How to enhance your clover food plot.

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Clover plots are a great part of any food plot program. We now use chicory in all our clover plots for added attraction as well as nutrition. Chicory is drought tolerant and can grow in lower quality soils.
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@DairylandLegends Год назад

Fantastic information, John! Can’t wait to see your 3 strip planting video this year!

@rfb7117 Год назад

John, I totally agree and have been adding approximately 30% Chicory to my Clover plots for over 20 yrs. with great results The main challenge I have encountered is killing the weeds in the Chicory/Clover mix plots. thanks, Bob

@novchild1968 Год назад

Good stuff as always John. I appreciate the fact in all your videos you always talk about deer draw. Let’s face it we all want healthier soil but the main reason we do this is to harvest deer. Keep the videos coming !

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

For sure. We all should want healthier soil. But my goal (and most others I would assume) is to attract and hold deer from September to January. Some folks want year round food.

@tylergoralski8728 Год назад

Very good point with all this no til craze.

@tjt1992 Год назад

Great video John! I have 4 - 1/2 acre clover and chicory food plots on my 40 acre hunting property and the deer are on it all year. I also have 5 micro plots with brassica’s. I brush hog the clover plots in early June and late August when it flowers. 1 plot is 3 years old and 3 are 2 years old. All doing excellent!

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

Great to hear. My small kill plots ( pending enough sunlight) will be clover plus chicory.

@smoothy66 Год назад

Another great video, I would be interested in video on alkaline (7.7-8.4) soil mixes.

@cameronkennedy1318 Год назад

I have experienced the same thing with october chicory

@user-gf5sp4in9g 8 месяцев назад

My deer pound my chicory in October! I had already planned on increasing chicory use on my other plots .

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 8 месяцев назад

Us as well They are pounding it right now

@christinebirowo7128 Год назад

Cool....

@miltg6322 Год назад

Thanks for another video full of great info. What are the sunlight requirements for chicory? Will it tolerate any shade?

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

Being a large broadleaf it needs sun Some shade won’t hurt it much.

@jeffpepin5930 Год назад

Great information! We have chicory with our clover but I see I need to get much more in the plot. Btw, where do you send your soil samples?

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

Rock river labs

@ericjohnsoncf 11 месяцев назад

When do we plant? Your blackboard is too small or write bigger please. Great content as always!

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 11 месяцев назад

Spring or fall

@donovanwetherholt7995 Год назад

What setting do you use on the Earthway hand spreader for spreading your clover chicory mix?

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

I think 1 1/2

@jasonmeyer4587 Год назад

When do you plant a clover and chicory blend? Spring or mid summer? Do you mow this perennial blend the 1st year?

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

Hey Jason We have planted it 3 ways. Frost seeded on prepped ground. Spring planted with oats as a nurse crop. Fall (August ) planting with rye and oats as a nurse crop. If frost seeded or spring planted, yes you may have to mow a time or two. Great question

@williamschutte2487 Год назад

Hi John. How and when do I plant chicory in an established clover plot without tilling the whole plot up and replanting it?

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

I would have said frost seeding Which is still possible in the north 1/4 of the country yet. Or just scratch up a small part of it and start over. Alot of the original clover should grow back.

@patrickfarris8048 Год назад

John, how much sun/little sun does chicory like? Could you plant like 1/8 acre kill plot with mainly chicory in the deep woods with very little sun? Or what would be ideal?

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

If you could get 1/2 to 2/3 day of sun to it, our Seclusion 360 would be the one to plant. A lot of shade then just use cereal rye

@chadoverkamp9407 Год назад

Would you plant a strait chicory plot if so could you do it like a brassica plot late July in north center mn Would it be a good fall plot?

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

We are doing it in combination with a strip of grains as well as strips of other perennials. We are doing a pure chicory plot because it’s more sandy soil and I can’t get brassica to grow well yet. A stand alone chicory kill plot may work well. But I do like a clover component with it. You can plant spring or late July.

@andytommelleo9119 Год назад

John, could you still add oats to the chicory and clover blend?

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

Sure If spring or fall planting That’s perfect

@travissmith-wz5nc Год назад

They claim chicory has a deworm anti-parasite qualities. Wonder if that's why late September through early November deer pound the stuff.

