Food plots don't have to cost a lot of money. Here are some food plot planting tools and methods that will save you both time and money when it comes to getting the job done RIGHT.
Great info as always brother I found that a leaf blower works better than a rake lol..I raked about 2 acres by had and will never do that again if I don't have to lol..
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I don't know if you remember but I asked you last year about a battery powered water pump to water plots last year..well I tried it and it did pump water but not enough power to run a watering head so still working that out.
HI Jeff, I watch you almost everyday and I have learned so much from you. I have been following your advice since February of this year. Please let your viewers know where they can get the Earthway 2750 spreader for $45. I searched for months and the best I could find was $59 on sale. I would buy 2 more if I can get them for $45. Also, I have done Simazine once and Glyphosate 2 x's on about a mile x 15 feet wide for switchgrass and Glyphosate 2 x's for buckwheat. I plan to spread Switchgrass seed around a 5 acre food plot and Buckwheat seed on 2 1/2 on weed free ground in late May (90 days after the Simazine). It was too late to Frost seed in late February down here in Louisiana. You are doing a great job and I appreciate you and Dylan sharing your knowledge over and over again. Do you have any Louisiana clients?
Good tip about the water needed for glyphosate use. My well water has lots of minerals in it and doesn't make for good mixing water. So instead I use my dehumidifier water. I run the condensation line to 5gal paint buckets and use that water, works great!
Another great video...ever consider a yard truck to work plots to save time? Uninspectable due to rust or whatever, but functions and drives. I use an old 12 foot farm roller to ensure good seed to soil contact...works great.
Dang good video, down south the same no till principles work really well. Just different planting times, etc. We’ve been doing that for several years ✌️
Thanks for all the great information being passed on with your videos. We have an access trail which is 30 yards (on one side) from a grass path we use to access multiple stands. We will have Egyptian wheat (12 ft wide) between the access trail and the food plot. Is the access trail too close? We don't hunt the plot, just the trails going to it.
Hi Jeff! First off, I want to say thanks for all you do to help people like me learn and have a fighting chance with starting a food plot. Your work is GREATLY appreciated by many!! Question: So I live in Kansas, and am working on my first ever food plot that’s in a tree line between an ag field and woody cattle pasture. The plot is pretty small, about 1/4 acre. I want to add one of those 110 gal. water tanks as a compliment to my relatively small area. The plot sits in a low area, and a decent amount of the rainwater from the ag field drains towards the plot, and actually cuts a small ditch (about a foot in width) right down the middle of my plot. My thought is to place the 110 gal. tank right in the path of the small ditch, allowing rainwater to naturally flow into the tank, and then continue on to the other side and keep moving if the tank is full. My worry is of herbicide runoff. The ag field gets sprayed about once a year, and I plan to plant buckwheat and eventually crimp it and spray it with glyphosate. Would you be concerned about chemical runoff of either gly or any other herbicide entering the water tank and harming deer via the runoff ditch? Thank you!
hey Kirk, don't need to worry about gly because there will be stirred up sediment in the tank which deactivates it. Now the bad news, the tank will fill up with mud quickly and be ineffective, I've seen them completely full of mud! Wait till it rains and go out there and walk aroundand find a low spot where water is puddling but not direct flow, take a rod to put in the ground because those spots disappear when dry. You have found your sweet spot and no direct chemical runoff! Hope that helps
Hi Jeff. I enjoy your videos and your no - till philosophy. Will be tring it on some of our Plots this year. (2800 acres, about 13 acres of plots in S.C.) Using the Earthway spreader, what setting do you use for the WHS forage blend of peas, beans and oats ?
Hi Jeff. Farm in Kentucky. Been using a deer corn feeder. If I went with a food plot what would you recommend planting? Thank you for all information you give out. I look forward to it every week.
Hello sir. I thoroughly enjoy all of your content. Any advice on what I should plant here in Georgia for spring/summer food plots? These are small plots about 2 1/2 acres
Thanks Jeff,I agree on the earth way. Don't forget mowing for weed control,with the slow germination due to drought last fall the weeds beat the brassica up,mowing right above the brassica allowed them to choke out the weeds
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 definitely lost a few,but the mower width minimized that. One of the better brassica stands I have seen once the competition got eliminated.
Thanks Jeff I’m gonna trust you and try the no till 3 spraying this year! I’ll see John K soon when I get my seed. Can you touch in a video on crop rotation? With the linear plots that I have I’ll be flipping the brassica side with the Fall forage blend side. Is it that easy? How do you add fertilizer, 46 Urea? Don’t you need to work it in first?
Hello Jeff I need some help! Planning on using your no till method this year with buckwheat to plant winter rye. With this process, when do I spray the DeerGro Plot Start? Before planting the buckwheat on June 1 or before planting the winter rye on August 1?? I know I have to spray glyphosate after smashing the buckwheat to kill the buckwheat. I don’t have the means to use regular lime. Located in North Central WV. Ps- I used DeerGro Plot Start last fall when planting a perennial clover plot and had success with it. Thanks for all you do!!
Hey Jeff, my only water source at my hunting property is a stream that has crystal clear water flowing. If i pumped it through a filter to remove any possible organic matter, think it'd be ok to use? Other option I am considering is putting in a shallow well.
