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If you are going to plant in the spring I personally don’t see the down side to planting beans instead of buckwheat. If it fails you can still plant your fall blends and if it doesn’t you can seed into the standing beans as they turn yellow and have both greens and grains in the same area. Also buckwheat is just as expensive as beans anymore so it’s essentially a waisted crop when you could have planted beans at the same time instead!
The downside is wasted money and time.
@@aaroncornelison5477 I agree if you don’t plant anything then that would be the cheapest/easiest. I was referring to soybeans vs buckwheat. Jeff is planting buckwheat every year so he has the time and expense of a spring planting. I did the buckwheat method the last 3 years and switched over to soybeans this year and will broadcast WW and WR in them when they yellow for the double crop of greens and grains. I get something from my spring planting for the hunting season(bean pods) vs buckwheat that you terminate in August. Best part is that it didn’t cost me any extra time or money!
I guess if you have a plot that’s to small to withstand browse pressure you will have a one time cost of putting an electric fence around it but I think that would be worth the amount of extra attraction every year, also buckwheat might get browsed to heavy as well in that scenario
I guess some folks just the time and money to waste. Not me, no beans to see them get chin high by the end of August.
Certainly, the top things would be wasted time, money, resources, and energy.
Thanks Jeff, always great information!
Finally convinced some buddies to not plant clover anymore, too many doe and they weren’t taking enough tonnage into the fall. Switching over to a barassica and thank God!
Amen to that Matt!
you’re absolutely killing it Jeff!Continue the Great work & I look forward to seeing your next video! Thank you From Canada 🇨🇦
Thanks a lot Carlo we are trying to do our best! Can't wait to get back up there 😊
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 if you’re looking for a seed distribution partner here in Canada. i’d love to join the Team!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Jeff, you need to add your seed company link in description.
Jeff Always love the videos. Greatest information channel for whitetail hunting out right now. Thanks for all of the time you and Dylan put in to this. It has helped Mike, and I and many other with our whitetail properties. Oh and tell Dylan sorry if I spelled his name wrong. Lol!!! Have a great day.
Man! I love this stuff!
Thanks for the tip to plant buckwheat in late summer again...and let nature take it out. Then the over seed of the winter rye....decent green up up for that Oct 1st open! Thanks Jeff.
Always look forward to your stuff, bottom line just get out there and see what works it’s fun figuring it out. Thanks Jeff
You are very welcome! So much fun with all of this stuff!
All I have to do now is hang stands and plant fall plots in mid August down here in VA! Btw thanks for mentioning VA 😊
Nice Drew...we are getting close too! Can't wait! And you are very welcome 😊
Where are you from in va man I am too
@@anthonykontos7931 Floyd VA
Jeff, love the videos keep them coming. I think it would be awesome if on your website store. You would add the Earthway spreader setting you use for the different seeds you offer.
Earth way has a seed setting tag on the spreader just turn the spreader over
Great plot info ! Thank you 🌧☘🦌
Thank YOU, and you are very welcome...happy planting 😊👍
Excellent job Jeff love the video I have big wooded area got my work cut out tried brassica last year it took off little bit did a few mistakes didn’t open the woods or soiled test so my fault but do recommend I do fall rye to get a better set up. So thank You appreciate you and your hard work the all you guys do for all your videos and podcast
Thanks so much Ralph that sounds like a plan! We really appreciate you watching and your comments!
Thanks for the refresher👍🏻
You are very welcome!
Great video with a lot of content! Is rye the only option in the fall for high browse pressure? If so, what should you do in the summer?
Jeff, I mowed my rye when it was 2 1/2 feet tall. It still has light green in it . I plan on spraying it with gly soon.
Michigan is the 2nd most agriculturally diverse state. I plant my Astronomy domine sweet corn 1st week of May before storms down state MI. My goal is habitat improvement for humans and wildlife. I plant food plots for humans and wildlife. Mixing domestic strawberries in with the wild. We are building hugelkultur beds with all the extra dead rotted timbers and ferns. We have so many different kinds of berries. Edge of deer wintering complex in the U.P. We have noticed buckwheat growing here and there after planting a 10x10 patch. We do oats, peas, and buckwheat. We are gluten free so no rye. Stuff we can use as well as animals. More of a food forest concept so I cast out the seed. That's what got me looking at food plot seeds. Price vs volume. 50 rutabaga seeds for 3.50 or 1lb for 5$ That purple kale grows great. Been composting it because it grows too good. I and the animals only eat kale when its small. No till helps with my sweet corn or the ground is too soft and corn falls over during storms. I like the clover under fruit trees. I have honey bees so even down state at town house we planet clover in the yard. The clover did better than the grass with the drought. Never though to plant stuff opening day bow Oct 1st. Food plots aren't just for wildlife. Venison Pastie food plot blend in the U.p. is what I am going for. All harvested off the same food plot. I only spend 45 days a year on property in the U.P. and every other year extra 9-14 days for bear and bow season deer hunting. Deer carcass makes good bear bait.
Good luck planting y’all !!!
Same with you Connor!
Hey Jeff, great video once again! That split plot shot looks very familiar. l have used your peas , beans n oats suggestion in the past. Wondering what your rates are for buckwheat, radish and peas per acre?
Hi Jeff quick question for you. I just ordered a bag of the Big Boost Brasica, I'm wondering if you still cut that with tillage radish like you did with the sweet-feast Brasica blend?
jeff, when do you add your nitrogen (urea)? any at planting? or not till 5 weeks later and how much normally?
