. Has anyone ever messed around with the winter rye, if so should I mix something in with it? Should I round up the field before I till it? I am also open for other suggestions or options instead of winter rye. Thanks!

mow it, fertilize it, till it and plant the winter rye

I will be planting my last 3 plots the week after labor day. I mix in Austrian winter peas.

My winter wheat that I planted a week ago has blown up! All I did was hand broadcast it into a corn field! I would do as Bob suggest and I think you will be happy with it since its virgin soil.

So far I have planted red clover and winter wheat right in with the corn with great results. This will be a staple of mine around stands in the future!

You can trust Bob’s advice Mike – he plants all my winter wheat for me as well.

Sounds good! thanks guys! Im hoping to plant it this weekend!

Like mentioned before, Mow, Till, Fert/Plant.
I wish I had pictures of this, but I planted my plots 3 weeks ago. I had a 3/4 acre clover plot that was doing really, really well and was getting pounded. The field is much longer than it is wide, so I disked 6-10 foot sections the long way, and left strips of clover in the other sections, while planting sugar beets, winter wheat, rape, turnip, and forage oats in the disked sections. I literally have not gone out to visit since I planted, but I am expecting results because its been done this way for some time between dad and I. It works great because you leave food, while better fall/winter forage is growing. This is a great way to keep them in your area throughout transition times. Best of luck!!