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New Rice Seed For Georgia Duck Ponds | ||
DISCONTINUED PRODUCT A Report on Growing Rice for Ducks in North Georgia Cypress Rice Seed By: Kent Kammermeyer Senior Wildlife Biologist Last summer I was given a bag of domestic rice by William Cooper of Cooper Seed Company in Lawrenceville to test for its growth potential in North Georgia. I have a four-acre pond with a flashboard riser stacked with 6 inch boards. In early July, at full pool, we loaded up the seed and cyclone seeder in my 12 foot semi-V aluminum boat and broadcast the 50 pounds of rice in as shallow water as we could run the boat with electric motor and out to depths of about 1 � feet deep. Then over the course of the next week, I gradually dropped my pond about a foot exposing a half acre of mud and creating another half acre of water less than 6 inches deep. The rice is supposed to germinate in up to 6 inches of clear water and it did. I got a very good stand on the mud flat and in the shallow water. My intention was to raise the water back up to full pool to flood the mud flat again, but I could not do it because of the drought. Nevertheless, the dryland rice did fairly well. In August, when it was thigh high or higher and trying to send up a seed head, I noticed a few stalks floating on the water, then a few more, then a lot. Within a two week period beavers and/or muskrats had cut all the stems at ground level, apparently ate a little of the stem and the rest floated away! What a disappointment! Despite the failure, I'm convinced you can successfully grow domestic rice for ducks in North Georgia if you don't have beavers or muskrats or you can practice beaver and muskrat control (usually trapping or shooting). If you have the critters and can't get rid of them, you may want to stick with the old standby Japanese millet. Kent Kammermeyer Senior Wildlife Biologist Wildlife Resources Division Game Management Section 2150 Dawsonville Highway Gainesville, Georgia 30501 Fertilizer=Results! One Of The Biggest Mistakes Hunters Make Is Putting Down Too Many Seed And Too Little Fertilizer On Their Food Plots 50 pounds . Type in amount needed. Please Type In The Amount You Need In The Quantity Box. DISCONTINUED PRODUCT | ||
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Chufa From Spain | ||
Chufa is the absolute favorite food of turkeys and Spanish Chufa are- * Far Superior To Domestic Chufa * Attracts & Holds More Turkeys * Bigger Nuts / Greater Production * Turkeys Spend Hours Digging the Nuts Application Instructions * Select a sunny site * plow/disk soil well to create a clean, weed-free seedbed * Chufa grows best in sandy soils but will perform well even in hard clay soils * fertilize with a balanced mixture such as 10-10-10 Slow Release Fertilizer Complete With Pellet Lime And Trace Elements at 250 pounds/acre. Liming is recommended if ph is below 5.8. Consult your County Extension Agent for additional information. * Chufa can be planted via broadcast, grain-drill or row-crop planter at a rate of 18-20 lbs. per half-acre. Because chufa seeds are so large, they can be planted 2 or more inches deep. When broadcasting, cover seeds by either lightly disking or dragging. In the fall, after the plants have matured and died back, it is helpful to disk up some short strips in the plot to get the turkeys started on exposed chufas. Generally, chufa should be considered an annual, but plots can be regenerated to varying degrees by disking and re-fertilizing in the spring. 10 pounds minimum @ $2.99 per lb. 50 lb. bag for $79.00 New seed and price for 2011 To get shipping quote enter amounted needed in Qty. box then click “Add to Shopping Cart”. Then enter your Zip Code and click on “Get Quotes”. 10 POUNDS MINIMUM | ||
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Dove Proso Millet - Quail and Dove | ||
Great for quail and dove. Has a yellow shiny coat and grows from 3 to 6 ft. tall. Matures in 75 days after emergence. Cover seeds no more than one inch deep and plant after danger of frost has passed. Use 40 lbs. per acre. Fertilizer=Results! Buy 50 lb. bag for $35.99 or $1.50 per lb. @ 10 pounds minimum. New seed and price for 2011 Please Type In The Amount You Need In The Quantity Box. 10 POUNDS MINIMUM | ||
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Cooper's SS #15 Wildlife Mix | ||
Great for deer, quail and turkey. Contains Lab Lab Beans and Cooper's Hybrid Sorghum- This is the only Sorghum Deer & Turkey will leave alone until it fully matures. Ideal to run Lab Lab Beans up on. One 20 lb bag plants up to one acre. Plant after danger of frost. Cover one inch deep. 13 lbs. - Lab Lab Beans 7 lbs. - Cooper's Hybrid Sorghum Requires Wildlife Multi Use Inoculant Click here to order innoculant. These are custom blends so call before pick up and we will have them ready for you. 2011 SEED $42.95 | ||
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Cooper's SS No. 16 Tall Covey Mix | ||
Great as food and cover for quail. Contains Egyptian Wheat, Brown Top Millet, Dove Proso Millet, and Hybrid Sorghum. Plant anytime after danger of frost. Plant one inch deep. Let stand through winter for cover and food. Mix completely before planting. 25 lb. bag. plants one acre. These are custom blends so call before coming and we will have them ready for you. $39.95 OUT FOR THE 2011 SEASON | ||
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