I am going to check our 24 green fields tomorrow, hopefully ahead of rain and put out some clover and throw and grow where needed. All are up, but most need a little more in spots. Lots of rain coming Tuesday afternoon and night in Coosa County

Just checked some today that were planted 10 days ago and they are sprouting in the shaded areas. Should be fine if we get some rain soon.

Worst ours have ever looked. We reseeded some 40 bags today.

Don’t know what or why, maybe just dry, but some looked like they had never been planted. And trust me, we put our PLENTY of seed before that 2” rain 10 days ago.

Hoping we hit it right and get this rain tomorrow and again this weekend.

Ours look the same. I think the turkeys cleaned is out.

3FFarms, how long before the rain 10 days ago did you plant?

I planted a field back in September. It’s had 4 or 5 rains on it. Was looking really good til yesterday. Looks like someone turned a huskyvarment weed eater loose in it…

Watched 20 turkeys for a hour Sunday morning. Hoping this rain helps our fields.

Planted 10/10 and best I remember it rained on evening of 10/12.

Throw and mow on everything that day, which we’ve done in the past. We did need to bust a few fields but were unable to do so before the rain on 10/12. We planted those busted fields today as well.

Will update this in about a week and see how we’re doing. I’m chalking most of it up to incredibly dry planting conditions and one seeder that should be embarrassed to call itself anything more than a paperweight.

I disk my fields and just spread the seed on top. Didn’t cover them in any way. Kinda surprised that they are sprouting without having any rain since planting. Luckily there aren’t many turkeys on the place.

If it weren't for the clover I had out, my deer wouldn't be eating much. I planted ahead of that rain too, and some stuff has sprouted, but dang, I think I may end up having to go back with some wheat or rye.

For those having problems, how much rain did yall get out of that last system? We planted 3 days before the rain, covered it about 1" with a drag, then got 2-3" of rain three days later and all my stuff was looking fantastic last week. Probably the best germination I've had in 30 yrs of planting fields. This rain coming this afternoon and tonight will only help.

I planted the weekend after that big rain. As of this past weekend it was starting to pop on up. This rain and what’s coming up should do the trick nicely.

Walked our fields yesterday and put out clover and Throw n Grow with a hand spreader where needed. We planted about two weeks ago and fields were up about 85 %. Hopefully with the rain last night and hopefully Sat. we will be fine in Coosa County

My neighbors on both sides had already planted a few weeks back... their plots look like total crap IMO. Really bad.

I planted this weekend right ahead of the rain. I had decent moisture in my soil. This was what I was looking for. I like it to be just dry enough it won't ball up in your hand but still have enough moisture that when you disk you can see the moisture in the dirt. I have no idea how to scientifically tell you what that moisture content is everyone's soil is different I only know through trail and error how I want it. So everything went in great and got covered. Then we had a good soaking rain right being this which was not a hard enough rain to wash any seed but enough to firm the soil a bit which makes the germination better and was best case scenario for the fertilizer. The daytime temps are going to be a little hot for my taste looking at the 10 day forecast I"m seeing high 70's. I don't like that. BUT I am seeing 60's at the end of the 10 day which I am really liking that changeover if it will actually happen. I usually does around the end of October each and every year we go into more of what I refer to as a late fall weather pattern for a few weeks.. What I am hoping is that the fields germinate and then we go into that 60's and 40's weather pattern and that IMO is best case scenario. Those are the optimal temps IMO for planting food plots. I feel like I can make it work in colder temps but this is best case scenario.

I'm feeling really good about the near $3k I threw out on the ground the last couple days. Failure is not an option for me due to the time involved as much as anything.

I couldn't be happier right now.

Mine looked a lot better after the rain last week and I put some Urea out. I broadcast some black oats friday and saturday, so hoping with the rain over the weekend those will come out. I still have 3 or 4 bags left. They don't spread well in a solo spreader. Takes forever.

Here is one of my mow and throw clover patches. I've had less than 1/2 rain in the last 2 months. The clover fields did much better then the plot mixes did. I going to spray it with liquid fertilizer tomorrow.

Looks thick. What rate did you seed?

Looks nice!

I planted 9 lbs per acre of the WMS Perennial Plus. It has Ladino Clovers, White Clovers, Red Clovers, and Chicory. I also over seeded some of my other plot with about 3-4 lbs per acre.

My fields were little skimpy last weekend but I thought 1 more week and rain should do it - they looked good this weekend when I checked. I planted 10-10 - latest I ever planted
Love looking at new green fields and seeing them grow and watch deer hammering them