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Food Plots Rain chance

Finally got rain yesterday but still having to watch my seed get un-planted.
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I reseeded and tilled back in last Tues. Rained Thurs-Sat here. Got back from my work trip and rode back to check it out. It's really turned on since the rain. The clover I planted 4 weeks ago that I didn't know if it germinated or not is taking off as well. So I'm assuming the first 50 lbs of oats germinated too and I reseeded 50 more lbs.
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Rain chance next Tues/Wed is very iffy for West TN, but much better for East TN. Still assessing the rain chances the following Saturday. That one will depend on the development of a hurricane in the Gulf (which all models are showing but they each take it in a different direction).
 
My Buckwheat and Crimson Clover germinated after those tropical rains. The Buckwheat is just reaching the growth stage where deer can get at it, and traffic in the plots has exploded since then. Wed/Thurs I mowed all the crabgrass and foxtail that has taken over the plots down to the level of the new Buckwheat. I also sprayed to kill the grasses (Clethodim). We'll see how this goes in the next couple weeks. I will add cereal grains to the plots just before the next good rain.
 
BSK said:
Rain chance next Tues/Wed is very iffy for West TN, but much better for East TN. Still assessing the rain chances the following Saturday. That one will depend on the development of a hurricane in the Gulf (which all models are showing but they each take it in a different direction).
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Just looked at weather underground for my area, and Tuesday is just calling for .005 inches, but the test of the week into Sunday should see will over an inch of rain.

I sprayed what used to be an old clover plot yesterday afternoon with a good burn down mix, about an acre. May try to burn it off Saturday or Sunday to expedite things and get rid of some seed. Then probably till it Monday, spread fertilizer and lime, and broadcast oats or wheat and clover in Tuesday morning depending on the forecast.
 
Two of the three major long-range models now have that hurricane forming in the Gulf and taking a similar track up the Mississippi River like the previous one did. We can only pray that comes true.
 

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