Rye grain

[HUNTER2]

I planted it last year and it is coming up good now. Is a guy supposed to let it get ripe and mow it when it is ripe or what?

[HD]

Is it a solid plot of just rye grain? Or, did you plant clover with it?

[HUNTER2]

Just rye grain. Should a guy let it get yellow and then mow it? I know the deer love it when it is about 4 to5 inches high. Now it is about 2 feet high with heads on it.

[HD]

Yea, they prolly won't hit it a whole lot now, cause there is alot of food for um out there.
You can chop it off or leave it, it won't make much difference. Unless it is sparse, then you let it re-seed, chop it, and it will come up thicker next spring. (unless the birds get the grain)

[HUNTER2]

Will it grow tall enough by fall if I let it get yellow and chop it or is it done for this year?

[Big E]

Let it grow and just die off. It will help a lot with weeds in your plot, Organic matter for top soil, it will scavange for nitrogen in your soil and recycle it leaving it on top where you need it. Planting Rye Grain can only improve your plot. It also makes great fawn cover and Turkey nesting too. I have that happen every yr in my plots. It will be dead by the time you want to replant in late July or August depending on what you want to plant.

[HUNTER2]

Ok, I mowed it all down. Can A guy just leave it mowed down and it will regrow? Or, do you have to till it in again?