Food Plot Basics

[retrieverman]

With the way the forecast looks, I may not be planting in OK again this year.

 

[Okie4570]

With the way the forecast looks, I may not be planting in OK again this year.

Low chances on two days next week it looks like.

 

[retrieverman]

Low chances on two days next week it looks like.

I saw that. The weather app I use actually showed some accumulation for next Wednesday or Thursday, but they took that out. I had been thinking about coming up and planting anyway, but my luck if I do plant, it won’t rain for a month or will flood and stay underwater for 7 days like it did a few years ago.

 

[undeg01]

I saw that. The weather app I use actually showed some accumulation for next Wednesday or Thursday, but they took that out. I had been thinking about coming up and planting anyway, but my luck if I do plant, it won’t rain for a month or will flood stay underwater for 7 days like it did a few years ago.

Sounds like typical farming to me. Better odds shooting craps in Vegas.

 

[dennishoddy]

I have commitments coming up so it’s plant now or forget it.
Already mowed last week, found some winter wheat and headed out today.
Tilled, put on the broadcast spreader to put 5 bushels on an acre and a quarter. Yeah it’s heavy, but with it so dry, birds, etc will be picking the seed from the ground until we get rain. Zero ground moisture.
OSU has done studies saying broadcasting wheat requires 2X the amount of seed vs drilling in to get an equal crop.
It was a little dusty when tilling to say the least but it’s in the ground waiting on moisture.
2 plots completed today.

 

[Okie4570]

I saw that. The weather app I use actually showed some accumulation for next Wednesday or Thursday, but they took that out. I had been thinking about coming up and planting anyway, but my luck if I do plant, it won’t rain for a month or will flood and stay underwater for 7 days like it did a few years ago.

The removed out rain chances it looks like for next week.

 

[dennishoddy]

The removed out rain chances it looks like for next week.

That sucks. Just looked at the 14 day. Nada.

 

[retrieverman]

The removed out rain chances it looks like for next week.

Yeah, I saw that. I’m more than likely coming up next week anyway to make a few final preparations for opening weekend and top off all the feeders, and I may revisit planting when I come back to hunt.

 

[Okie4570]

It's trying to rain up here this morning

 

[retrieverman]

It's trying to rain up here this morning

Burlington got a little rain yesterday, but it evidently didn’t make it far enough south to hit my place.

Edit to add. It must’ve just moved in, because my cameras are showing light rain now. It wasn’t 15 minutes ago.