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

Not sure. But my last few years of observation has sold me on it. Amazing tool in the tool box.

@travissmith-wz5nc Год назад

@Northwoods Whitetails Food Plot Seed thank you for the information I'll be call for pure chicory product. Appreciate the service you provide

@ukjw2 Год назад

I’m in SC. Got awful soil. 4.7 ph. Very low nutrients. Small plot and already spread half the necessary lime but it could take a while to take hold. Was planning on 360 this year, sounds like it’s a good bet. How is your clover in 360 for the south/drought?

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

Should grow well But if your in drought already I would wait until sept to plant with oats as a nurse crop

@ukjw2 Год назад

@@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 thanks. And yes I was planning to wait for fall. Hoping the ph is a little better by then. How much oats per acre would be good ?

@user-ij7hj7rt2z 6 месяцев назад

Can you frost seed Chicory

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 6 месяцев назад

Yes We have

@jefferymorgan8135 Год назад

Hey John ! Very interested in chicory! My question is weed control ! What will not kill the chicory? And I have a new plot that's around 5.4 what do you think seclusion for this plot ? Looking forward to hearing back !

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

Imox for weeds Try a small test area first Add plot doctor lime at planting As well as pelletized lime

@jefferymorgan8135 Год назад

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 I put 1000 pound of lime on it after soil test ! Its 1/2 acre ! What do you recommend in this plot for fall planting ! I have Buckwheat in it now for summer soil building ! I planted it 7 weeks out that I'm planting my fall plot.

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

@@jefferymorgan8135 gonna depend on Location Equipment Deer density

@jefferymorgan8135 Год назад

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 I'm in WV ! I have tractor disc cultipacker UTV spreader as well as hand spreaders. Do you recommend one of your clover chicory blends and if so which one ?

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

@@jefferymorgan8135 if it’s a kill Plot you can use seclusion. Use rye and oats as a nurse crop

@kevinfowler6065 Год назад

How about a little info on the best planting practices for this combo? Thanks

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

Lol Ya sorry. I am not the best at doing videos longer than 10-12 minutes. Actually , it the same as planting clover. Frost seeding Spring with oats Fall with oats and rye

@kevinfowler6065 Год назад

@@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 your videos are great, thanks for the response

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

@@kevinfowler6065 thanks

@dustinwaldron2010 Год назад

Always try to avoid “ Choking my Chicory”

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

🤣🤦🏼‍♂️

@dmouse522 Год назад

Is there a post emergent broadleaf herbicide for a chicory or chicory/clover planting? I've read conflicting stories.

@travissmith-wz5nc Год назад

Imox. Or whitetail institute slay. 1 oz crop oil 3/4 oz of slay or imox. I would not buy Whitetails fusion or clover blends. Over half is coating.

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

I always mow my clover and chicory plots. I’ve only sprayed clethodim for grasses. I don’t remember needed broadleaf control. I’ve used IMOX on a clover plot once , I can not positively say it’s safe for clover plus chicory.

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

@@travissmith-wz5nc thanks for the information.

@dmouse522 Год назад

@@travissmith-wz5nc Hmm. You've done it? This is my confusion as some have posted Imox will kill the chicory.

@travissmith-wz5nc Год назад

@D Mouse Absolutely. With chicory I use .5 oz imox 1 oz oil. I usually try to use a liquid fertilizer the day before. You can simply mix 1 lbs package of miracle gro to 4 or 5 gallons of water spray the vegetation. 24 hrs later use the herbicide mix above. A 2 or 3 gallon pump sprayer works. Use long sleeves and rubber gloves. And a mask.

@zebmartin995 Год назад

You talk to tons of food plotters. Do you see deer utilize chicory in big ag areas?

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

Many of them say yes. Deer are similar to us and like diversity in their food . The more variety we can put before them , the better. They will quickly let you know if they like it or not. But on the farms I’ve tried it, they liked it.

@zebmartin995 Год назад

@@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 What would you recommend for fertilizer to get a clover/chicory plot or strip established? Does the chicory need some nitrogen?

@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 Год назад

@@zebmartin995 for establishing a clover /chicory 19-19-19 and later once it’s growing properly a 6-24-24 as the clover is producing nitrogen for the chicory. Since chicory is a forb/herb it can use some nitrogen of planted alone.