Recent content by Tickrancher

Persimmon trees have very course roots and are susceptible to transplant shock. Bare root transplants can’t stand competition and won’t survive dried soil. Unless you get regular consistent rain you will need to water. Once trees are established they are much more drought resistant. They don't...

The last remaining turnips are about gone from my brassica plot. I am planning for the spring crop rotation. The local mills don’t carry crimson or berseem clover. What is the advantage of using crimson clover versus using a red or white clover? For those of us who can’t easily find annual...

High court lifts ban on Monsanto alfalfa From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday (June 23, 2010) lifted a 2007 ban on Monsanto Co.'s Roundup Ready alfalfa that was supposed to protect conventional and organic growers from having their crops tainted by...

There is an article about the Missouri case of CWD in today’s (3/18/2010) St. Louis Post Dispatch. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/story/E4869C703C55B6AD862576EA0011478C?OpenDocument

Sprayed the Roundup in early July and planted August first. Any ideas for a test plot this year? I am considering sunflowers, cowpeas, soybeans or maybe milo. I already have a larger area in the Doubletree rotation of winter rye and clover.

I thought a few might enjoy the before and after photos of my first brassica plot. I started with a garden size plot of dwarf essex</ST1:p rape to see if the deer in my area would even eat it. Very cheap to plant! One bag of pelletized lime, one bag of 12-12-12 and some mail order seed from...

Of all the oaks available from MDC, why shumard oaks? You seem to be north of their normal range. Are you planning ahead for warmer weather or just adding some diversity?

I am planting elderberry and chokeberry in Ralls County Missouri. Last year I planted 25 chokeberries. They grew super but by June they were eaten to the ground. I will use some wire fencing on a few and try some thorny locust tree branches to deter deer on the others.