Maize and Millet

[fortune82]

We are looking at options for game cover on our syndicate shoot. Someone has suggested we sow maize and then broadcast millet into the seed bed. Apparently this will provide warmth in the maize and low level feed.

 

Does anyone have any experience of doing this or anything similar?

 

The shoot is in the North East of England on some fairly heavy soil. Any idea if maize and millet are suited to this climate / soil?

 

Thanks

[proTOM1]

We are looking at options for game cover on our syndicate shoot. Someone has suggested we sow maize and then broadcast millet into the seed bed. Apparently this will provide warmth in the maize and low level feed.

 

Does anyone have any experience of doing this or anything similar?

 

The shoot is in the North East of England on some fairly heavy soil. Any idea if maize and millet are suited to this climate / soil?

 

Thanks

 

We broadcast millet in and yes gives warmth but be carefull not to over do it as you will make it to thick and the birds will end up not liking it as we found on 1 strip this year every bird on the out side every time we came to shoot it

 

As for the heavy soil should not be a problem as we sow in to heavy fen soil

Edited February 9, 2010 by proTOM1

[fortune82]

Thanks for that! What sort of weight of seed do you broadcast per acre? Any idea so as not to over do it!

 

Thanks Protom

[proTOM1]

Thanks for that! What sort of weight of seed do you broadcast per acre? Any idea so as not to over do it!

 

Thanks Protom

 

I dont no off hand will try find out

[al4x]

its trial and error as you are broadcasting so much depends on germination rates etc. But you may find braodcasting by hand works better as then you can leave some areas deliberately bare