Is there a "plant once" crop for a deer food plot?

   / Is there a "plant once" crop for a deer food plot? #21  
Yup,honeysuckle. Deer love it and it's evergreen and hardy as you will find. I wouldn't plant it all in a single "plot",a little here and there will spread to sustain deer year round. Once established,use a machete or other tool to cut some back 2-4 months before season in areas near blinds. New regrowth is deer candy.

Hloneysuckle is a terrible weed, do not plant it. Deer love oak trees so they must be protected. They have killed 8 ft tall trees that I thought were safe and pulled protection

It can be a double edged sword. It's good for bees and hummingbirds too and can be decorative with a good fragrance. But if not trimmed by mechanical shears or critter teeth, it can become invasive. It climbs everything (including tall trees and utility poles) and becomes dense enough to smother other plants and shrubs out.
 
   / Is there a "plant once" crop for a deer food plot?
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#22  
Perhaps you can start with making your mind up.

What are you talking about? There is no inconsistency between those two posts. I want something I can plant once, not have to start from scratch every year. Because I don't want the extreme long term of mature oak trees since I will only be on the property another ~decade doesn't mean I want to re-do a food plot every year.
 
   / Is there a "plant once" crop for a deer food plot? #23  
3gunr,

What are you spraying on clover to kill the weeds?

2- 4 d buterac for weeds other than grasses And post or generic equivilant for grass.They should be sprayed at differant times early in the year about a week after mowing.
 
   / Is there a "plant once" crop for a deer food plot? #24  
Clethodime is the generic for post. rural king carrys it.
 

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