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Re: Planting Milo
[Re: Bullwinkle]
#1725168
04/26/16 07:17 AM
04/26/16 07:17 AM
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Alabama
3FFarms
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What's your purpose for the milo? Cover? Food? Doves? Ducks? Deer? Turkey?
We've planted it and had good success with it. Just depends on what your goals are and what you are trying to accomplish.
It's easy to grow and makes a pretty field. I like it as a cover crop but wouldn't plant it just for nutrition to deer. Our deer browsed it but never really wore it out like I've heard happen in other areas...and our density is pretty high. I like it as a buffer around bigger fields or used in a duck hole. Not a big fan of it for doves as there is too much "stalk" and our ground was not very clean where we mowed it down. There are better alternatives for doves than milo. We don't have turkeys so can't speak for that. All in all, it's a good crop for diversity but not really the best at anything in my opinion.
Ya'll are just overthinking it now
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Re: Planting Milo
[Re: 3FFarms]
#1725191
04/26/16 07:47 AM
04/26/16 07:47 AM
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Posts: 61
North Alabama
Bullwinkle
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What's your purpose for the milo? Cover? Food? Doves? Ducks? Deer? Turkey?
We've planted it and had good success with it. Just depends on what your goals are and what you are trying to accomplish.
It's easy to grow and makes a pretty field. I like it as a cover crop but wouldn't plant it just for nutrition to deer. Our deer browsed it but never really wore it out like I've heard happen in other areas...and our density is pretty high. I like it as a buffer around bigger fields or used in a duck hole. Not a big fan of it for doves as there is too much "stalk" and our ground was not very clean where we mowed it down. There are better alternatives for doves than milo. We don't have turkeys so can't speak for that. All in all, it's a good crop for diversity but not really the best at anything in my opinion. Was gonna plant it for deer. We usually plant sunflowers for our dove and may plant a little bit for ducks. We are mainly ag, but just wanted a little bit of diversity for the deer this fall. We have foodplots big enough we can plant the outter edges in several rows of milo and leave the insides green. I have heard good things about it and also heard it wasn't touched.
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Re: Planting Milo
[Re: Bullwinkle]
#1725287
04/26/16 10:48 AM
04/26/16 10:48 AM
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SW Alabama
ALFisher
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It won't be used until the fall - right about the time you are ready to plant your fall food plots. If I were going to plant something for deer, I would go with peas, beans, or lablab.
That's my experience. I've planted it twice, kind of as a "helper" crop mainly to support peas, beans, etc. in a summer plot. The deer leave it alone all summer, allowing the other stuff to grown up in it, around it, etc. Then, when seeds turn reddish in the fall, they will eat it.
Your mileage may vary.
Last edited by ALFisher; 04/26/16 11:02 AM.
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Re: Planting Milo
[Re: Bullwinkle]
#1725464
04/26/16 03:25 PM
04/26/16 03:25 PM
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N. Bama
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Boo Boo Head
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Your wasting time with milo for deer. Or at least I did. They like it as its maturing but never touched it all winter.
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!!
My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty
I'm the paterfamilias
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