JD1107
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Looks like a nice spot sapperman hope your hard work pays off come duck season!
Are there foods that can be planted in shallow water along a shoreline? I have access to a good size pond and have had decent success with ducks and geese but I think it could be improved with some food along the shore. There isn't any way to lower the level of the pond though and I'm not sure how the landowner would feel about it.
I was reading that wild rice and japanese millet can be planted submerged? Anyone have any success with this? Also would not want to use anything that would take over the pond since I know they fish it sometimes.
Thanks.
Thanks to hikestofish for coming out a few weeks ago and giving some advice.
As you see the jap millet is coming in very well, the rice may be coming in but it could just be other foliage.
I planted some dwarf corn near the banks but it seems the deer got most of it, a little bit survived though.
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Wild rice can be planted submerged but jap millet cannot. Jap millet can be flooded but the leaves need to be above the waterline. I would try sago pondweed if you have permanent water a foot or more deep. water up to a foot deep to muddy shoreline I would reccomend duck potato, burreed, arrow arum,. The great thing about establishing some permanent natural foods is once its established you dont have to plant every year. It comes back. And the ducks love a good stand of natural foods. You can try wild rice but I have heard way more failures than successes including a number of my own. Good luck.
Cattle are going to love the millet if they can get to it.