Can corn be planted in the same food plot over multiple years?
Filed under: Ask Grant, Food Plots
I know from watching your video that you don’t recommend it…but is it possible to grow corn on corn each year? Based on my property layout corn is the only crop that I can grow other than sorghum or Egyptian wheat that will provide food and screening from neighbors. The area I’m thinking of is also a powerline easement that lies in a valley. I was talking to local farmers and my local co-op and was told the only effect was a decreased yield.
Thanks.
Garry
Garry,
Food plot crop rotation is an excellent practice. However, it is possible to plant corn in the same location multiple years in a row. However, there is a much better chance of allowing the population of pests specific to that crop to increase significantly as their cycle is never broken by rotation crops. In addition, different crops usually remove different micronutrients from the soil. By growing the same crop at the same site year after year this will usually result in depletion of that micro nutrient.
Another consideration is if there is more corn being produced than the critters eat? If so, it’s likely that deer in the local herd are not expressing their full antler or fawn production potential.
Growing Deer together,
Grant
