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  • @seth1137
    @seth1137 Год назад +2

    These principles make so much sense, I can't believe more people don't do it this way. I grew up planting food plots in the fall the traditional way. It never crossed my mind that those traditional methods were actually doing more harm than good. At the time it was all I knew. I'm interested in watching more of these videos and implementing this method of planting. I'd love to see a video talking about the different types of planters/no till drills and which you prefer if you haven't already made a video like that.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV Год назад +1

      Good ideas Seth - Thanks! I have a Genesis No Till drill and it's worked great for me! We broadcast seed in the smaller plots which works but not as well as a no-till drill that places seed in the soil.

  • @hostie1015
    @hostie1015 4 года назад +5

    I learn a lot from these videos Grant. Keep them coming. I can’t wait for the next one.

  • @claytonrobinson3413
    @claytonrobinson3413 Год назад +1

    Thank you so much for all of your informational videos I have 120 acres just outside of Hermann Missouri half of it is cultivated for straw and the other half is woodland and I am using your techniques to make three or four small food plots this next spring I love conservation and wildlife I am an avid hunter and your tips have helped to make my property lush with wildlife for generations to come thank you very much

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV Год назад

      Clayton - Thanks for sharing the encouraging words and have a great season!

  • @stevenmiller7964
    @stevenmiller7964 4 года назад +1

    I wish there was a "love" button for your videos. A "like" button does not do these justice. Thank you for you educational instructions. I wish you could see what my little 5 acre property looks like now with native vegetation compared to 5 years ago when it was shaded out and bare ground with leaves. Simple tree thinning and burning with nothing but hand tools has done wonders.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад +1

      Thanks for the kind words! I'm very proud of you for the habitat improvement work and I do wish I could see your property!

  • @sonsofthunder3100
    @sonsofthunder3100 4 года назад +1

    Really enjoyed the video! I work for the NRCS and we're constantly trying to promote soil health, and the fact that soils are alive and living soils are needed to build and conserve healthy soils. Healthy soils support healthy ecosystems, and healthy ecosystems include everything we love about the outdoors! Hope you guys are doing well, always love learning different and new techniques to try on my small property!

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад +1

      Heck ya! We need need to work toward improving soil health!

  • @cleverhonky7186
    @cleverhonky7186 3 года назад +1

    After following this channel and watching kiss the ground on Netflix it has really opened my eyes to the impact we have had on climate change and the environment and where we are heading if we don’t change our agricultural practices. Thank you for sharing your knowledge we just need the word to reach out more.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 3 года назад +1

      Kiss the Ground is a very good movie and I hope lots of folks watch it!

  • @davidjackson534
    @davidjackson534 4 года назад +2

    Dr. Grant I've been waiting since last fall for this video! Thank you very much!!!

  • @philplasterer1547
    @philplasterer1547 4 года назад +1

    Sharing this for all the farmers in my area. (Northeast Indiana)

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад +1

      Phil - I was assisting a landowner in northwest, Indiana yesterday - near Michigan City. That's a neat area!

    • @philplasterer1547
      @philplasterer1547 4 года назад

      GrowingDeer.tv Thank you so much!!!! This will make our food taste better and save farmers money and allow them to produce more for us. We sure do have great soil here. BTW, I am home from my last mission (Kuwait) and broadcasted Eagle Seed Forage Soybeans for the first time. Man I am excited for this hunting season. I can’t thank you enough for being an amazing teacher. ✝️🇺🇸🦌

  • @braytonwix585
    @braytonwix585 4 года назад

    Thank you Grant so much! I will definitely be implementing these tactics as soon as I can!

  • @KuhnenOutdoors
    @KuhnenOutdoors 4 года назад

    Awesome video Grant! Thanks for educating us.

  • @usnmedic09
    @usnmedic09 4 года назад

    Excellent video. I think a lot more people need to understand these concepts!!

  • @Jimbo4575
    @Jimbo4575 4 года назад +1

    First time I watched this I laughed about using a board to crimp but I just order a cover crop blend and plan on using this on my garden. Thanks Grant

  • @ryanstever6906
    @ryanstever6906 4 года назад

    This was excellent, thanks. I have watched most of your videos.

