Vet Judy

Looking for a list of fall planted legumes you can plant this year after you spend the early and mid part of this year preparing your whitetail deer food plot.

Consider the following legumes if you have well drained soils:

• subterranean clover,
• arrowleaf clover,
• crimson clover,
• hairy vetch,
• australian winter peas,
• alfalfa,
• red clover,
• white dutch,
• birdsfoot trefoil,
• sweet clovers.

If you have rather wet soils consider berseem, alsike, white dutch or ladino white clovers as good choices.

If you have acidic soil well drained the best choices are often subterranean clover and hairy vetch.

If you have acidic wet soil consider alsike clover. Remember almost always clovers are put with small grains, or annual rye grass.

There is often more than one clover in a mix with both small grains and annual ryegrass to improve success of your plot.

Here is an article for fall planting and spring to mid summer preparation that we found works very well: 5 steps to successful fall planting of whitetail food plots

Also see our latest video for application of these techniques.