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Curious if anyone cuts their T&M plots during the summer or do you let them grow?

I cut mine in the warm season, at least once. They were waist high by the end of turkey season.

I cut mine too. But thats mainly because Im T&Ming summer plots too.

I usually wait a couple weeks, but if it's going to rain a week after I spray, then I plant then.

What is the tallest you would let your fields get for throw and mow? I have some that have grown up pretty good and don't know if I need to cut them down and then let them regrow to a certain height before putting seed out.

My tallest was about 8 foot tall Sunn Hemp and the winter plot did fine.

Good deal. I am nowhere near that high so hopefully it will be fine.

I started just spraying and seeding after a couple of weeks in front of a rain. I just pull a drag behind the seeder and eliminate the use of the tractor. I can’t tell a difference between mowing and dragging dead cover crop. To me mowing actually makes bare spots.

Throw and mow clover, does it still need cultipacked? I'm talking crimson

what kind of drag did you pull?

My bush hog is only 5’ so I’m considering building a drag this year that’s wider than my mower. Try to save some more time.

I've used 5' wide screen panels from a shaker screen to lay it over. I've also used a 4'x50' roll of chainlink. Leave it rolled up for a heavy foot print. It's real easy to transport from field to field. Throw it on the rack, bungy, and on to the next field. Grass will usually fall over on its on, after about 3 weeks.

Just a piece of chain link fence with a couple 6x6 for weight.

I think what I’m going to do is attach three truck tires to a 6’ post and pull it behind my tractor while spreading seed and fertilizer. Try to knock it out in the fewest amount of passes.

Time is money.

I made another post on General forum about this, and got some good reviews just thought I’d ask here Incase some didn’t see it... I really want to capatilize on this


So I’m gonna try a throw and mow plot this season... this is my plan, tell me if I am messing up, or what to add...

First off I can not get a tractor, four wheeler, or any thing with wheels to it... I walk along ways to get to the spot on back side of property...


So I have a spot I’m gonna plant that has a bunch of sage grass growing in it. I plan to buy some buck forage oats and maybe a type of wheat. I’m gonna broadcast both and some fertilizer in the area then weed eat the heck out of the sage standing in the area. I plan to do this right before a good rain, whenever that may be around last week of september to second week of October...

As long as you have soil contact you will be fine.

I would spray with glyphosphate first to kill the competition. I would probably use rape and radishes or turnip seeds myself.

Just my opinion I think your gonna waste your money. Typically if sage brush is there generally means you have poor soil conditions. I would not waste my time planting high dollar seeds just throwing them out and using the grass to cover. You might can get away with some type of rye and some other stuff but honestly I’d put a feeder there and be done with it. If your food plot fails then what. A feeder won’t fail and will be more productive then a half way done grass patch. This is my opinion though

I'd try and use cereal rye....take a soil sample if you can just to see if things are badly out of whack. Wouldn't take much to correct it on an area that size. Might want to spray it a few weeks ahead of time.