I've watched a lot of video on multiple different subjects for deer habit. I have 120 acres but over half is swamp so I don't have a lot of open area. How would I plant a food plot in area that is wooded, do I have to clear cut an area, and if I do I would end with stumps that I can't remove or can I plant in area that has trees? Thank you for any help.
Jeff, I'm wondering why you don't mention soil tests or PH levels prior to planting? Also, fertilizer application (ie triple 19,ect) with your no-till strategy? I tried the buckwheat no-till approach last season and had very disappointing results. Actually had the buckwheat re-generate and smoother one end of my field. Any advice would be much appreciated. THANKS
Hey Jeff gonna stager my planting of brassica/med red clover. Three weeks later on the other half of my plot gonna spread cereal grains how do I stop weeds from growing for that three week period while my brassica/clover is growing and there isn’t anything on my cereal side yet
Hey Jeff & Dylan,.. I am going to pickup the chemicals u use , but I was given 20 gallons of natural armor grass and weed killer , do u have any thoughts on using that brand since this is about being cheaper the better lol just want to know if its good to kill thanks again
HI Jeff, i know you reccomend the earthway spreader, but are there any unrecognized problems with grass seed spreaders people push around their yard? That is what I have used when I owned land and I was able to get winter rye to grow. Is the earthway more advantageous when seeding over buckwheat? When I seeded winter rye i was going over bare ground essentially.
Hi John...those seeders that you push around thebyard are not stable enough to plant food plots...same with the pull behinds. Also, many food plots will have uneven terrain or in the case of buckwheat thick growth to seed thru (you seed first crush 2nd). Unless the conditions are perfect and food plots tiny, a push seeder would be impractical.
If you only had 2 days to make a poor man food plot in the wood and leave it on its own. hunting season being in November, what would you plant and when?
I will be planting a food plot this year in a property that's never been planted I had plans to use Roundup to kill all the thick weeds and then plant it later this month will the Roundup kill my Clover that I plant this year
When you say to mix 2 quarts glyphosate with 25 gallons of water, are you referring to 41% glyphosate? Which brand do you use for both glyphosate and 24D?
I planted switchgrass April 2. I planted 10 pounds an acre. These are mostly screen strips. The seed I have has 85% total germ. 56% dormant and 29% soft seed. Now I’m wondering if I should go back and plant another couple pounds/acre due to the amount of dormant seed. Thanks Jeff!
Jeff what setting on the earthway do you set for your buckwheat? I'm sure you've stated in the past, but hoping to get lucky and get a quick answer. Thanks!!!
While I do like a bunch of your advice, I do not understand why people believe they have to mow clover. Now it may be different in areas outside of the southeast, but you can let clover go to seed (most have great reseeding potential). It only adds to a clover seed base, allows nitrogen fixation and release, and greatly helps with weed suppression. Yes older clover is less palatable to deer but that's not an issue since you don't want a lot of summer food. As an absentee landowner and land manager I can say this works great in my areas. And clover is way cheaper than buckwheat in my area.
Great video Jeff! What food plot seed would you suggest for an area that could have potential flooding from a creek or more moisture than usual sometimes? Probably 1/4 to 1/2 acre plot. I thought maybe Clover & Chicory with some Winter Rye mixed in. Would brassicas do well in that environment?
Oh boy...I've literally thrown a new Chapin away because they are so unreliable and poorly made. Let's face it...none of them are that great. BUT I can honestly say I would never take a paid sponsorship of my normal yearly fee because they are so unreliable.
No damage at all to the seeds. Brassica seed is very small, and the tracks would only enhance seed-to-soil contact and as a result, germination rates. My only concern might be soil compaction from the heavy equipment, which is a potential drawback to no-till when you use heavy equipment: unless you use a subsoiler, or plant daikon radish and subsequent winter/spring freezing and thawing to break hard pan, you may compact your soil.
You bring up things that used to be done that didnt work or thought it worked and today we just dont do any longer. I wonder 20 years from now what we will learn and not do that is being done today as a best practice....
Hi George the cool thing is I've been teaching and practicing these planting techniques for over 2 decades...they are extremely tried and true 😊 But so true...so many planting methods and ideas have come and gone. Mostly born from folks that had limited success in very narrow applications. Some were pretty crazy!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Yeah sometimes its hard to fathom what we see today as great practice or in the past only to see something change for any variety of reasons. I sure hope it doesnt because the way we do things today, is SOOOO easy.
Today or tomorrow I plan on buying my buckwheat to start the no till food plots this season here in south west Michigan. I can't wait to see how your techniques work on my parcel. Thank you for the content
@Number 1 Fan perfect moon for harvesting “first”! I’m thinking about grabbing a over the counter turkey tag for me and my boy. Saw a ton this fall. Almost too many.
@Number 1 Fan turkey are so common now that it’s hard to find motivation, but getting my son a Tom would be fun. Plus he will learn from sneaking around the woods. We run into a lot of up close deer encounters. Good training!
Jeff if you have time please go back and check replied comment on my comment on your video ( critical spook free deer hunting rules ) I just need to know if I truly win
You keep talking about how great looking your food plots are but they do not look very appealing to me. I put a Pizza hut sign on my deer stand and I think that will bring in more big bucks than that weird green stuff you are planting.
Hi Jeff this is Donald Gsell just wondering if this is a scam. I got a comment back from whs saying I'm a winner of the short list. And for me to text a phone number. Would like to know if that was really from WHS. Thanks please let me know. Thanks
