Apply 60 to 70 lb nitrogen acre in december to ryegrass clover mixtures.
Best clover for deer in the south.
It s rated very high compared to other deer forages and is one of the best yielding clovers available.
Pre mixed blends include rackmaster perennial mixture and elite.
Woods recommends 100 pounds of wheat two pounds of forage brassicas and four or five pounds of clover per acre for most applications.
Perennials such as crimson clover and ladino clover are often planted by broadcasting on top of other planted seed.
Crimson clover does not tolerate cold.
Planting annual ryegrass with the clover provides earlier grazing and reduces clover bloat potential.
Crimson clover crimson clover is a another cool season annual in southern states that is relatively easy to grow and is more tolerant of poor soils than other clovers.
In northern states it is best planted in spring as a warm season annual.
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A great example is wheat and ladino white clover.
Lablab is a drought resistant warm weather legume that can withstand heavy browsing for areas with high deer density.
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Again mix red clover with wheat 50 lbs acre or oats 50 lbs acre or rye 50 lbs acre and white clover five lbs acre.
In the deep south cherokee and redland graze have the best chance to produce and persist.
Red clover is a short lived perennial clover.
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It s the best way to ensure a healthy food plot that will attract deer even better than plain wheat is a blend of wheat and brassicas with some clover seed added to the mix.
This is an annual clover and is highly preferred by deer.
While clover fixes nitrogen and provides a lush green carpet of nearly indestructible forage wheat nurses it allowing it to grow without being browsed to heavily during early stages.
Clover feast in a southern food plot another clover for deer food plots is mihi persian.
It is tolerant to water logged soils and creates a palatable forage from winter into early summer.
However in the deep south red clover performs more like an annual.
In areas where it is well adapted it is the best yielding clover species.
White clover is one of the most widely grown forage legume crops in the world.
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Crimson clover and regal ladino clover make good spring and fall browse.
Grazing can begin when pasture is 4 to 6 inches tall.