How Late You Can Plant Food Plots
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- You can plant food plots a lot later than you think! While there is a cut-off time to plant a successful food plot during the Fall, ANYONE can still plant them in September, and some of you can even plant WELL into October. Here is what, how and when you can plant the latest food plot in your region.
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I followed your plan and have good results. Also the mock vine started getting used less than 24hrs....unreal!!
This is my first year implementing the “Sturgis system” (new property purchased in late 2020) and the results have been incredible. 1.25 acres of rye went down Aug 31 and is coming in nicely to complement .5 acres of clover and 1.5 of sweet feast. Had nothing but does all summer but right on cue in the last week a monster 11 point and a nice 10 have shifted out of their summer range and onto the property. Can’t wait for our September 15 opener in New Hampshire!
NH. Man i wish i had soil that worked like that. In SW NH and got new 33 acres this year. Had old forested areas that we cleared out and soil tested. 4.4 ph. Added tons of lime and fertilizer and still struggling to get much to grow besides some clover logging roads. But I guess its better than nothing!
@@kevinleary5244 give it some
Time for it to adjust and keep hitting it w lime. SUNLIGHT too!
(Deep woods western NY)
Jeff really knows his stuff that’s for sure. I have an acre of sweet feast brassica mixed with radish added as Jeff recommends and the results couldn’t be better. I planted no till and I can’t imagine anyone has better results till or no till. I was lucky and got timely rain and that helps for sure. I will end up close to ten tons of forage on that acre at the rate it’s growing. It’s already above knee height. I also planted an acre of old faithful rye and it is also doing great. As always Thanks to Jeff!
Received a kick in the nads when I saw the brassicas bottom leaves turned yellow and stunted ....... too much rain in a short period of time. Spread Urea before a rain on them but haven’t been back to see how they are doing. Can they recover? The Fall forage blend of the plot looks awesome and topped it off with winter rye around Labor Day. Guess I’ll come armed with more rye in case the brassicas didn’t do well but didn’t want to spread it on until I see how or if they recovered. One thing I know is I could never have been a farmer! Too stressed out about the weather all the time. My little experience sure makes me appreciate and admire their hard work!.... just about go time!!
Does Rye go bad? I didn't have a great germination rate with my rye. Even had two decent rains. But it was a bag I had left over from last year..
Yep, good info. A few years ago I planted my 'global warming' late fall food plot in early November down here in Southern Illinois where we are actually south of a big portion of kentucky. And it turned out fantastic for being such a late planting. Good info thanks
I know of at least three novice new to the sport of deer hunting people who are following you closely, they are lucky to be starting with your kind of knowledge to help them do it right.
I’m wondering if you might discuss shot placement a bit? From bow stand angle etc?
Thanks for all you do
Ksf
Hi Jeff... filled in some bare spots and put down 1st rye layer a couple days ago.. thought I was in good shape until a flock of turkeys moved in and enjoyed the easy pickings🤬🤬
Little vacuums! At least they aren't smart enough to get them all 😊
Ditto here..
All our greens came up, oats, buckwheat, peas and radishes. Put Rye down last week and going to layer again today. I love this system, we don’t have deer on our land til we start our fall plot. Thanks Jeff! Good luck to all the Michigan youth hunters this weekend. 👍👍👍
Another great vid! I had to add rye to one plot here in southern Ohio since 1st mix didn’t take. Rye is going crazy! Several 140 and above bucks using the 3 plots now.
Yea I used rye to save my plots this year and it really coming up nice. Who knew that rye was turkey bait? Might have to try turkey hunting this year lol!
Yeah I planted some rye yesterday and this morning I watched Sandhill cranes and turkey walking thru and eating the seed...so of course I ran out of the house to scare them off...this video is very valuable...good luck to all this season
The deer ate one of my brassica plots to the dirt already.Spread a bunch of rye on it last week.Think I will put more on it in a couple weeks.It’s getting close now.Saw the big 8 again the other night.He was 30 yards from where I picked up his right shed.The puzzle is coming together!!
Nice D!! Hope that you get him. When you write...always sounds like you have a LOT of deer 😊
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Took my son in law with me.Asked him how many of the 25 buck we saw would he shoot??Their we’re 4 that really got his attention.10 years ago that # would have been closer to 15.But that 10 inch brow time made his eyes pop on the big 8..
