2020 Planning
This is just my thoughts or plans for the Niobrara hunting land. Comments are always welcome.
We should be adding 43.6 acres of pivot irrigated land to the hunting tract. It will be planted to corn for 2020. These are my current thoughts for 2020.
Food Plot Seed: I have four bags of food plot seed from Whitetail Institute. White Clover which needs heavy soil. Fusion which is a giant clover which also needs medium to heavy soil. Chic Magnet which needs moderately well drained soil. Winter Green which also needs well drained soil.
Rather than seeding this anywhere this spring I am going to wait until early August. Food plots have never done well because the lack of consistent moisture at the locations that I put them. What I am going be testing is inter-seeding something in the outer ring of the pivot. That way, assuming the pivot runs in August, the food plot seeds will be getting watered by the pivot.
Long Term: Starting with 2021 I will have full control of the 43.6 acres. What I have been thinking is to not rent the outer ring, that which is irrigated by the end gun. I would love to get that ring seeded to alfalfa. This would be about 10 acres. I believe the end guns could be set so that it can be shut off when the hay is baled. Most of the year the end gun would irrigate the outer ring. In the next ring I would like to find something that I could seed in early August. It would be irrigated and fertilized by the pivot system. As the corn is harvested it would take off growing. Whitetail Institute recommends Winter Greens, Beets and Greens, or Tall Tine Tubers. I don't know if there might be a better alternative. I will stop into The Seed House and see what they says. I have had some luck with beets from the Seed House. I will get some of that for testing.
See my chart. I will send by email. Server is rejecting this picture.
We should be adding 43.6 acres of pivot irrigated land to the hunting tract. It will be planted to corn for 2020. These are my current thoughts for 2020.
Food Plot Seed: I have four bags of food plot seed from Whitetail Institute. White Clover which needs heavy soil. Fusion which is a giant clover which also needs medium to heavy soil. Chic Magnet which needs moderately well drained soil. Winter Green which also needs well drained soil.
Rather than seeding this anywhere this spring I am going to wait until early August. Food plots have never done well because the lack of consistent moisture at the locations that I put them. What I am going be testing is inter-seeding something in the outer ring of the pivot. That way, assuming the pivot runs in August, the food plot seeds will be getting watered by the pivot.
Long Term: Starting with 2021 I will have full control of the 43.6 acres. What I have been thinking is to not rent the outer ring, that which is irrigated by the end gun. I would love to get that ring seeded to alfalfa. This would be about 10 acres. I believe the end guns could be set so that it can be shut off when the hay is baled. Most of the year the end gun would irrigate the outer ring. In the next ring I would like to find something that I could seed in early August. It would be irrigated and fertilized by the pivot system. As the corn is harvested it would take off growing. Whitetail Institute recommends Winter Greens, Beets and Greens, or Tall Tine Tubers. I don't know if there might be a better alternative. I will stop into The Seed House and see what they says. I have had some luck with beets from the Seed House. I will get some of that for testing.
See my chart. I will send by email. Server is rejecting this picture.
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