Best Soil Builder Food Plot Mix
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- Опубліковано 3 сер 2022
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If I remember correctly I subscribed when whs was at 64.k haven't missed one since .
I dont own enough land to plant food plot. But hunt all public.. in an age when there's so much b.s. after listening to WHS.i feel like I've atleased learned something I can use when I do get more land .
Thanks WHS
Minus planting food plots, you can use Jeff’s valuable information to outhunt any other hunter on public land. But, just like with private land, you have to put in the work and do your research and come up with a strategy. The nice thing with public land is using topos and satellite images you can do a lot of that from your couch.
I ordered from Jeff and had an issue with packaging, not only did I get a response, but I got a response with a personal phone call, not from a customer service rep, but from Jeff himself. The person and personality you see in his videos is the same as what you receive when purchasing from him. He made things right and made a life long customer out of me. BUY WITH CONFIDENCE!!! Jeff is the real deal and is a Truly American company doing things the right way!!!!!!
We really appreciate the order and for your patience in this initial process of selling our own seed brand! Means a lot to us...THANK YOU 😊👍
Great plot info ! Ty 🌾🦌🏹
Brassica blends are down. Sitting on my porch drinking coffee and watching it rain. Never felt so good! August chore list is almost done. The trap is getting close to being set.
That sounds delicious. Congrats 👍
You need to say a prayer of thanks. Many plotters are in the midst of severe drought with no end in sight.
It’s awesome to see the improvement in habitat with your recommendations and seeing the wildlife loving it. Hunters really give something back to the earth in improving habitat.
Just the video i need to see .....Bought some property last year .....And trying to bring part of the plot back to life ,,,,Great video
My first crop of buckwheat on my land, that I bought last fall, was a little late for my northeast Wisconsin area, but the deer 🦌 enjoyed it any way...lol, and I got the fall plots in with perfect time for the rain we have been getting on and off this past week 😀 I was only able to get 5 weeks out of the buckwheat, but wanted to make sure the real food had time before the first frost
Thank you Jeff, Hope to get some of your seeds.
You are very welcome Carlo!
great video jeff
Thank you very much Jeremy!
After listening to you I’ve been using radishes in my rotation for a few years. Prepping an area for switchgrass last year I planted radishes in that spot then frost seeded the switchgrass. Best catch of switchgrass I’ve ever had. Thanks as always
Do you roll over your radish seeds or just broadcast and let it go?
@@kurtpearson2793 I lightly loosen the soil with a digger on the back of my tractor. A couple inches is all. Then put the seed down and leave it alone.
@@kevinfowler6065 Thanks! We have equipment that can do just that 👍
it is important to not compare your food plot to a farm food plot. Especially is your breaking ground and turning bush to field. I spoke with a man who really helped me understand farming and food plots and told me to work at it and over the years (3-5) i would see a big improvement.
Great video and i will have to plant some beans/peas!
My pH is 5.5 where my plot is, doing winter rye end of September. Along with the deergro products. All weeds have been eliminated as well. I couldn't have got this far without your help. Thank you.
Best of luck to you, sounds like a great beginning 😊
Thank you, I just realized I said end of September. I meant beginning of September 🤣
Jeff, I am having trouble with gly not working as good on second application.
It really depends on what weeds yiu are killing...or trying to kill. There are quite a few that resist Glyphosate. Clover is one...pig weed, smart weed, water hemp, giant thistle to name a few
Good information Jeff. Do you see yourself slowly switching over to just corn and a hybrid pea/buckwheat/tillge-brassica mix or will you stay at corn and green blend/brassica?
My buck wheat didn't grow where I had my grains last year it did great on the half the brassicas was on last year will rye grow better to build the soil
I saw a comment about suggesting a new video which inspired me to brainstorm and I came up with a suggestion. Pick any size food plot and list total monetary cost to plant fall crop. Then provide total man-hours to prepare plot for fall seeding. i.e. 1/4 acre expense $185 for chemicals fertilizer soil enhancing fuel seed etc. Six hours of labor over 30 days.
Man hours are less than 2 hours per acre spread out over several months...check out these costs 😉
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Jeff I understand the rotation and building the soil.
If I were to do alfalfa and clover as a year round plot would that work and what would I have to do to keep the soil built up to have high nutrition in the plants?
Just trying to have something that will thrive all year long, eliminate tiling and constant cost of changing plots.
Just finished getting in all my brassica plots in, about how many weeks do you wait to look an fill in some of the thin growing areas
So would you recommend swapping your two products every other year? Brassicas then greens and so on
Something I was thinking, If you use household water to water your food plot, would this increase your PH level in soil? I have a little food plot behind the house ( about 1/4 acre, downhill about 120 yards) and was able to run cheap garden hose down with sprinkler running. According to Google, household water PH level is between 6.5- 8.5 PH level. Rain water PH level is 5 to 5.5PH.
