Planting Clover & Alfalfa Food Plot

[@robbobcat7286]

really like seeing the updates. Thanks

[@wisconsinwhitetail9744]

Yeah no problem

[@stevegermain1222]

And your 1-month updated looks very good

[@guardianminifarm8005]

Excellent. Happy hunting

[@wisconsinwhitetail9744]

👍

[@brandoncarlson4188]

Nice job. Looking good.

[@wisconsinwhitetail9744]

Brandon Carlson thanks

[@josephbennett4442]

I would trim the limbs up on sides of plot so it gets more sunlight and less shade it would of prolly done best if u planted on one side all the way to middle and drove on edge instead of through middle due to middle getting more light , either way looked great !

[@wisconsinwhitetail9744]

This video was from at least 3-5 years ago and the clover is starting to get patchy but some is still there. I wanted to leave the middle grass because this time of year clover fields are just walking up and are really muddy, grass you can drive on still.

[@dapoutdoors4912]

But this will only last till about mid October to November correct?

[@wisconsinwhitetail9744]

The alfalfa and clover only lasts as a green attraction until around mid to late November. Until we start getting some seriously cold nights to frost out the clover and alfalfa. Like 15-20 and below.

[@dannygonzalez6043]

For this plot do you do a soil test or fertilizer or lime?

[@wisconsinwhitetail9744]

No, we did not do a soil test and we didn’t lime or spread fertilizer. I’m sure our soil isn’t a perfect 7.0 ph but it grew well. The only areas we have limed are the loamy dark soil food plots, because loamy peat soil is only like a 5.0 ph but it has a ton of organic matter so no fertilizer is needed.

[@scottd3532]

When did u start seeding june or july?

[@wisconsinwhitetail9744]

Scott Dempsey you can plant clover pretty much any time of the year. Frost seeding in February or March. Spring planting in April and May. Or plant any of the 3 summer months. This plot was planted last June. And is looking great.

[@dapoutdoors4912]

Would it be possible to frost seed oats in that plot next year

[@wisconsinwhitetail9744]

Seeding oats in the spring has no benefit.

[@dapoutdoors4912]

@@wisconsinwhitetail9744 or could I seed them on the fall? So I have something that will last the winter

[@jerrywhatsworth3589]

video is good but made me dizzy!!

[@wisconsinwhitetail9744]

Yeah sorry about that. This video was from a few years ago now. Some of my more recent videos arnt as dizzy.

[@riverside321]

No till

[@wisconsinwhitetail9744]

This is obviously not no till. This video is from a few years back, since then we have done a lot of no till plantings of clover and brassicas

[@giveregard2truth502]

I can’t believe you till... you should research no till and maybe stop trying to teach your methods - for now

[@wisconsinwhitetail9744]

This is an old video... we no tilled a bunch of areas of clover and Brassicas this summer. Go check out some of my food plot videos from this summer.

[@giveregard2truth502]

I apologize- it was late and I’m frustrated... trying to grow grass from dust and rocks on a hill in middle Texas...