That's the problem with planting beans. They get nipped off and never grow back unless you have a huge plot that will keep them fed all season and need more rain than we get in NW Ok.
That's going to be a great food plot!
Do you use a grow cage to see how hard they are hitting it? I need to and never have.
I hadn’t thought of that, but I will. I think I’ve got some hog wire around here someplace.
And the clover plots I have been developing are looking really good this year.
No dust for a change and seed in the ground. Prob the only 71' bronco in the world pulling a grain drill today. Didn't have access to my trailer today to get the small tractor to the plot, so I improvised lol.
Good day all! I have another question that seems to get mixed answers as I know there are many variables that factor into the decision. Is Oklahoma generally too hot/dry in the summer months to maintain a PERENNIAL food plot? Our property is in Okfuskee county which has averaged 43" of annual rainfall over the last 20 years. Monthly amounts are approx.: 2", 2.1, 3.2, 4.3, 5.9, 5, 3.5, 3.4, 4.6, 3.8, 3 and 2.5". It seems that most plant ANNUAL plots instead so want to better understand why(other than more tractor time). 
The goal/reasoning for a perennial plot would be to reduce or eliminate mowing while our focus would be on just spraying Clethodim twice a year. The plot would contain ladino clover, medium red clover and chicory. I realize we'll have to rotate crops after a few years but that's down the road some.
One of the downsides I see to a perennial plot is the inability to add a nurse crop like wheat, oats, rye UNTIL we have the unwanted grasses under control(Johnson primarily) and some weeds since they're part of the grass family and will perish using Clethodim. If our plot of clovers and chicory are winning the fight over the grasses, I'd be fine planting a fall nurse crop knowing we'd likely need to mow in summer after it's died back.
The goal/reasoning for a perennial plot would be to reduce or eliminate mowing while our focus would be on just spraying Clethodim twice a year. The plot would contain ladino clover, medium red clover and chicory. I realize we'll have to rotate crops after a few years but that's down the road some.
One of the downsides I see to a perennial plot is the inability to add a nurse crop like wheat, oats, rye UNTIL we have the unwanted grasses under control(Johnson primarily) and some weeds since they're part of the grass family and will perish using Clethodim. If our plot of clovers and chicory are winning the fight over the grasses, I'd be fine planting a fall nurse crop knowing we'd likely need to mow in summer after it's died back.
I am in Creek Co and am doing my best to move to a higher % of perennial food plots. I will always have wheat or a wheat mix scattered in various locations around my place, as well as an occasional summer food plot like I did this year, but I really want to get to a 60/40 split, or maybe as high as 75/25 between clovers and wheat or wheat mix.Good day all! I have another question that seems to get mixed answers as I know there are many variables that factor into the decision. Is Oklahoma generally too hot/dry in the summer months to maintain a PERENNIAL food plot? Our property is in Okfuskee county which has averaged 43" of annual rainfall over the last 20 years. Monthly amounts are approx.: 2", 2.1, 3.2, 4.3, 5.9, 5, 3.5, 3.4, 4.6, 3.8, 3 and 2.5". It seems that most plant ANNUAL plots instead so want to better understand why(other than more tractor time).
The goal/reasoning for a perennial plot would be to reduce or eliminate mowing while our focus would be on just spraying Clethodim twice a year. The plot would contain ladino clover, medium red clover and chicory. I realize we'll have to rotate crops after a few years but that's down the road some.
One of the downsides I see to a perennial plot is the inability to add a nurse crop like wheat, oats, rye UNTIL we have the unwanted grasses under control(Johnson primarily) and some weeds since they're part of the grass family and will perish using Clethodim. If our plot of clovers and chicory are winning the fight over the grasses, I'd be fine planting a fall nurse crop knowing we'd likely need to mow in summer after it's died back.
Since I have been fairly successful in Creek Co, I would think you would do well also. As you mentioned, you still have to put in the work of spraying and mowing when necessary.
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