  • @TheOutdoorDude
    @TheOutdoorDude 3 года назад +2

    I think alfalfa work well to mixed into that buffalo blend. Alfalfa has triacontanol in it which is a natural PGR and would boost crop yields. Bacillus Subtilis and Bacillus lichenformis are super beneficial to the soil as well as Mycorrhizal fungi. One of the best gifts we can give to future generations would be to repair or depleted soils, and teach more sustainable methods of farming.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 3 года назад +1

      I agree we all need to work toward regenerating soils!

  • @Ghillie-bp6tl
    @Ghillie-bp6tl 2 года назад

    This is still one of my favorite vids from you all. Amazing amount of knowledge in it. Even from a non-farmer. But brings it all back around to the Buffalo system. We now require anyone renting our fields for hay or crops to have a cover crop in the winter. It's been a fight to change minds on discing, but the renters have seen the benefit in just a few years.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 2 года назад

      Great to hear! Thank you for watching!

  • @mela3054
    @mela3054 3 года назад +1

    I'm late to the table, but so much good information...

  • @saltybr
    @saltybr 4 года назад +3

    Go Mississippi State! It was my alma mater for a MS in Wildlife. Embrace the hook and bullet/applied teachings there. It’s hard to find that in many universities nowadays.

  • @Giroux68
    @Giroux68 3 года назад +1

    Commercial AGs job should be growing soil first, crops 2nd. Grant is brilliant.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 3 года назад

      Nah - It makes sense to take care of the resource that allows us to eat and have clean water and air! Soil health should be a focus for everyone!

  • @Lefty168
    @Lefty168 4 года назад +1

    I’ve done this in central MO super effective in early season lead to 2 booners back to back

  • @nickchambers8999
    @nickchambers8999 4 года назад +1

    Thanks man you rlly help me a lot at my deer grounds good luck to you this coming fall

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад +1

      I hope you have a great season!

  • @stevej4
    @stevej4 4 года назад +1

    If anybody wanted to geek out more on soil health, I'd recommend the book Dirt to Soil by Gabe Brown. I am 3/4 of the way through and it goes right along with what Grant is preaching. Its been a great read so far.

  • @jeffreymccombs643
    @jeffreymccombs643 4 года назад +1

    I love your videos I wish I could hunt with you guys I was in a house fire I was close to passing a way but I still recovered God's and love to be out side

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад

      Jeffrey - Wow! You have been blessed!

  • @BretWickstrom
    @BretWickstrom 3 года назад +1

    Always best to try and look at how God did it first. I love this. Reminds me of “no dig” garden ring but in a large ag scale.

  • @ezrap.5387
    @ezrap.5387 4 года назад +4

    Thanks for sharing learned a lot

  • @danrowe1174
    @danrowe1174 4 года назад +1

    I love this stuff.

  • @imarginacionmxd
    @imarginacionmxd 4 года назад +1

    saludos bro

  • @stevensolinko8807
    @stevensolinko8807 4 года назад +2

    It took me YEARS to convince my farming buddies to go no till... Now I need to spend years to get them to try a cover crop.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад

      This trend is sweeping the nation!

  • @ace5538
    @ace5538 3 года назад +1

    Trying this on my food plot let's see how it goes

  • @jesse4530
    @jesse4530 Год назад +1

    Where can I buy that crimper? I checked the RTP website and all I see is the pull behind crimper. I'd try building one myself as it looks simple but I'm not sure on the blades and I don't want a plot full of weeds. Thanks, love the channel and your interest of mycorrhizae.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV Год назад

      Thanks Jesse! RTP had some of these crimpers but I believe they sold all of them. If you like mycorrhizae, you'll love our next episode with Keith Berns!

  • @USCAVHOOAH
    @USCAVHOOAH 4 года назад +1

    Just found this video and I absolutely love the concept, especially since you are spreading by hand which is what I have to do. Maybe someday I can afford that $10-15k pricetag on a small drill, but not yet. My question is, what cover crop do you think would grow best on the sandy soils of AL and take to the crimp? Also, I notice here you crimp immediately after planting the seed. Do you find this to work better than crimping after the seed has germinated? Thanks for what you do!

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад

      Glad it was helpful! When implementing the Buffalo System by hand, smaller-sized seed tends to work better. There are some variables as to when to crimp such as if rain is forecast, etc.

  • @newperspective1318
    @newperspective1318 4 года назад +1

    I can't wait to get a piece of ground to plant a food plot like this. Corn piles attract Bears id rather grow plants.

