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Tecomate Bucks and BossesWe disked each plot, applied from 100 to 150 lb. of lime and used 25 lb. of 10-10-10 fertilizer. Bucks and Bosses was planted on May 11th in both of the plots. Although these two plots were planted with the same seed using nearly exact planting methods their performance could not have been much different. The Whippoorwill plot has grown well with clover and some chicory still evident well into the fall while the Right of Way plot lost all evidence of these seed varieties sometime during the summer. I wish I knew what happened. The whippoorwill plot is very good dirt so the seed blend doing well is not a big surprise. The right of way plot may not contain comparable dirt but the brassicas planted there just one year before had thrived. I would like to say that the deer just ate the right of way plot down to nothing but digital trail cameras placed there through the spring and summer yielded few pictures of foraging deer. The whippoorwill plot was the exact opposite. Digital trail cameras consistently caught deer eating in the plot well into the early fall months. I’ll replant the right of way plot this spring while I expect the whippoorwill plot to continue to grow this spring and summer. I sprayed the whippoorwill plot with grass herbicide late this summer and the grass has died off nicely. Hopefully this should help the clover and chicory jump up with less competition this spring. The bucks and bosses in the whippoorwill plot continued to thrive through the spring and summer of 2008. I overseeded the plot in March with Monster Mix but do not have any idea whether or not this helped. I do not that the overseeding in the other plots didn't seem to help.
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