Very similar to how I plant my plots. I prefer to broadcast into standing live vegetation first and then I will use a lawn roller to flatten everything down, and get better seed/soil contact. I then spray the flattened vegetation with glyphosate to get a good kill. This method allows me to complete process at one time, and I don’t have to make an additional trip.
So when you say standing live vegetation, does it matter if it's all weeds? Or does it need to be something like rye? I'm old school and want to till the field, and my kid wants to do something like this and skip the tilling. I'm also assuming that anything you broadcast must be Round-up ready
@@justadbeer it can be weeds, but as you continue to use this technique, you can use standing cereal grains to broadcast into. Extremely thick/tall grass doesn’t do well because it creates too dense of a thatch, and plants struggle to grow up through it. The seed doesn’t need to be roundup resistant, but you want to make sure you have enough thatch covering the seed that it doesn’t get soaked with roundup.
Hope your channel grows big enough some sponsors will give you a tractor and crimped and No till drill, until then we can keep on doing it the poor man’s way!!
Enjoyed your video. I do my plots very similar to how you do yours. I attach a Fimco motorized spreader to the front of my side-by -side with a boom sprayer behind. Seeds down and current crop killed in one pass. Then like you I use a cultipacker or lawn roller to lay the dead plants down. I just built a four foot wide crimper his August for $700.00. I’ll recover the cost of building it in two years since the cost of glyphosate increased 150% here in the north.
I use my JD 445 and tiller ... not running and just run tines over the cover crop as my cultipacker/crimper. I will use cultipacker too. still spray some. all my plots are very small and some hard to get to... and all work differently.. I do till from time to time if my cover didn't grow. I also worry about too heavy of a cover and seed not getting to exposed dirt
I am going to try an aerator as a substitute drill. My plots are relatively small and timber company sprays what and when they want, but woe unto anyone else spraying, so mowing or using a hedge trimmer like a sickle bar mower is about the limit. I used a chain harrow to break up the surface last year after mowing and got some things to grow, but it was pretty late sprouting because of the hot & dry and rain not coming until late. They had clearcut all around then sprayed, which meant most everthing got nipped as soon as it emerged on my plots, before season opened. Might get a couple of years of peace to get some things going.
Unfortunately, drought and hogs have destroyed all of our plots! Check out Stranger Things: 300lb Boar…at the end of video I show what hogs have done to plot. Thanks for watching!
I've done some research and if you get into contact with your local soil and conservation agencies in the county your in or one close they have drills you can rent for about $15 a acre.. me and my buddy going to go in on it together. Dr Grant knows his stuff makes my food plot cost stay way down not having to fertilize.
My county doesn’t host a drill…but I was able to locate a friend who does. Just finished up summer blend. The beans I planted in vid got devastated by deer usage/ hog damage! Thanks for info and for watching!
Questions did you make the spray boom , Wanting to try this on a summer plot this year . Last year heat so I have little crop up but to many leaves , I can spray( no boom ) and roll with a roller ,thinking spray , seed , mow . Will mowing hurt the seeds . Any help ?
I did not make the boom…it’s a fan tip ( no boom) from northern tool..love it. Depends on how thick your current crop is, but, I’d probably just spray, seed and roll. Thanks for watching!
You also need another $50k for the tractor big enough to lift and operate the no till drill. Love Dr Grant but am with most of the world that doesn’t have the jack for the drill and crisper.
Amen! I get a little tired of TV shows where they have awesome hunting…and have the resources to spend 100’s of thousands on habitat management. That’s great…but for most of us it’s not close to reality! Thanks for watching!
@@George-ro6bw just checked with Kisco. a pull behind utv no till drill is $14,000 and if you have a 3pt hitch it is $7000.. my JD 445 would be able to pull it.
They planted well, and grew well…and the deer ate well! They made it to about 5 leaves…I sprayed once and deer took them to stems! Got to shoot more doe’s and increase plot acreage. Thanks for watching!
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The older I get I enjoy the preparation phase of hunting just as much or more then huntin…… fun time’s. God bless my friend. 👍🏻
You and me both! Bless you too Buddy…and pray for rain! 103 to 107 in June is Not conducive to plot establishment…lol
I came for the food plot, I stayed for The Nature Boy, WOOOOO!
Great video for us average guys who don't have $20k n $100 k equipment or free seed etc thx !! Continued Success
Thanks so much for watching!
Thanks for sharing your videos and keep them coming please.
More to come!
You had me at NO cabbage 🏦💵💰and the Fo-till. Good job
Lol! Thanks for watching!
Great Job! Growing Deer Tv is the best for plot education , my crimper is water weight yard roller, good luck on the your beans!
Thank you! IDK if you have watched Ray Archuleta’s vids on no-till, but I believe you would enjoy them. Thanks for watching!
Very similar to how I plant my plots. I prefer to broadcast into standing live vegetation first and then I will use a lawn roller to flatten everything down, and get better seed/soil contact. I then spray the flattened vegetation with glyphosate to get a good kill. This method allows me to complete process at one time, and I don’t have to make an additional trip.
I really like that method…anything that saves time and fuel is a bonus! We’ll be giving it a try this fall!
So when you say standing live vegetation, does it matter if it's all weeds? Or does it need to be something like rye?
I'm old school and want to till the field, and my kid wants to do something like this and skip the tilling.
I'm also assuming that anything you broadcast must be Round-up ready
@@justadbeer it can be weeds, but as you continue to use this technique, you can use standing cereal grains to broadcast into. Extremely thick/tall grass doesn’t do well because it creates too dense of a thatch, and plants struggle to grow up through it.
