Great video! Subbed! :) The "control" process you used is the #1 way to plant a food plot when you're just broadcasting seed, because it can be done at scale. While soaking seed ahead of time might work well, it's just not something you're going to do in something large enough to really be called a food plot. The best scenario is to broadcast into standing vegetation, like buckwheat, just before a virtually guaranteed rain event. That's how you really stack the odds in your favor.
Agreed! Thats how I normally do it too- broadcast and cover with a thatch layer before a rain. But timing doesn't alway work that well, and sometimes you just have to get those micro plots planted! That is what my goal is for this technique. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Nice experiment. I’ve been doing this for years in my smaller foodplots but always wondered it it was beneficial. Your demonstration isn’t proof positive but sure seems like a positive signal.
Unless you don't get the spring rains and the seeds sprout and die out, I will wait until moisture levels in the soil are ready, I tried the lime sand soak method years ago.
Been a while since I searched for roller crimpers and was sticker shocked, but never found one that looked like the one in your clip mounted on the FRONT arms of the tractor. Thinking the float setting would be perfect. Can you link to product and does "floating" it provide enough downward pressure?
www.rtpoutdoors.com/goliath-crimper-roller Yes, usually float mode works well. We only have problems on hillsides where it becomes hard to steer the tractor. It is the Goliath crimper with a front-mount 3 pt adapter.
I’m sold, gonna try this, thanks! Even for my larger plots, like an acre let’s say it’s an extra hour of messing around seems worth it… might experiment mixing last minute with sand or kitty litter and attempting to use the broadcaster, problem with kitty litter is it will draw moisture back out, but the broadcaster may knock it all back apart anyway, we will see. Edit: question, did you water the wetted seeds at all after placing on the dirt?
Great video! Subbed! :)
The "control" process you used is the #1 way to plant a food plot when you're just broadcasting seed, because it can be done at scale. While soaking seed ahead of time might work well, it's just not something you're going to do in something large enough to really be called a food plot. The best scenario is to broadcast into standing vegetation, like buckwheat, just before a virtually guaranteed rain event. That's how you really stack the odds in your favor.
Agreed! Thats how I normally do it too- broadcast and cover with a thatch layer before a rain. But timing doesn't alway work that well, and sometimes you just have to get those micro plots planted! That is what my goal is for this technique. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks for sharing some very interesting test.
Thanks for sharing.
Nice experiment. I’ve been doing this for years in my smaller foodplots but always wondered it it was beneficial. Your demonstration isn’t proof positive but sure seems like a positive signal.
Been soakin certain seeds for years in my vegetable garden!
Likewise! And soaking seeds to sprout for my chickens... that's what spark the idea!
Good idea
Unless you don't get the spring rains and the seeds sprout and die out, I will wait until moisture levels in the soil are ready, I tried the lime sand soak method years ago.
Been a while since I searched for roller crimpers and was sticker shocked, but never found one that looked like the one in your clip mounted on the FRONT arms of the tractor. Thinking the float setting would be perfect. Can you link to product and does "floating" it provide enough downward pressure?
www.rtpoutdoors.com/goliath-crimper-roller
Yes, usually float mode works well. We only have problems on hillsides where it becomes hard to steer the tractor. It is the Goliath crimper with a front-mount 3 pt adapter.
I’m sold, gonna try this, thanks! Even for my larger plots, like an acre let’s say it’s an extra hour of messing around seems worth it… might experiment mixing last minute with sand or kitty litter and attempting to use the broadcaster, problem with kitty litter is it will draw moisture back out, but the broadcaster may knock it all back apart anyway, we will see.
Edit: question, did you water the wetted seeds at all after placing on the dirt?
Keep me posted on the sand mixed in! Yes, I watered every few days, but only with a spray bottle to damped the simulated thatch layer.
I’m interested in that crimper. Can you share a little about it?
Can you sent me a picture of your mod lawn roller , as I'm trying to start doing this in my food plots too . Thank you
Sounds a bit like release process wildlife biologist Dr Grant advocates, good system
Very much so! I have work with Grant a bunch over the years