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Clover Food Plot - Can you surface spread turnips over it with success?

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#1 ·
We have a few plots full of ladino clover on our property. Being in Western New York, as the hunting season gets later, the clover becomes less attractive. That is about the time the turnips really start getting hit.

If possible, I would like to just scatter the turnip seeds over the clover if I could. Has anyone done this with success?
 
#11 ·
This is how we found the deer liked the turnips more late season. Out of the clover came the turnips. So I was hoping I could spread some seed over the existing clover to get the same effect each year.
 
#5 ·
In my seed selling years, I had cattlemen that would overseed turnips into standing corn that they would later chop for silage. The turnips would come up before the silage was chopped and as soon as the corn was gone they really took off. The cattle grazed the tops, the first frost seemed to "carmelize" them. After the tops were gone, you'd see cattle pawing and digging up the bulbs later in the fall. I would say that you could seed into standing clover, the turnip stand might not be the best where the clover is thickest, but you should get enough to attract deer late season. Go with a higher seeding rate, 3-5# / acre since you're seeding into a standing crop. They always seeded here the week after State Fair, or the third week in August. You're a little North of us, so putting them in late July to mid August wouldn't be out of the question. Good luck!!