Summer 2026

LATE SEASON FOOD PLOT PLANTINGS Plant ALL in one plot in strips or blocks

with oats and berseem or crimson clover in mid spring at 60#'s oats and 12-15#'s berseem clover and/ or crimson and/or 50#'s of chickling vetch) Cereal Grain combo in 45% of plot... we use 50# each rye, oats and peas along with radish and clover seed all planted in half of each feeding area Winter rye 50-80#'s per acre (56#'s = a bushel) Spring oats 50-120#'s per acre (32#'s = a bushel) Frostmaster Winter Peas or 4010/6040 Forage peas 20-80#'s per acre

Red Clover 8-12#'s per acre or white clover at 6#'s per acre (or 20-40 pounds hairy vetch and 20-30#'s crimson clover on sandy soils) Groundhog Forage Radish 5#'s per acre Plant in late August to early September, if following well fertilized brassicas use 100 - 200#'s of urea, if starting a new plot add 400#'s of 6-28-28 but for best results soil test and add only what is necessary. Rotate the brassicas and rye combo each year. Reprinted from Iowa Whitetail Forum

Alice, Kopu II, Durana (or comparable) white clover 10% of plot, sow at 6#'s per acre with the rye combination in the fall or in the spring with oats and berseem clover. Correct Ph and P&K with soil tests

Brassicas in 45% of plot Purple Top Turnips 3# Dwarf Essex Rape 2#

Ground Hog Forage radish 5# Plant in mid to late July in most Midwest states, or 60-90 days before your first killing frost, Use 200#'s of 46-0-0 urea and 400#'s of 6-28-28 per acre. Follow the dead brassicas

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