Cabela's Seclusion Blend

We decided to try Cabela's Seclusion Blend food plot seed mix in our cornpatch food plot once the clover in the plot had all but dissapeared. It was getting late in the planting season but we thought that we would give it a try.

We started disking the ground on May 5th and then on May 25th we disked, applied 100 lb of lime, 30 lb of 10-19-19 fertilizer and planted the Seclusion Blend. This seed blend contains brassicas, wheat and a small amount of clover. The morning after I planted the plot there were several turkeys eating in the plot so I added some Monster Mix to the plot just in case the turkeys ate all of the wheat seed.

The brassicas came on strong first and grew to a height of about six inches at which time the deer moved in and started to clean them up. The interesting thing was that the brassicas inside the exclusion cage failed to grow much higher than six inches even though I left the cage there until August.

I didn't see any wheat, but there could have been wheat growing among the grass that came in later. I did see some clover but I have no idea whether it was from the Seclusion Blend or the Monster Mix.

Spring 2008 was a very tough planting time. We had wet weather, then a few dry weeks and cooler than normal temperatures. I had a couple plots that failed to grow at all, so the growth I got from the Seclusion Blend could be considered good for the conditions we had.

Overall this seed blend didn't perform as well as some other brassica blends I've used in the past, but the difficult spring conditions may have hindered the growth of this blend. I will say that we did see deer eating in the plot quite often so they did use the plot so it was far from a complete failure.

Here is a picture of the plot at the end of June. You can see the brassicas growing among some grass.

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