I'm in southern NY I have a plot that has standing rye and clover in it that I over seeded last fall. Would you recommend seeding buckwheat in it by end of July and mowing/spraying or waiting until August/September and just reseed in a rye pea oat mix and spraying and mowing then?
When do you fertilize brassica? Pre seeding slow release fertilizer? And when 2” tall?
I wanted to reach out to the group on here. We just had a massive 4400 acer wild fire in huntsville texas and it burned up and 50% of the 180 lease I have and about maybe 40 acres of one of the other guys leases. We belong to a 1800 acer shared lease. I want to 1 stabilize the soil, 2 attract deer and pigs. There are alot of hogs already. Looking for something quick growing to stabilize the soil then something to help sustain wild life. This is big big woods and hard hunting. This isn't farm land.
In regards to layering clover. Can I do that with your big boost brassica into my buckwheat this fall?
If drought continues what is the latest you would plant Brassicas in SW Wisconsin?
Jeff, my buckwheat failed this year due to the drought,,, My plot is just dirt and weeds under control,,, Can I throw ur green mix right on the ground early August without working up the soil? Maybe just drag lightly with a screen or something similar?
What sprayer are you using with your tank/4 wheeler setup?
what do you set your spread for your green blend?
Can you plant Buckwheat in the summer in the south? 6-8 weeks prior to fall planting for me would be mid July. Temps in July in Georgia are typically over 90 degrees with very little rain.
Will cereal rye and clover have any attraction when all ag fields in my area are hay?
I've been trying to use buckwheat during the summer months in Northern Wisconsin but I can't keep the deer off my plots. The buckwheat has been wiped out 2 years in a row. Any suggestions? 40 acres of timber with 1 acre of plots.
If you have clover already, what times of the year should you mow it?
If you get busted as you are about to get into a stand do you still hunt that location or do you find another spot to sit for the day?
What would a consultation cost me? My dad just bought a property in east TN. 15 acres most if it was just brush hogged.
Jeff, glad to hear you will have corn next year for sale. I am hoping you will NOT be coating the corn with Neonictanoids/insecticides. First, they add cost. More importantly, studies are indicating elevated levels in deer eating Ag corn. I will absolutely continue to buy seed from you but not with the coatings. Looking forward to your offering next season.
Agree with this. I am constantly looking for different seed suppliers that don't use any coatings/treated seed for our property.
How much hairy vetch per acre should i add to my mix?
Northern Ohio here. Is it better to plant brassica early… like this week with a lot of rain in the forecast or wait till closer to august? Thanks
Hi Justin! More like end of July/early August
the fall power greens and the big boost brassica with shipping are kinda expensive so i have beets and greens from whitetail institute wondering what i should combine with this for 50/50 plots
Unfortunately there are some pretty cheap seed blends out there for a reason...so without knowing or having the time to study a lot of other factors with what you have...it would be impossible to recommend an appropriate mix. Part of what you pay for is not having to figure out what a proper mix ratio is...as well as for quality seed. Bottom line, there isn't enough time in the day to analyze poor seed mixes for folks online and make recommendations...even before I owned a seed company 😊
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 ya i think im just gonna bite the bullet and buy your seed for the 50/50 plots and return this seed
How do you plant in the rain, if your no till process requires you to hit the buckwheat with Gly during the process?
I don't always plant with the buckwheat 😉 I also don't always spray at the same time. Just depends on the conditions. You never want to be cornered into 1 planting method
During the Season Season Season Season is my key take away
Your comment regarding "improving your soil" was that meant to be a dig on Dr Grant Woods methods. Just curious.
I don't think so? Grant is more for getting seed partnerships and has a large parcel where it doesn't matter as much what you plant. Not really someone I watch or consider a competitor? He hasn't really been planting food plots for very long...not really a "food plot guy"
Quick question...would alfalfa be a good crop to plant?
It is in the arid portions of the west...Montana, for example. It also is a small portion of a perennial blend like the one that we sell (1 out of 7 seed varieties). But not in general...
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The Bottom Line Is. Jeff knows his stuff
Thanks a lot Mike I appreciate that!
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Not sure why but I can't watch the video to the end. It cuts me off right when Jeff starts talking about mowing corn down
Really not sure what happened on that! Kind of crazy...
I'm feeling out of the loop here as far as planting dates, etc, go 99% of the time. No, make that 100% of the time. "We're 'way up here in the Upper Peninsula ..., " Hey, I'm 300 miles northwest of 'way up here,' in Roseau County. Minnesota. Are there any people from along the Canadian border, Manitoba say, or northern North Dakota among your readership, eh?
Unfortunately nothing going to grow without rain.
A green base is bear proof.
So true!
You're hunting private land. And I totally respect everything you're talking about. But what about the average Joe, that is stuck having to hunt state land, 95% of the time? What insights do you have for us type of people?
This is a good plot video, probably not a fit for someone who hunts public land, ha Have you checked out the other 100s of videos that apply to public land hunters on this channel tho? Or the public land playlist on this channel? You really should 😊👍
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 thanks, I will. I've checked a few. But I'm sure I can do more. Thanks again!
Thanks Jeff, always great information!
Thanks Jeff, always great information!
Thanks Chad I hope you and the family are doing great!
Thanks Jeff, always great information!
Thanks Jeff, always great information!