Why YOU SHOULD Consider Alfalfa Food Plots!!

Alfalfa can provide forage for deer for around 9 months out of the year mid latitude and south. Adding in things like wheat, oats, brassicas, radishes and turnips will extend the attractiveness and forage availability of your plot into the fall and winter months!
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[@aarongoeppner413]

Just planted a 1/2 acre of RR alfalfa 3-30-23. And the deer are hammering it!!!!

[@Whitetail_Properties]

Yessir!

[@kurtcaramanidis5705]

Totally agree. I've had alfalfa since I bought Freedom Acres 3 yrs ago and I will always have alfalfa. Great for antler development too.

[@Whitetail_Properties]

It’s a great addition!!

[@jarrodlambert3914]

Nice

[@rickyticky3350]

My mom would make in a juice. Add sugar and its the best

[@travissmith-wz5nc]

In north. Mid Ohio north I would have to go with red clover chicory and alfalfa as a mix. It gets hit hard by frost

[@Whitetail_Properties]

Yessir just depends on your location!

[@midwesternoutdoorsandnatur8272]

Had 15 acres alfalfa 10 years ago on the farm. It’s a nice addition, but late season there’s no draw for deer. The turkey love it too. I wouldn’t have it as my go to, and be my only plot though.

[@Whitetail_Properties]

Grains certainly have there in place. Alfalfa can be a good option though!

[@scottzimmerman505]

Thanks for the information. If you were to broadcast brassicas or radishes over a standing alfalfa field would you run a cultipacker over it after or is that step not required?

[@Whitetail_Properties]

We would plan the broadcasting before a rain and allow the rain the give the seed the soil contact it needs.

[@davidsoloninka7742]

When is the best time of uear to plant alphalpha?… shld i mix another seed ie winter rye with it during the initial planting? Thx Ds

[@Whitetail_Properties]

July/August in most regions. Yes you certainly can add another seed in there to help get it started!

[@ryanstever6906]

I have a property that I purchased and it has a 2 acre field that was being rented out by the previous owner and is planted in alfalfa. It is coming back about waist high now as it's no longer being cut. I want a plot primarily for hunting. Would you suggest to terminate part of it and do brassicas, or could I get away with over seeding and then brush hogging. I should add that I currently don't have access to the field with big equipment, but am having a logging road cut in soon.

[@Whitetail_Properties]

We would suggest keeping it managed and going from there. If you can mow it and over-seed it that would be a good option.

[@campt91]

Crownvetch and cicer milkvetch are better farther north after first frost in the fall and are much easier to maintain after establishment than alfalfa.

[@Whitetail_Properties]

Yup! Just depends on your location.

[@kevintrent1757]

What can you spray for weeds in alfalfa and clover?

[@Whitetail_Properties]

Anything that is not a broad leaf selective herbicide.

[@jacobmeekhof8614]

I hunted alfalfa fields. After the first hard frost the deer don't touch it. No food, no reason for the deer to come. Great in the summer, bad during hunting season.

[@nickfisk1506]

Not my experience. I've had the deer hammer it late season, under the snow, especially if it had a decent amount of growth after the farmers last cutting

[@Whitetail_Properties]

All depends on locations. Adding some annuals later in the growing season can help!

[@richstafford1245]

Also it’s just not practical for the average food plotter because of the maintenance ie regular cutting and bailing. In a perfect world yes but there are many other things that make more sense for the average guy…

[@guyrosenbarker5113]

If you have the money to keep them kept up then great but most people can’t afford to maintain them!

[@Whitetail_Properties]

The overall input/maintenance cost certainly should be cheaper than planting corn or beans every year…

[@guyrosenbarker5113]

@@Whitetail_Properties but not as cheap as clover or chicory with just as much nutritional value

[@Whitetail_Properties]

@@guyrosenbarker5113 We love clover and chicory!

[@whitetailsup760]

It really isn’t no different than maintaining clover

[@johnhannonHanno]

What is another name for 'Alfalfa'?

[@Whitetail_Properties]

Deer food?

[@johnhannonHanno]

@@Whitetail_Properties Deer is a feral pest in Australia.

[@Whitetail_Properties]

@@johnhannonHanno That's unfortunate. They are a prized game animals here in the states.

[@lifeinthemountainkingdom]

Lucerne

[@heavydhit56]

I planted this two years in a row and not one expensive seed germinated. Never again!

[@Whitetail_Properties]

What were the planting conditions and were the soil amended?

[@heavydhit56]

@@Whitetail_Properties north East TN. Soil PH was 6.0. Seed was lightly buried with a drag. Previous grass and weeds terminated with glyphosate

[@Whitetail_Properties]

@@heavydhit56 Interesting. Did you wait the minimum recommended time of 14 days after spraying the glyphosate before planting?

[@heavydhit56]

@@Whitetail_Properties no i was unaware of that. We have to spray and plant the same day due to the distance to our property. I figured we were good due to it being a post emergent. Expensive lesson learned.