Make a Small Food Plot the Easy Way! (717)

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A quick reference guide with step by step directions and options to get you started on small food plots for fall: plot size, weed control, seed bed preparation - fire or herbicide, seed choices, when to plant, hunting strategies for small plots, and much more!
0:00 Start
01:22 When to Plant
01:46 Hunting Strategy
02:16 Clover in Fall Food Plots
03:12 What's the Mission?
04:12 What Seeds to Plant
05:38 Where to Plant? Broadcast?
06:28 Fertilizer- Soil Fertility
07:33 Prepare Seed Bed: Fire or Herbicide
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@ChaplainMatt Год назад

I just got a 10 acre spot here in CA that backs up to thousands of acres of national forest without a lot of great food sources. Been trying to research all I can on making various food sources and hidey holes to draw deer off the NFS land. Your channel has become my new obsession. THANK YOU for all information.

@GrowingDeerTV Год назад

I hope your project goes well!

@tinfoiltim7593 Год назад

Thank you Grant!

@GrowingDeerTV Год назад

Welcome!

@dirtmanoutdoors9550 Год назад

Paciently waiting for the end of the month here in North Carolina I'm thinking of doing control burn like you mentioned on one of my small plots in the pines to get rid of pine straw

@usernamehere6061 Год назад

Do you worry it will damage your pines?

@dirtmanoutdoors9550 Год назад

@@usernamehere6061 it's only about a 100x120 ft plot

@GrowingDeerTV Год назад

Great! I hope it goes well!

@stevebrown3408 Год назад

Thanks , on them small plots do you come in and blow off the leaves after they drop ?

@GrowingDeerTV Год назад

We do if they are smothering the crop.

@j23bizzle Год назад

Wondering what to do with my. Top layer of "duff" as I am dealing with 2 inches of it. I'm planting wheat, oats, some peas and cereal rye for a fall plot ? Anything you can tell me will help greatly! I am just east of your proving ground . Thank you so much

@GrowingDeerTV Год назад

Jon - if you are describing leaves, debris, etc., we like to use a prescribed fire to remove them and prepare a seedbed.

@j23bizzle Год назад

@@GrowingDeerTV this is more of a heavy straw

@_DeFiNiTeLy_Not_BrAd_ Год назад

Are you familiar with Dr. Elaine Ingham's work with bacterial and fungal compost teas? Ive been playing with fungal tea's and charcoal/biochar in a heavy clay area i wanted to plant a winter food plot in. Its been pretty amazing so far, about 4 years in.

@GrowingDeerTV Год назад

I am! Dr. Ingham is doing great work!

@karma8001 Год назад

I use allot of her methods. I like the JLF fertilizer method check out garden like a Viking he's got a great channel on here with organic fertilizer and micro organism solutions mostly Jadam the old and new Korean methods of organic farming. He even makes a video about mixing Wood ash with water

@aaronmace4472 Год назад

Do you plant a Hidey Hole plot just in the fall and don’t do anything in the spring and summer? Or do you need to plant something else in the spring?

@GrowingDeerTV Год назад

I also plant them during the spring to suppress weeds and improve the soil for the fall crop.

@Clancy2105 Год назад

What do we do if we usually don’t get a good rain until September. And our first frost is is early October.

@GrowingDeerTV Год назад

Seith - without soil moisture, crops grow very slow or fail. So I wait for rain or a strong forecast for rain! Cereal rye will grow during the winter when the temps are above 30.

@Clancy2105 Год назад

Thank you. You guys do great work with all your content. I am planning on putting down lots of cereal rye this fall as soon as rain is in the forecast. God bless y’all

@benhershberger6921 Год назад

How do you make a fire break on a small plot without tilling or discing? Leaf blower?? How wide?

@usernamehere6061 Год назад

You can suffice with just a couple bushhog passes. The wider you make it the less smoke you'll have to breathe if you have a spot and need to put it out. Edit: That is if you have an atv sprayer with water or a really good leafblower

@GrowingDeerTV Год назад

Ben - we simply use a leaf blower and or a weed eater and rake. Just remove the fuel. We make ours about 4' wide for small plots, but the width depends on the amount of fuel. More fuel requires a wider break (fuel free area).

@chasenthehunt7247 Год назад

Have you ever planted fruit trees or recommended them?

@GrowingDeerTV Год назад

I have a small tree plot. If you enjoy maintaining and caring for trees (pruning, etc,), they are fun! I prefer planting plots and they produce more tons per acre!

@kristophstjames4143 5 месяцев назад

so scattered seed works on this plot so why would you drill the other plots that look similar? Couldn't i scatter seed on my untilled grassy plots like this and then cultipack some of the seed in?

@GrowingDeerTV 5 месяцев назад

I believe I answered this for you before? A cultiplack doesn't bury seeds. Seeds or new seedings will not outcompete an established stand of grass. Drilling almost always produces a better crop than broadcasting, but broadcasting, when used in good conditions, works well when a drill isn't available.

@kristophstjames4143 5 месяцев назад

@@GrowingDeerTV yes, thank you, you did answer my question but what's confusing is , your seeds were just scattered on the ground - they dont need to be covered? my cultipacker packs most of the seeds down so i thought that would be better than just counting on rain to bury them, no?

@hughphillips67Mustang Год назад

I don't have the room for a food plot on my hunting area. At what point do you decide to just let God's natural life be what it is. And hunt what you got?

@kaylacarpenter1902 Год назад

If you don’t have room for a food plot, I would focus on the natural forage. Get rid of the stuff that doesn’t have any value and spray a fertilizer on the stuff that provides something for the wildlife in your area.

@usernamehere6061 Год назад

Cut some trees and spray invasives. The best food you can provide the deer on your property!

@GrowingDeerTV Год назад

Hugh - I agree with Kayla - I'd work on improving the native vegetation.

@outdoorswithjt6652 Год назад

Never put cereal grains with brassica plants. They i.e. oats wheat etc. Will choke your brassicas.

@GrowingDeerTV Год назад

Nah. I have been planting blends for decades without issue. It's all about creating the blend correctly. I always want 7-10 species in my blends so there's something to attract deer during the early, mid, and late season and to help improve the soil's quality!

@Clancy2105 Год назад

What do we do if we usually don’t get a good rain until September. And our first frost is is early October.

@usernamehere6061 Год назад

That is the benefit of crimping to exterminate cover crop. Ground will hold enough moisture to get you through until rain comes.

@Clancy2105 Год назад

So start my plots early spring and crimp for fall plots? Yeah I need to get on a better planting schedule. Thanks

@GrowingDeerTV Год назад

Seth - if it's dry and there's no moisture forecast, planted seeds will likely die. I wait until there's rain in the forecast!

@Clancy2105 Год назад

@@GrowingDeerTV Ok thank you. Have you ever had seeds germinate the next spring. Seems like I get that often than not. It blew me away the first time it happened.