This is my second season using joint vetch with interest. Last year it was a portion of a mix that didn’t get planted until July 10 and I never really noticed it being browsed. This year I bought seed as a stand -alone and also in a mix with Alyce clover. I planted throw and mow style in May and got a great response. Fast forward to last month and I noticed the grasses were getting quite tall so I sprayed some Arrest on the plot. Came back two weeks later and the grass was brown but I didn’t see any of the 8-12” tall joint vetch that had been visible prior, at first. But it was there. Just eaten down to 3-4 inches and struggling under the grass. So I mowed the plot at 5.5” and there was my joint vetch. This is a quarter acre plot with 5 does in it almost every night and also every few days.

Last edited by Mdees; 08/20/26 06:30 PM.