Will it hurt clover to overseed it with a cool season blend?

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Grant,
I really enjoy your show and I have learned a lot.
I was wondering if it would hurt my clover food plot to plant a cool season blend on it once its not being used by deer.
God bless!

Jeremy

Jeremy,

Thanks for sharing the kind words!  

I like to overseed clover with a forage wheat.  Forage wheat varieties like Monster Wheat from Eagle Seed stays in the blade or palatable stage longer than commercial wheat.  

I don’t like using brassicas to overseed clover because they produce so many viable seeds they will often crowd out the clover stand the following year.  I don’t like rye because is bolts or produces a stem very early during the spring and becomes non palatable to deer.  

I’ve had great success with a forage wheat. It needs to be planted a well before the first frost. I have the best results planting it just before or during a rain if the seed is broadcast.  It won’t cause the clover much harm to use a drill to plant.  Using a drill usually results in better seed to soil contact and a higher germination rate.

Enjoy creation,

grant