How to Establish an Ironclay Cowpea and Sunflower Food Plot

This video discusses the planting and management considerations of an Ironclay Cowpea and Sunflower food plot.

[@ChilcoteForestryServices]

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[@buckhavenlandsolutions539]

Thank you

[@stevegermain1222]

Good video man

[@exvaxmama]

Thanks for the upload I trying to grow some peas and beans for the first time this year. It's hard to do organically tho. But I refuse to use any round up of any kind around my garden I thought glyphosate was bad/toxic to humans and food??

[@buckhavenlandsolutions539]

Glyphosate is bound very tightly by the soil meaning that after it is sprayed it is not absorbed later from the soil by the plants roots. If you spray weeds prior to tillage and planting your beans will not have any glyphosate in then.

[@flyawax1]

Thanks for the video. I’m going to be putting in a small 1/4 acre kill plot in the woods for bow season. It gets some sun but not the 8 hours recommend for sunflowers. Is there a shade friendly alternative?

[@buckhavenlandsolutions539]

What part of the country are you in, and how many hours of sun does it get? Most warm season plantings require a lot of sun. Depending on when your bow season starts, you may want to consider planting a cool season forage bow plot in that size plot as most summer forages for deer are highly selected and less browse resistant than their cool season counter parts such as cereal grains and clovers. I’d be afraid if you planted a quarter acre of beans in the spring it would be eaten to the dirt by September.

[@flyawax1]

@@buckhavenlandsolutions539 thanks for the reply. I’m in Upstate SC. The spot has probably 3-5 hours direct sunlight and several more hours of filtered sunlight. The opening is in the middle of a thick stand of oak.

[@bamafever92]

What kind of wheat and clover are you going to use for your fall food plot?

[@buckhavenlandsolutions539]

I will use an awnless variety of winter wheat, crimson clover, arrowleaf clover, and red clover. That mixture will produce throughout deer season into spring, then the arrowleaf and red clover will produce on into summer if rainfall is adequate. I plan on making another video for that mix as well. Thanks.

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