Jeff what's the best blend for reclaimed mine lands...in ky
How much seed do ya get in your boots and pockets?I put out an acre of tillage radishes last week and had a bunch in my pockets.Now praying for rain.
I ask myself this question every time I see Jeff spreading seed in his shorts and rubber boots! 🤣
I’m working with the same low fertility and ph now. Already limed and planted rye last fall going to do buckwheat this summer. In them 9 months you were talking about, did you add any fertilizer at all to bring them nutrients ppm up? or was that just with the 2 cover crops and lime?
Ill have to do the math to 1/2 -3/4 for our small pass-thru plot..
100 lbs per acre = 10 lbs per 1/10th acre
Have you seen or heard of Gabe Brown? He basically does the same concepts on his ag land, except he uses more plant diversity cover crops and zero chemicals. His soil test nutrient numbers are insane and has created tons of topsoil in a short period of time. It’s called Regenerative Agriculture.
It’s a bit different with food plots, can’t utilize as much diversity because it might choke out the desired food plot crop, but same concept!
if your using gly to kill rye, before mowing does it still take away from soil?
For the new greens mix, is 75#/ac enough seed. I vaguely remember a video of yours a year or two ago saying something along the lines of peas should be 75-100lbs in a mix because a stand-alone planting is 300lb. Forgive me if I’m wrong. First year of truly getting my plots in your image - 2020 droughted them, last year the biggest plots (3ac of 6.5) didn’t get a good kill so didn’t have even a 1/4 of the lush growth in the other 3ac of 4 smaller plots - the big one is designed to hold and drive the movement pattern so hopefully the two 5 & 6 year old bucks don’t disappear this September like the last two. Love the videos. Next year my pockets in switch are getting dogwood and cottonwood cuttings stuck in them to really jump up the browse factor. Changed my property over the last few years away from feeders and mostly nighttime pics to hopefully daytime bucks that head to the neighbors after dark. I know there’s hunting pressure around as a good share of bigger bucks disappear for good each year but it doesn’t seem to push them into us even though we can go 3+ weeks without stepping food on the property (esp during rifle). Next year, corn will hopefully help keep them safe during gun season in Dec.
And couldn’t find the article. QDMA/NDA only shows 1 article by you on their site. Appears they didn’t digitize before 2010-12 or so. The one article: 8 Rules for a Successful Hunting plot with pictures from the land on top (south) of your Coon Valley (your previous lease I think) piece.
Hi Jeff, with opening day being Oct 1st, how much of a cooling period should we give our hunting properties? Or can we continue working until about a week out? Just didn't know if a cooling off period is really needed. Thanks!
I like to stay completely off the property for at least four weeks. Labor Day is when I overseed with rye and then I disappear until October opening day if weather is right. Some years I don’t sit for the first time until mid October. All depends on the weather
Been trying to find out who you use to ship your seed. USPS or FedEx. I have a problem with FedEx where I live they can never find my house and it takes weeks to get my package.
Hi Ronald! UPS...
Heck yeah cass river hunting!
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Just downstream from where you mentioned, murray rd and deckerville. Wbite creek dumps into the river at our location. Been learning alot put in three plots small but i think it will suffice its all fall food.
I tossed out my brassica seed and green plantings last week. Is this super hot weather and minimal rain anything to worry about?
Depends where you are. SW Mich getting rain early and more next week. Planting this weekend!
Is there a video out there on starting a food plot without access to equipment/ATV?
Yes for sure...just about 10 vids ago
Hey Jeff.
One of my Buckwheat plantings failed, (I think not enough moisture)
Can I now threw rye and tillage radish together to help my soil and salvage my plot ?
Hey Jeff, I started expiramenting with buckwheat as well this summer. It seems that every time it rains, the buckwheat jumps a couple inches. In cen wi, June was very dry, so to learn, I did water certain parts of the buckwheat, and yes, it's a world of difference. Once it was established, 8_10", it didn't really matter the water we got(yes water is good) but early on it was critical. This is why proper planting dates are critical. Get it in after the first frost once soil temps rise a bit, like your garden, this is typically a time of year when moisture levels are good in the soil. If you plant a bit late, temps are higher but it is also a dry time... I am super excited to keep building my soul and wish you the best of luck with yours.
So to answer your question, in my opinion yes, but if you go against the grain and plant these together, get your root veggies in 4-6 weeks ahead of the rye...