  • @glennplachta6794
    @glennplachta6794 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for all the information just wondering if you guys ever experimented with crimping lespedeza before it went to seed to kill it

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад +1

      Glenn - There are several species of lespedeza. It can be terminated when crimped after the flower stage and just before the seeds mature.

  • @colbylafauci9588
    @colbylafauci9588 4 года назад +1

    Dr. Grant, do you recommend spraying glyphosate on the previous crops/weeds before packing them to the ground to make sure they die for the future planting?

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад +1

      Colby - I don't. I plant a fall blend that will mature about the same time and there's rarely many weeds come spring.

  • @mr.Mikeyboy
    @mr.Mikeyboy 4 года назад +1

    What’s up growing deer! Great info vid! Question : when do u think is best time to fertilize? I have to fertilize but I don’t want to burn the seed? Or does it matter ?

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад +1

      Mike - as long as the fertilizer isn't touching the seed it won't be an issue. I like to fertilize just before a rain.

  • @briancunningham9975
    @briancunningham9975 4 года назад +1

    That is amazing, I myself don]t use chemicals and I was looking for an alternate to tilling. Where can I get one of those foot crimpers? I have small plots so it would be ideal for me.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад

      Brian - Checkout RTPOutdoors.com!

  • @Tbum19
    @Tbum19 4 года назад +1

    Would you use this same process (foot crimper) for terminating the summer crop when planting in the fall?

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад

      Timothy - I usually plant directly into the summer crop unless it's weedy or won't mature until too late.

  • @nickrx1175
    @nickrx1175 4 года назад +1

    Could you crimp a Fallow Field at end of summer to plant a small Fall Food Plot ? Or does this only work on certain type of growing fields ??

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад

      Nick - Vegetation in fallow fields rarely mature at the same time and crimping works best on plants that are in the pollen producing stage.

  • @dirtlegchaser2424
    @dirtlegchaser2424 2 года назад +1

    hey thank you for the information. i live in mid alabama in a pretty wet area year round with a ton of green most of the year. lots of clear cuts and a some soybean crops scattered. sounds like i cant plant much on my 5 acres that will benefit them but if i was determined to plant something. what would you suggest? im guessing something with the most protein?

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 2 года назад +1

      When the beans are harvested, it's a great plan to have a quality food plot o your land. Deer need some reason to use your property versus a willy nilly chance they will pass through. The Fall Release blend from Green Cover is good to attract deer!

    • @dirtlegchaser2424
      @dirtlegchaser2424 2 года назад

      @@GrowingDeerTV ok sounds great! thats what ill do. i appreciate your reply and sharing the knowledge

  • @deerhuntingdadstv9278
    @deerhuntingdadstv9278 3 года назад +1

    Can I broadcast forage beans prior to crimping my cover crop with success? I’d like to do beans for the fall and just not certain if I would be wasting my time/money by not drilling the bean.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 3 года назад

      Deer Hunting Dads - Beans are a big seed and it will be tough for them to make good contact with the soil when broadcast into a standing crop.

  • @coltpowell6770
    @coltpowell6770 3 года назад +2

    Dr. Woods what is your broadcast rate for soybeans per number of seeds per acre. Im looking into seeds and they asked me how many seeds i need. They sell 14,560 seeds per bag. Is there a mathematic method for individual seeds per acre. Im planting a little less than an acre in Marie Co. Using Buffalo system. Can you help me find out how much seed i need?

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 3 года назад

      Colt - When broadcasting, I like 200,000+ soybean seeds per acre! However, usually in plots that are one acre or so, deer can easily browse the beans to death. You might consider planting a high quality blend for forages rather than beans for that mission. If beans work and aren't damaged by browse pressure - great!

    • @coltpowell6770
      @coltpowell6770 3 года назад

      Thank you, we'll go back to the drawing board and add forage with the beans and make a mix. How would LabLab and a cowpeas mix do with beans? Or do you have a suggestion for a mix with forage beans?

  • @nicholasmaslin6126
    @nicholasmaslin6126 4 года назад +1

    I'm young and don't have many resources but I was wondering if you could plant the buffalo blend with broadcast , the broadcast soybeans , then crimp with baby Goliath, my question is it that possible to do with a good result?

