What food plot crop should I plant in an area of sandy soil in lower Alabama?
Filed under: Food Plots
I have a question for you in regards to Spring / Summer food plots: What should I plant? Forage Soy Beans, Sunn Hemp or something else?
I have been planning on planting Eagle Seeds “Game Keeper” since it has the Whitetail Thicket variety in it and our food plot acreage is probably very low compared to deer density (I’m guessing). Our soil is VERY poor quality (sandy) and I’m afraid they may not stand a chance to the browse pressure since I don’t have an electric fence.
The Sunn Hemp seems to have some major advantages for soil building while providing good quality forage as well. Please let me know your thoughts.
I’ve attached a picture of a food plot on our lease – no this isn’t a beach!
Through GrowingDeer.tv I see that our “most limited resource” is not cover or water – it is without a doubt FOOD… And too many coyotes but that’s another story.
Thanks & God Bless y’all!
David,
Tracy (my wife) and I lived in South Carolina for years and I still work on many properties throughout the southeast. In fact Adam and I will be working with one of our clients east of Montgomery during April.
Soybeans will work fine in sandy soils if fertilized correctly and soil moisture conservation techniques (like I use here on the super gravelly soils) are used.
I’ve never planted Sunn Hemp. Some of my clients have and it will often produce a lot of biomass which is good for building soil. However, I’ve yet to hear from someone I knew personally that deer consumed Sunn Hemp. Deer are picky eaters and if there’s nothing but pines in your area they may readily use Sunn Hemp. I believe it would be great to plant to build soil and follow the next year with forage soybeans.
If you plant Sunn Hemp please keep me posted how it performs for you.
Enjoy creation,
grant
February 8, 2016
