FOOD PLOT FERTILIZERS...STOP WASTING $$$ 

Thanks dude, awesome knowledge You're sharing. Appreciate it very much! But it's called soil, like soooiiiil. Too funny, you southerners. Won't hold it against you, no worries, anyways, thanks for the education.😊

What great info

I have a 50/50 mix of clover and brassicas growing. Planted about 2 weeks ago and it's coming to good. What would you add and when?

If you have a very low CEC (Cation exchange capacity) for your soil (like very sandy soils), the P & K will definitely go "someplace" - it leaches out and is gone. It will not be "stored"! I am in the Sandhills area of South Carolina (aptly named because we have sand, not "dirt") and my CEC measurements are typically about 1-2%, and have to add several hundred pounds/acre of 0-46-0 and 0-0-60 EVERY YEAR. Ditto on lime - 1000 lbs+/year, unfortunately. With the post-Covid increases for fertilizer and lime costs, I have had to significantly reduce the size and number of my food plots. I am even trying to encourage native forbs like pokeweed and ragweed to grow in some of the areas and skip any fertilizer and lime inputs there.

Thanks so much Wes! Using this knowledge I basically got twice as much fertilizer for half the price of triple 19. Combining two bags and I have 18-46-60. The DAP and Potash weren't even in the retail space at the feed store I visited. I would never have asked if it weren't for this video.

Just got my lime and fertilizer down on my Ohio property this week.

For my high ph soil I’m using a 50% blend of MAP and 50% MOP which comes out to a 5.5-26-30 analysis and throw in a Micro Nutrient Package for my soybean and Deer Vetch plots. And for my fall cereals I’m using Sulfate which is 21-0-0 that has a good amount of Sulfur that crops need. Plots do extremely well. Enjoy the videos!

Wes, at what point in the food plot process do you fertilize, before planting, same time or after a certain # of days after germ... Planning on a soybean, cow peas, sunn hemp, sorghum, millet, sunflower blend in FL...with soybean and cowpea inoculant.

We usually use 6-24-24, which is a soybean fertilizer. Micronutrients are the hardest part to get done.

thank you , great info, new to farm planting

Where do you get your soil tests done with the graph? I've been using the UofM and the test does confuse me with just the numbers. Thanks for the great info.

Jam packed with great info! Good stuff~

Any recommendations on places to mail in soil tests that provide that graph?

Great video! What blend would you recommend for WGF sorghum? Heavy clay soil - 33 CEC.

Suuper informative .. breaking down things soo we can understand n simplify !! Great Job thx 😎

Like to seen you talk about cec alot of guys miss this big help and really helps you go farther and save a buck to.Looks like the cec is around a 9 so your only gonna hold around 90 lbs of N at any given time.

we buy from a farm supply.

So Wes, I did not inoculate my cow peas and I used 14- 4-14, they look great after 3 weeks, So the rule is, if you do not inoculate you need some N correct?

we used a blend of 5 10 15. its what the soil sample called for what we planted.

Love your channel Wes ! I need to come hunt your place next season 💪🏽

Will a legume crop store Nitrogen to be used next year by non-legume, say brassica? Thank You Wes