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад

      Nicholas - Yes - beans can be broadcast into the standing cool season crop and them crimp or terminate the winter blend.

  • @anthonymeurer9981
    @anthonymeurer9981 9 месяцев назад

    What about on a brand new field that has never been planted before, should you remove the grass?

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 9 месяцев назад

      Yes = the established grass will outcompete the new forage crop.

  • @theprincipalsofhunting7352
    @theprincipalsofhunting7352 4 года назад +1

    Dr Woods when do you normally crimp and put these summer plots in? End of May or earlier? Do you repeat this in the fall?

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад +1

      I plant when the weather conditions are favorable. Typically during the fall I simply plant but don't need to terminate the summer crop.

    • @theprincipalsofhunting7352
      @theprincipalsofhunting7352 4 года назад

      @@GrowingDeerTV thanks I am working on a small 1/4 clover kill plot just up to road from you near Mt Grove and the soil is not very good I want to build the soil but don't want to till. I thought about trying to do some fall planting and then doing some no till and crimping to help build soil. So do you have any cost conscience suggestions?

  • @jonmac3569
    @jonmac3569 4 года назад +1

    My question is similar to the one at the end. I have a 3 acre field that was cattle pasture for years, maybe decades. It is very compacted soil, with a 4.5 ph in MS. Do I have any chance of starting this way? Are there any crops I can grow with this low ph without discing in lime to start with?

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад +1

      Cereal Rye and crimson clover will both grow there. They won't be as productive as when planted in great soil but cereal rye can do a good job of reducing soil compaction and storing nutrients. I'd include some buckwheat. This blend should be planted 45 - 60 days before the first expected frost of the fall. Use glyphosate to terminate the weeds, spread lime (it will take a bit longer but will still work without being disced in), and drill in the blend. Next spring drill in Eagle Seed Forage soybeans unless there are too many deer in the area for the size of the field.

    • @jonmac3569
      @jonmac3569 4 года назад

      GrowingDeer.tv thank you!

  • @gavinsmith1379
    @gavinsmith1379 4 года назад +1

    When planting a home garden should you plant before you krimp

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад

      Gavin - yes if you are drilling in seed. If you are setting plants (like tomato plants) it's better to crimp first!

  • @23DanielVincent
    @23DanielVincent 3 года назад +1

    Is the foot crimper something that you can buy or do you have to make it?

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 3 года назад

      I got mine from RTPOutdoors.com. I don't know if they sold out or not.

    • @23DanielVincent
      @23DanielVincent 3 года назад

      @@GrowingDeerTV Would this technique work if you have tall grass or would I need to remove it first?

  • @joekap1221
    @joekap1221 6 месяцев назад

    What can I plant to raise the ph? Without using lime? My current ph is at 5.3. It's a new plot

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 6 месяцев назад +1

      Joseph - When soil isn't disked and a good blend of species is produced and the reside (what's not browsed or harvested) is left on site, the decomposing vegetation will slowly improve the soil's pH. I haven't added any lime of any kind in almost 20 years and the pH in my plots is 6.5 to 6.9. It's amazing how good a diverse blend of plants are for soil! However, in small plots were deer keep the vegetation browsed to the ground, there's not as much benefit to the system - but still way more than disking.

  • @JayN4GO
    @JayN4GO 2 года назад +1

    I know this question has been asked a lot. I have 2.5 acres of pasture that has been vacant for 10 years. Ph is 5. I spread 600lb of pell lime per 3/4 acre and spread 200 lbs of cereal rye in October. The rye looks patchy. The garbage ragweed, goldenrod is now dormant but still standing 4 ft tall. Should I bush hog that or can I crimp that as well to use the thatch for soil building? Or should I just drip torch strips and start from there ? I would like to plant clover blend in the spring but may try buckwheat. Do you think I can no drill no till buckwheat in a place like this ? Another place that’s hard to get a tractor into. My goal is to have a decent field of perennial clovers due to the lack of protein in the area for fawns and others. Can’t find help here so I’ll be doing it alone. Just don’t know how to start with dormant standing junk. Thanks for input from central Ky

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 2 года назад

      Jay - if there's grasses in the old pastures, such as fescue, etc., you'll need to terminate them next spring with glyphosate. Crimping won't terminate the perennial grasses and they will outcompete the young seedlings from the seed you plant. Broadcasting works best when seed lands are bare soil and no till works much better when a drill cuts through the duff and places the seed at the correct depth. A prescribed fire can be used to remove duff and created a seedbed for broadcasting. However, fire also makes a great seed bed for existing weed seeds, etc. It usually best to start the process with all the existing vegetation terminated.

