That's all crimson clover you see in the pic.....There's a lot of cereal rye in there too but the deer have eaten down and the clover has filled in

Next year I think I am buying bulk seed and mixing my own. I am going to go heavy on radish and purple top tunips, get awnless wheat and then add in some clovers. I figure after this year I should have very good stands of clover in almost all my fields.

Then I will try to mow them 3 or 4 times in the spring and early summer to add additional organic material to the top of the soil. Either than or I will have to come back in with Sunn Hemp and then cut it before it gets to tall.

Just looking at those pictures I don't think you have what I would consider too much browsing pressure. If you make it bigger all that is going to do is get everything more growth on it and deer will use it less IMO.

I'm going to post some pictures soon as I figure out how to remove all the meta data and you'll see browsing pressure. Looks like astro turf.

Here’s the problem with radishes and turnips…..Let’s say I would have added a smattering of these brassicas to the mix in my field…..It would have provided a little additional food but by this time in the game my brassicas would already be eaten down like my cereal rye and for the most part that’s that with brassicas……Now, if you say ok I’m gonna increase the amount of brassicas I add into the mix then what will quickly happen is that you’ll end up with nothing but a field of brassicas….and a few lbs of brassicas go a long ways……What you need for brassicas to really shine is somewhere you have a lot of acreage in one spot that can be planted where you can keep the ratio of brassicas in the mix low enough to not choke out your clover and cereal grains but still producing significant tonnage of brassica forage.

Lockjaw, it’s my understanding that that N fixed by the bacteria on the clover roots are not immediately available to companion plants. Once the legumes are terminated the N becomes available

I went by universal and got some DAP and urea yesterday to broadcast. Dap I put on the fields with heavy clover. The problem is those fields are mowed. One of them I have 6 inches or more of growth in the utilization cage and it's just basically an inch tall everywhere else. I added a bag of fusion to it last weekend hoping. The chicory would help.

What I expect is to come back in the spring and mow these fields and have the clover start popping. I wanted heavy brassica to create organic material and also to help loosen the soil.

I expect the clover to establish under the brassica and cereal grains. On fields I have it established already, the clover is doing much better, except on the small fields. Those are mowed.

My soil tests don't call for the 3rd ingredient in fertilizer, so Dap which is 18-46-0 and urea which is 46-0-0 are all I need. And it's much more potent then regular fertilizer.

That could be part of my issue. I'm still learning. And experimenting. My goal is to come into spring with clover on most all the plots rather than planting peas/beans.

And I'm trying to figure out what the deer prefer. Up until 3 years ago, all they planted was rye grass.

How about now?? The rain and warm weather has got the cereal rye growth out pacing browsing pressure a little better now. You can see it shooting back up through the clover everywhere

My fields at the lease look great but my deer have abandoned them since I hit them with AN not sure what’s going on.

Its hard to say for sure but if you add enough of it the strong ammonia smell may temporarily act like milorgranite......I'm sure it'll be short lived if so.

That may be why stuff is off mine but the rain should have dissolved it. The urea was very fine compared to 34-0-0. It sure did turn the cereal grains a deep rich green.

They'll be back.......It may give it a break for a few days and let it get some growth on it.

Yeah it’ll look like this

My biggest field is half an acre. I planted 1 bag of cereal grains and one bag of a brassica blend. Then it has rows of plot spike, whitetail and durana clover. Then I added more radish and forage collards.

It's being used, but the deer aren't depleting it. None of my big fields have been. What had been is smaller fields that had fusion on it.

Most reviews say durana is slow out of the gate, and that's what I'm seeing. My pure whitetail clover field is mowed. Tryi.g to get year round clover. Then each fall I can supplement with cream grains and brassica in some form
Plus some annual clovers.

The Dap and urea have really perked up my fields. They are all a deep dark rich green and the ones that were eaten down are rebounding in a hurry.

im ready for some more tractor time..

Should have one heck of a spring clover plot this year when things start warming up. The deer have it eaten down pretty good right now but there's still a real solid stand that's established. As soon as it starts to turn spring it'll go boom....

Post season....Feb 11

My fields have been pounded this month. Going out today to broadcast chic magnet and put out minerals.