Our stores up here don't carry them.

That sux.

It's really not that big of a deal, i like to mix my own, instead of paying somebody else to do it for me.

Going in the ground the weekend of Sept. 20th....

Not a day earlier than the second weekend of October.

Jackson County

I plant the 3rd week of september too.

I shoot for week 3 if it's too wet, rained out or what ever as soon as possible after.

I'll say it again, IMO, no one should plant before mid September anywhere in Alabama. I used to be a Labor Day weekend planter , stupid on my part, I wasn't bow hunting then. Plus one year I planted, got a little shower in a few days. Plots came up looked great. Then it didn't rain a drop for about 3-4 weeks and was hot as hades. Lost all my plots. Lesson learned.

That is why I plant in October. Deer hunting has to be second when it comes to getting things in the ground at the right time. Late Sept. isn't bad but I have seen some real dry Octobers.

I agree with "the later, the better" as a general rule but it depends on other factors too like rainfall and hard mast. We had one greenfield planted in September during a year with good rainfall and lots of hard mast. It got almost shin high before the deer began to hammer it in February when all the other food sources were gone. Conversely, one year we had the fields plowed and disked, waiting on rain. That rain didn't come til early November so that's when we planted. The deer never let it get taller than a putting green. If you plant early during a year of abundant acorns, your fields won't see the traffic that they otherwise would. Deer prefer fresh young tender shoots over thick blades.

If I had a field behind my house, I'd sow seed right before the first rain in November.

Most plants require 30 days before a frost, plant date. Cereal rye, is the only thing i would plant in November. It can grow as long as the temps are 36 degrees or higher, everything else is dormant at that time. You have to let your plants have enough time to grow, or they are not going to do well. Maybe the reason your plot didn't do well was because most plants don't grow well when the temps get low. Follow the directions on the bag, believe me those people know what their talking about.

We usually have a frost in Jackson Co. by Halloween, that's the very reason I shoot for week three of Sept. If I miss it I have always got them in before Oct. 1. Gives them a couple weeks growth before bow season and I can keep the place quiet and surpise them on the 15th. Works for me.

Im going to try the WMS deer magnet this year, only got a acre plot or so, wont be able to plant it till the farmers cut the row crop, it sits in the very back of the field surrounded by corn. Im thinkin they will cut it early-mid october, maybe sooner. Hope its enough time for the WMS to grow good

2nd weekend in Oct.

I sure hope it rains between now and October...the last few weeks I have had rain all around yet none of it makes it to the club..hoping for late Sept. to first part of Oct..

I'm gonna throw this out there, take it for what it's worth.

This is one of the worst years for armyworms that I have ever seen or heard about. They are widespread also. I've heard reports from different areas of the state that are the same as we've seen here or even worse.

Folks who plant green fields in early September this year stand a good chance of planting them again in October...

Isn't there a granular pesticide, that you can spread in a plot to keep them out? I've always planted mine right before a rain event whenever that comes in September. Sometimes it's early, sometimes later. I don't just pick a day, and say i'm going to plant. October is the driest month of the year. I've been fortunate, and never had army worms in a food plot. I had them in my garden, one time, when i planted PTT.

Last weekend in September or First weekend in October.

I can attest to the army worms they are rampant this year we have sprayed several times trying to kill these things I would recommend planting in October or you may lose it all .

Just an FYI Riverside feed and seed have there yearly seminar Tuesday the 26th at the shop...they will have speaker or 2 and someone from WMS I hear and 10% off seeds and such...also they are serving food but you need to let them know by Saturday so they can have enough grub for everyone...

Is the Riverside, you are referring to, the one in Talladega county?