Seed the standing corn
Contributors to this thread:Massachusetts
From: Belchertown Bowman
13-Sep-18
I am going experiment with seeding standing corn with oats and Brassicas,.. after the corn is harvested theoretically it should explode with growth.
Has anyone done this? How did it work out?
I don't "think" the farmer will notice or care?
From: Will
13-Sep-18
I'd ask, you guys have a good thing going... no reason to find out the farmer is upset when it's to late...
From: Belchertown Bowman
13-Sep-18
No I was not going to do that at our food plot site,. I was just going to do it at some corn plots I hunt where I don't know the farmer. A cover crop improves the soil. My guess is he would say can you do the entire field
From: stillhunter
13-Sep-18
I would still ask, if he is in the practice of killing off his field with herbicide in the spring anyway well maybe he wont care. If not he might not appreciate you planting competition for his corn. many annul seeds will come back next spring even if that isn't how they are advertised.
From: Belchertown Bowman
13-Sep-18
Belchertown Bowman's Link
Most farmers plant a winter cover crop that gets tilled in during the spring and it improves the soil.
In my area helicopters have started seeding the corn,.. Link
But the advice to ask is sound.
https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/helicopters_seed_area_farm_fie.html
From: xi
13-Sep-18
BB, I wouldn't do any thinking for the farmer without asking, seriously.
From: jdrdeerslayer
13-Sep-18
id do oats......to late now for brassicas or clovers to amount to anything
From: Sosso
13-Sep-18
Definitely talk to the farmer. Crop rotation is a big deal and something may already be in play.
From: TT-Pi
13-Sep-18
Never f*ck around with someone's land. Never. Ask if you dare but don't wing it. Ever.
That is never-ever, do not and don't do it. Just ask.
You don't want to become the hunted...
