Low light food plot

[bubonic]

I want to do a small food plot this year. It will be in a low light area ( under planted pines) Any recommendations for this? Don't need someone's google search on the matter but stuff people have had luck with. Tilling isn't a problem but would like to avoid. It won't be that big either(10x20) so $ shouldn't be a problem if there is a more expensive route would like to hear that also.

 

[mfoster]

Annual rye grass—— I mow shooting lanes and spread by hand

 

[Glock 21]

Annual rye grass—— I mow shooting lanes and spread by hand

Add some 10-10-10 fertilizer to this and you’ll have a good plot as long as the rain gods bless you

 

[mfoster]

Add some 10-10-10 fertilizer to this and you’ll have a good plot as long as the rain gods bless you

I usually just catch a rainy day and hit it with nitrogen about mid season.

 

[basstracker89]

Best place to plant food plots is on a creek bottom. That way if you have a dry summer, you still have a crop

 

[THREEJAYS]

Annual rye for sure. It’s all i have used for years and draws them well

 

[TimberDawg711]

It’s definitely not the cheapest option, but I have had good luck with Durana clover in a mowed out lane between pine rows in the past. Definitely depends on your soil type, but if you can get it established and keep it mowed in the off-season, it can last for years. It will persist through hot summers unlike rye, especially with a bit of shade from the pines.

 

[howl]

Food plots are measured in acres.

For a small kill plot just get a sack of 3-way mix from the feed n seed. Wait for a few days of good solid soil-soaking rain and broadcast on bare soil. The soil and seed must boat be saturated, not just get wet. Sometimes that doesn't happen until November.

 

[JSoko]

10x20
that will get eaten up faster than it can grow to do you any good

neighbor has good luck with Throw & Grown under big oaks, plenty of shade