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<blockquote data-quote="Deer Slayer" data-source="post: 1314807" data-attributes="member: 8855"><p>Well it has not rained yet has it??? The fields and plots are planted and every one is full of hope but nothing has happened. I do not wish to be a stick in the mud but does everyone remember my earlier post about planting their plots near the first of October rather than mid August to early September? This is the reason why. I surmise that those people that could not wait to get their seed in the ground are now sweating bullets over their food plots. They planted and then got a wee bit of rain and the seed sprouted but now it is so dry that the seedlings are stressed or have died. Granted it has not rained and seed planted now has not germinated but the probability of cooler weather and rain is higher. The rains will come and the photoperiod which is shorter now spells cooler weather and lower ground temps. The probability of more surface moisture for a longer period of time is higher now and will allow for better germination and a higher chance that the plants will become established. This is why you plant this late. I used to plant in early September too, but I learned the hard way and lost alot of seedlings.<img src="/images/smilies/faint.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":faint:" title="Faint :faint:" data-shortname=":faint:" /></p><p>I still have fields to plant or finish planting and I hope to get them done after next weekend. I am being held up by work projects that demand my time and a funeral on Monday. There is not enough time in each day.</p><p> I hope that I have helped many of you by sharing my 23 years of experience in developing food plots. Experience is gained from bad experiences. So shorten your learning curve and make the right decisions by following in the foot steps of someone who has gone before you and had many failures.</p><p> Next post will discuss spring planting for warm season success.<img src="/images/smilies/new/Thumbup3.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumbup3:" title="Thumbup3 :thumbup3:" data-shortname=":thumbup3:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deer Slayer, post: 1314807, member: 8855"] Well it has not rained yet has it??? The fields and plots are planted and every one is full of hope but nothing has happened. I do not wish to be a stick in the mud but does everyone remember my earlier post about planting their plots near the first of October rather than mid August to early September? This is the reason why. I surmise that those people that could not wait to get their seed in the ground are now sweating bullets over their food plots. They planted and then got a wee bit of rain and the seed sprouted but now it is so dry that the seedlings are stressed or have died. Granted it has not rained and seed planted now has not germinated but the probability of cooler weather and rain is higher. The rains will come and the photoperiod which is shorter now spells cooler weather and lower ground temps. The probability of more surface moisture for a longer period of time is higher now and will allow for better germination and a higher chance that the plants will become established. This is why you plant this late. I used to plant in early September too, but I learned the hard way and lost alot of seedlings.:faint: I still have fields to plant or finish planting and I hope to get them done after next weekend. I am being held up by work projects that demand my time and a funeral on Monday. There is not enough time in each day. I hope that I have helped many of you by sharing my 23 years of experience in developing food plots. Experience is gained from bad experiences. So shorten your learning curve and make the right decisions by following in the foot steps of someone who has gone before you and had many failures. Next post will discuss spring planting for warm season success.:thumbup3: [/QUOTE]
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