I wonder if alfalfa would work in a throw and mow planting?

I haven't gotten any on camera yet. That field is funny. I planted soybeans on it one spring, and the deer left them alone for a bit, and then it was like they discovered them one day, and the next day, no more soybeans.

I have to go mow, plant and start spraying, hopefully the weather holds this weekend and I can do that. I have a few fields I want to plant in peas and sunn hemp. Alot of mine have good stands of clover, so mowing will help get that going.

Its pretty expensive to take a chance on if you ask me. I will say I have done a lot of throw and mow, and it works, but, depending on the type of forage, I get better results if I disk and plant, like with soybeans.

After last fall, I hate to even try to throw and mow winter wheat. Turkeys wear it out. The don't seem to be able to do that as much with cereal rye.

I think it would work, because the seed is small. Thinking of trying a small 1/4 plot as an experiment.

I bet it would do fine in fields where someone has already been building topsoil for a number of years

Week 6. A good rain would probably help it along!!

You have an exclusion cage on it?

It’s going to need some rain for sure but otherwise looks like it’s doing good to me! Landowner where I used to hunt in GA kept 10-15 acres around his entry and they did everything by the book. You hardly drove thru without a deer being in it. But he spent a lot of money keeping it going year after year.

Lockjaw - Have you put a protective cage down to gauge the browsing pressure the field is getting? If so, what does it show?

No cage yet. I just got all the fields mowed last weekend, but haven't seen alot of traffic anywhere yet. I will put one up, I just have to get to it.

The imox seems to be taking out the horse nettle too!! BONUS!!