Will I need to roll over the Tillage Radish seed? I wasn’t going to roll my brassica seeding but I’m adding a couple pounds of radish.
Nope. But if you do it should do fine
@@mikebutler5317 Thanks- tomorrow is the big day! Appreciate the help 👍
Just ordered your new seed blends! How long does it normally take to ship?
Hi Drew...should be tomorrow 😊 Thank you very much!
Get yourself a pull type cone spreader to spread your lime , My 3 pt unit will hold 750 pounds of pell lime, I can spread a ton in 20 minutes,
Mine held 1000#s...I have a smaller one coming but will just run fertilizer and big seeds thru it 😉
Hi Jeff. So I have an old field on the farm I hunt that I want to turn into a food plot for next fall. What do I need to do with this field before I plant the buckwheat? This old field currently has tall weeds and grasses growing now. Do I have to mow that field and spray it then plant the buckwheat? Thanks for your advise.
He has several videos on this topic. But don’t mow first. Always kill the weeds off first with chem.
@@tfrost33elkhunter I thought so to but couldn't find one to answer my question
@@tfrost33elkhunter Found it. Smash it, kill the current vegetation and spread Buckwheat seed
Jeff, im in the thumb area too and surrounded by large open AG fields on two sides and 100 acres of alfalfa on the other. What fall food plots would you recommend with that much alfalfa always available?
Alfalfa frosts out in early November
I have alfalfa all around me...100s of acres. It is a very poor attraction during the Fall and Winter months. I plant greens, brassica and corn and it is easy to attract the deer 👍
@@bowman8316 Maybe they have something else blended with it then, they dig trenches in the winter to get at anything that's green looking, its that or nothing around here. For now..
Jeff. Can I plant buckwheat in fall just to build soil?
Buckwheat will die with first frost so it just depends on how long it has to grow before your first frost. Cereal rye is cold tolerant and produces great root systems
What is in your fall power green mix?
The perfect blend of peas, radish and buckwheat
Wait... organic matter on the soil is good but organic wood chips left from a forestry mulcher is bad? What should I do with all the forestry mulcher debris that is now blended into my soil?
It just takes time and excess fertilizer...it will break down eventually. Those chips should always be dozed off the plot, if you can
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Dang, I thought it would help to leave them in there and the mulcher did a great job blending them into the soil. Any specific fertilizer recommendations to address the chips? They are a little big to submit with my soil test sample!
Good video Jeff I like you are promoting soil health for food plots. I have to disagree a diverse mix not being as beneficial as a single crop. Nowhere in nature has monoculture of anything existed. In the world of regenerative ag diverse mixes work together not against each other by bringing something that another cannot. Just something to look into.
Hi Jordan...food plot science varies greatly with ag science. In ag science and soil improvement Mono Culture plantings to improve soil are most used...like tillage radish. Most food plot science is based on folks trying to sell seed...unfortunately. if you ask a farmer what they would do to build the soil, it wouldn't consist of a 10 or 20 seed blend
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I agree there are many differences in food plots and ag. I am a small scale farmer >100 acres and currently growing no till corn planted into standing rye interseeded with beans and clover and is looking great even with zero synthetic fertilizer applied. Though the multi species cover crops are not used by everyone they are becoming more popular and are being used in rotation by producers with thousands of acres it's just all in the mindset of what people are willing to try. Example try to convince a old plow boy that tillage is not needed to grow a good crop.
@@jordanhill5072 you're 100% correct. There isn't a farmer out there growing monocultures for soil improvement. All regenerative farming practices, where soil health is a focus, will always include multi-species blends.
Jordan Hill he won’t. He’s already put out a gazillion videos spouting the same bad information. Kinda hard for him to change his stance now. That and I get the feeling his opinion on this matter is set in concrete. 99% of the soil experts out there totally disagree with him on this topic, but he isn’t going to budge. When it comes to soil health a person should go watch some videos by people like Gabe Brown and totally disregard what Jeff has to say.
@@rnr4204 I agree I've been watching Gabe brown David brandt and Ray Archuleta and what they practice and am applying it to foodplots
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I think so?
Love the videos! Put out my first licking sticks with some paracord a couple weeks ago and had action soon
Hypothetical: assume no soil test…. Would lime be necessary if you have been doing a no-til buckwheat/rye/tillage radish rotation in your foodplots?
Or is this impossible to answer?
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I think so!
@Number 1 Western Fan It was quite the race this morning! But my chart was rock solid. It is a Beaver 🦫 Moon. 👍
Man , I'm super late boys! Lol 😂
Lol finally 1st
Not sure about that 😁
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 and why is that. Sure looked like I was lol