    • @JayN4GO
      @JayN4GO 2 года назад

      @@GrowingDeerTV so I need to look for a good rake ? Lol

  • @scottschaeffer8920
    @scottschaeffer8920 4 года назад +1

    Ugh! Thank God for students, the foot crimper is tough!

  • @stevegermain1222
    @stevegermain1222 4 года назад +1

    I love it but it's killing me I bought a rototiller just for food plots back in the woods 3 years ago have try the crimping for sure

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад

      Steve - I'm sure you can sell the tiller.

  • @joeybrown6343
    @joeybrown6343 3 года назад +1

    would this work with switchgrass going into buckwheat?

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 3 года назад

      Joey - Not if used now. Crimping kills plants by breaking the circulatory system when the plant's seeds are in the dough stage. Switchgrass is likely dormant now, but the root system is alive!

  • @EarlybirdFarmSC
    @EarlybirdFarmSC 4 года назад +1

    How come you couldn't use a rotary cuter to terminate it? Would that not work? And you are right, only God could create something so fascinating and so connected to each other. Everything is connected.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад +1

      Many forages and weeds grow back after being mowed. - Tracy and I used to live in South Carolina!

    • @EarlybirdFarmSC
      @EarlybirdFarmSC 4 года назад

      GrowingDeer.tv I see. That makes sense, I guess mowing sort of stimulates growth like an animal eating it. What part of SC? Born and raised here, love it here! Thanks

  • @bishoparchery
    @bishoparchery 4 года назад +1

    Doc, is it native weeds or buckwheat you are crimping? Annual grain you must have planted or? Always hunted public land and never owned anything. Finally got my own land and trying to learn. God bless and thank you for your teachings.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад +1

      Congratulations on getting land! In this episode we crimped cereal rye that was planted the previous August. Cereal rye is a great cool season crop because it grows when the temps are above 28 degrees, even it it's been colder and warms up t o 28!

    • @bishoparchery
      @bishoparchery 4 года назад

      @@GrowingDeerTV Thank you so much for taking the time to teach me. I'm going to try it in the fall as cover crop with winter rye. Is that a good plan or, ask them to sell me cereal rye instead of winter rye, or are they synomous? Not use to owning land yet, or food plotting, but I'll keep buying up land and I'll keep learning. Sewed seed with the boys yesterday and on my knees thanking God for having the chance to try to plant one after all these years. Thank you for the teachings and God Bless.

  • @jaehanson781
    @jaehanson781 4 года назад +1

    Hey Grant, would you be interested in speaking at our Sportsman's Dinner at our church here in Michigan? Could you please message me the cost.

    • @davidjackson534
      @davidjackson534 4 года назад

      What part of Michigan? I'm from (and live in) the south western part of Michigan.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад +1

      Jeremy - Sure! I frequently speak at such events. Please send some details such as the date, town, etc, to info@GrowingDeer.com

    • @jaehanson781
      @jaehanson781 4 года назад

      @@davidjackson534I live on the west side also! About 15 minutes from Lake Michigan. West of Grand Rapids, near Muskegon.

    • @jaehanson781
      @jaehanson781 4 года назад

      @@GrowingDeerTVThank you, I will send the info to you there and we'll see if we can come up with something. Have a blessed evening.

  • @thomasgraf4631
    @thomasgraf4631 4 года назад +1

    I’m thinking your OnX map is a little off. There is no way that’s only 1300 sqft 😂

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад

      Thomas - the camera made it look a bit larger than it is.

  • @jeffreyhouston2043
    @jeffreyhouston2043 4 года назад +3

    I'd quit hunting if I had to hunt like this.

    • @GrowingDeerTV
      @GrowingDeerTV 4 года назад +1

      Jeffrey - I don't understand. Are you against to improving habitat? Do you disagree with food plots? I''m trying to understand your comment.

    • @jeffreyhouston2043
      @jeffreyhouston2043 4 года назад

      I've been a pro hunter/guide and land manager for 30 years. I hadn't seen these techniques since I was a teenager, lol.