Getting to be that time to start thinking what to plant in the plots for this year. Let's hear what every one is planting. What worked for you last year and what didn't work. I will start.

Spring planting 3 acres Roundup Ready Soybeans
Late Summer/End of July 1 3/4 acres Brassica Mix [Shot Plot]
Fall/ Labor Day 3/4 acre of my own mix of Rye, Winter Wheat, Oats and Austrian Winter Peas

I also have 1 1/2 acres that is planted in clover that I will be fertilizing and cutting several times this year. Also plan on planting some more Apple and Oak trees this spring. All of these plantings have worked very well for me.

standing corn this year WOOOHOOO!!!


Gun season this year is gunna rock!!!!

I will be planting 3 acres of rr ready soybeans and I am going to try some rr ready forage soybeans this year, about an acre of them. In the fall I will again broadcast wheat, rye, turnips, and rape into the standing beans, if there are any left. I also have 12 of the old fashioned apples I planted in 12" pots last year that will go in the ground this year.
I will be getting some sunflower seeds and milo for free from the conservation commission but don't know how much yet.

Well I was thinking about using that Monster mix from tecomate but that would be completely ridiculous of me to do. WAY to expensive. I'm going with ol' faithful red clover. Also I have enough for about 2- 20' rows of indian corn.

were can i get some of those rr soybeans ? i am interested in trying them here in florida

I have never been to Florida but in Missouri just about any feed store or farmers coop carries them. In fact, it is easier to find the rr varieties than the non-rr anymore. They can also tell you which variety performs best in your area.

planting buckwheat in the spring for one more year just to help the soil and probably some sort of mixture of clover, rye and oats in the fall..im sure ill change my mind by then though.

If you can't find them locally try this link. He has developed forage rr soybeans that work very well for deer plots.
http://www.eagleseed.com/

Have you tried those yet TT? I talked to him on the phone the other day and I am real interested in them. They will end up costing me about twice as much do to shipping costs but the deer browse mine so heavily it might be worth it if they hold up better. I also talked to a local feed store about becoming a dealer so maybe I can get them a little cheaper that way too. Just wondering what you thought about them.

Haven't tried them yet but thought I would try a 50lb bag of them. I am trying to get a seed supplier in my area to become dealer also so that the price would be closer to regular RR soybeans. Lots of guys on QDMA forum talk very highly about them.

A co-worker planted some of them last year. He loved them. We had a severe drought and they were still chest high. I am going to order some this year.

Going with the Big Fella RR soybeans myself.

Are these forage soybeans the vining type?
I planted Power Plant from the Whitetail Institute last summer and had good results. I plan on mixing my own this year. Just hard to find the specific variety of seeds. I will be protecting my plot this year with an electric fence to let it get up real good before letting the deer at it.

BB these are stand alone. They also sell the vining that has to be planted with something else.
Here is the link for them.
http://www.eagleseed.com/

looks like the Whitetail Thicket is what I'm looking for Tom. Can you buy direct from them. I don't see any dealers listed in Louisiana? Thanks!

From what I understand call the Number on website and if there isn't a dealer in your area they will ship direct.

DDW and I are getting some. I am going with the Big Fellow. DDW is getting the Whitetail thicket.

The Big Fellow is $42.99. The Whitetail Thicket is $49.99. Shipping varies. For us it was around $17. Also $2.50 for innoculant.

Thanks for saving me a phone call. I'm guessing that is for a 50# sack correct?

50lbs. is correct. They quoted me $43.50 and $15 shipping to Missouri, they are located in Jonesboro Arkansas

It looks impressive! I will plant some this summer. Thanks for the info. Looking forward to seeing how everyones plots do.

They sell out early. So don't wait too long.

Thanks EB! I'll get my order in!

Check out this post from the QDMA forum. This guy planted them late summer. Look how much they would have grown in a short amount of time, except the deer hammered them. Look at the caged off area which shows the real story.

http://www.qdmaforums.com/showthread.php?t...ght=eagle+seeds

Would you still be able to broadcast trunips/wheat in these forage beans in late summer or would the beans be too big?

I think it would depend on how early you got the beans planted and how early your 1st frost would be. If you can get the beans in the ground early that the beans would be maturing in late summer and the leaves on beans were turning yellow and falling off the turnips/wheat should work.

Imma just keep my ol Clover and Extreme rolling along :)


Good Luck fellas

I got my Eagle Seed RR beans in and I have already picked up my Fertilizer. I am on a holding pattern waiting on the end of frost season.

Come on May 1st.

I picked up my free seed from the Dep't. of Conservation last night. I got 50lbs milo, 5lbs sunflowers and about 5 lbs of RR corn. I was thinking of mixing the corn with beans but I am wondering how a corn/forage bean mix would work. Anybody heard of it?

I'm hoping to get a couple of Imperial No-Plow plots going through out the woods since we already have a 10 acre clover field in the front of the property. Will be my first try at planting so hopefully it turns out.