Food Plot Crops that Mature before Cold Weather
Filed under: Ask Grant, Food Plots
Grant, Is there anything I can plant right now that will mature enough to be worthy of a late season food plot? I appreciate any information you may have for me. Thanks in advance and God Bless! Brian
Brian,
Most cool season crops should be planted at least 45 days before the first expected frost. If the growing conditions are good, some crops will produce substantial amounts of forage in 30 days, and some crops will continue growing after the first frost if conditions remain favorable for forage production.
Wheat is a relatively inexpensive forage crop that usually continues producing forage until the temperatures remain too cold for forage production. Deer readily consume wheat if it is fertilized appropriately.
I sometimes mix brassicas with wheat, especially in areas north of the Mason Dixon line. Brassicas tend to grow fast and are extremely cold hardy.
Growing Deer together,
Grant