The seed doesn’t need to be roundup resistant, but you want to make sure you have enough thatch covering the seed that it doesn’t get soaked with roundup.
Will definitely do it! Thanks for watching!
So after your broadcast the new seed an spray the old crop the herbicides don’t harm the new seed?
Hope your channel grows big enough some sponsors will give you a tractor and crimped and No till drill, until then we can keep on doing it the poor man’s way!!
We call it Po' Till ' cause we are poor boys!!!
Like your channel. Hope you soon get where you're hitting 1m views on your videos!!
Hahaha…love it! Way better than faux till! Thanks so much!
Enjoyed your video. I do my plots very similar to how you do yours. I attach a Fimco motorized spreader to the front of my side-by -side with a boom sprayer behind. Seeds down and current crop killed in one pass. Then like you I use a cultipacker or lawn roller to lay the dead plants down. I just built a four foot wide crimper his August for $700.00. I’ll recover the cost of building it in two years since the cost of glyphosate increased 150% here in the north.
Thanks for watching! And I’m going to check out the Fimco…motorized sounds better every year!
I use my JD 445 and tiller ... not running and just run tines over the cover crop as my cultipacker/crimper. I will use cultipacker too. still spray some. all my plots are very small and some hard to get to... and all work differently.. I do till from time to time if my cover didn't grow. I also worry about too heavy of a cover and seed not getting to exposed dirt
Check out the packer max crimper combo. It’s the most reasonable crimper I could find. I haven’t used it yet but it seems to be built pretty solid.
Definitely will! Thanks for info!
Brilliant
Looks great!! I enjoy and learn from your content
Thank you sir! We really appreciate you watching!
I am going to try an aerator as a substitute drill. My plots are relatively small and timber company sprays what and when they want, but woe unto anyone else spraying, so mowing or using a hedge trimmer like a sickle bar mower is about the limit. I used a chain harrow to break up the surface last year after mowing and got some things to grow, but it was pretty late sprouting because of the hot & dry and rain not coming until late. They had clearcut all around then sprayed, which meant most everthing got nipped as soon as it emerged on my plots, before season opened. Might get a couple of years of peace to get some things going.
It seems like it’s always an uphill battle! It’s so hard to stay ahead of deer with small plots. Thanks so much for watching!
Awesome job! I'd love to see what it looks like afterwards
Unfortunately, drought and hogs have destroyed all of our plots! Check out Stranger Things: 300lb Boar…at the end of video I show what hogs have done to plot. Thanks for watching!
Wow thank you this help me from 🇨🇦
Awesome, so glad it could help!
I've done some research and if you get into contact with your local soil and conservation agencies in the county your in or one close they have drills you can rent for about $15 a acre.. me and my buddy going to go in on it together. Dr Grant knows his stuff makes my food plot cost stay way down not having to fertilize.
My county doesn’t host a drill…but I was able to locate a friend who does. Just finished up summer blend. The beans I planted in vid got devastated by deer usage/ hog damage! Thanks for info and for watching!
Questions did you make the spray boom , Wanting to try this on a summer plot this year . Last year heat so I have little crop up but to many leaves , I can spray( no boom ) and roll with a roller ,thinking spray , seed , mow . Will mowing hurt the seeds . Any help ?
I did not make the boom…it’s a fan tip ( no boom) from northern tool..love it. Depends on how thick your current crop is, but, I’d probably just spray, seed and roll. Thanks for watching!
Real world baby!!!
Absolutely! Thanks for watching!
Where did you buy the beans from
A local co-op. Thanks for watching!
Instead of rolling, why not use a Flailmower which would leave a nice fine mulch spread evenly
Dave
That’s a great idea. But, I don’t have a flail mower! I really want to get away from glyphosate….but can’t afford a crisper! Thanks for watching!
i thought the same thing, i have an alamo hd 88" flail
How this plot lookin' today?
Unfortunately, not good. We had 2 weeks of drought and 105 temperatures. Sprouting was spotty and deer nipped them off as soon as they came up.
@@whitetailcartel80 Dang, that's too bad. The prep looked good.
Thanks, and for the cherry on top…hogs have rooted it enough that I’ll have to harrow it for fall. Hope you have a great season…not too long now!
You also need another $50k for the tractor big enough to lift and operate the no till drill. Love Dr Grant but am with most of the world that doesn’t have the jack for the drill and crisper.
Amen! I get a little tired of TV shows where they have awesome hunting…and have the resources to spend 100’s of thousands on habitat management. That’s great…but for most of us it’s not close to reality! Thanks for watching!
Kasco makes true no-till drills that can be mounted on compact tractors or UTVs. They are also much less expensive than a Genesis.
@@George-ro6bw just checked with Kisco. a pull behind utv no till drill is $14,000 and if you have a 3pt hitch it is $7000.. my JD 445 would be able to pull it.
sorry kasco
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Now your turkeys are going to eat some of your herbicide treated seeds.
Until I can afford a crimper…it’s that or no crop at all.
We stopped using herbicides years ago, That’s old fashioned thinking man.
I can’t afford a crimper! Lol
I’d like to see the soybeans after its grown
They planted well, and grew well…and the deer ate well! They made it to about 5 leaves…I sprayed once and deer took them to stems! Got to shoot more doe’s and increase plot acreage. Thanks for watching!
You have enough cabbage to buy glyphosate!
$44 for 2.5 gallons at the time. Like everything else glyphosate has gone nuts!
GLY-FO-SATE.
I better stick to saying Roundup…lol
Never spray roundup on any land you care about...you can rent a seed drill from any county extension office.....
Except the one in my county! I do have a drill hookup now. And I agree with you…but it’s roundup or crimper…and I don’t have a crimper!