Beans for Clay Soil?
Filed under: Ask Grant, Food Plots
Good morning, I live in the Piedmont area of Georgia in Augusta. I have a small tract of land with good surrounding tracts around me. What type of beans can I grow in a soil that is mostly clay? What can I plant in the same soil in the fall that will help grow healthier deer? I have children that are starting to hunt with me now and my biggest goal this year is to help them take their first deer. Thank you, Eric
Eric,
Eagle Seed’s forage beans will grow in the Georgia clay soils. I have several friends that grow them throughout the Piedmont of Georgia and South Carolina. Make sure to collect a soil sample and have it tested at a soil lab so you will know how much lime and fertilizer to add to ensure the crop will grow and express its full potential! Healthy soybeans certainly help deer express their full potential and are a forage that deer find very palatable.
My girls have both harvested deer that were in plots planted with Eagle Seed beans. Deer consume the forage during the growing season and the grain the beans produce during the fall/winter. Good quality forage soybeans are truly a two season crop.
Growing Deer together,
Grant