I own an agricultural parcel of 50 acres in Southern Ontario.
A long time ago, before I had ever heard of Sturgis I figured out all by myself..... "If you build it, they will come".
Sturgis RUclips channel popped up on my phone one day and I watched every video since then because it aligns with my own goals of habitat improvement and sustainable hunting.
I envy Sturgis doing what he loves for a living and earning a living on it too!
I have mixed food plots on my land that the deer can graze all year long on and a few bushes and a couple swamps and a creek going from one end of my property to the other.
Two weeks ago the farmer that rents my agricultural fields planted oats as a cover crop on the fields. The oat fields are literally infested with deer out consuming the lush , sweet fresh growth. They are currently preferring it over my mixed food plots.
The biggest problem I have is when you work hard to improve your land and create habitat and attract wildlife and have success doing it it also attracts poachers.
I now spend more time hunting poachers than I spend hunting 🦌.
LOL
Thanks Jeff, Good info , always learning from ur vids!
Never had oats die in Kentucky, planted in October and they stayed green after ice storms and tons of frost and got snow and etc , planted buck forage oats
Depends on the Winter...you are right on the cutoff line. In most areas, most Winters in KY they will die and depending on soil and planting conditions, there are better options overall. I first planted BFO 20 years ago and then for several years after. Great marketing
Finally got my 50# bag of Rye yesterday...great thing rain is coming! Hard to come by here in my Ag area...I found a stash though!
Awesome Latisha!! Hope you get some rain 😊
Always great info.love these vids.learning as I go.jeff has helped me alot.i really appreciate it.thanks a bunch
Thanks a lot for watching TS I truly hope that they help you out! Good luck 😊
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Jeff the deer ate my brassica down I am on my way with winter rye to cover it all.these rye videos are going to really save my plots.thanks
There is a spot in my woods where I've wanted to create a small kill plot for several years, but I just never seemed to get around to it, until this October! It was pretty warm, and activity on the neighbor's property seemed to have things pretty messed up in that area, so I decided to finally do it. I created the food plot on the 14th of October. I didn't do anything to the ground except mow all the brush down with my DR Brush Mower. Then on October 18th, I decided to try seeding it with winter rye even though it was so late because we had rain and milder than normal temps forecast for the next week. I really wasn't too optimistic about it growing this fall. I didn't cultipack it or anything. I just broadcast the seed with my hand seeder. I hadn't been back down there for a couple of weeks until today. I couldn't believe that plot! That winter rye germinated and is growing great even though we've had a lot of days below freezing lately! That explains why I'm getting so many pictures out of that new plot every single day; both deer and turkeys!
Take WHS advice to heart. We followed their advice for a Hardwood food plot...so far it has worked as Jeff said it would. We've had two minor setbacks. Our first seeding was mid-August. Not long after it had rained. Our 2nd and 3rd seedings were the first week / weekend of Sept 2021 after a two week drought...My daughter and I prayed for rain. Oh, We got rain....A LOT of Rain...From the 7th -15th downpour or raining on and off...Set back #2: RONA...my entire family was in Rona Jail for another 10days... this Friday will be the first time on the plot in nearly 4 weeks...
This season has been Plot 1.0 the learning season...There has been so much involved...I believe we are better prepared for the late fall planting....and Spring.
Question? I've got my back 5 acres that I've scraped out the leaves to bare ground and tossed down some shaded clover. My problem is that its all forest with limited light coming in. I was advised to try "Deep Woods" brand, as its made for shade. I just planted it about 8 days ago.
Can you recommend a better product? Or is this pretty good? After the season and pre-Spring, I'll remove some trees to open up more light. I've already marked the ones I intent to cut. Thanks!
I use winter wheat. I have a small field tucked into a far hidden corner of my homestead where we grow big plots of sweet corn, beans and the odd other low maintenance food crops in the summer. This will be my second year of following the summer crops with a planting of winter wheat (adding some tillage radish as well this year) as both a food plot and a cover crop to be killed and planted into the following spring. The deer loved the winter wheat last year. I live in the big woods in canadian shield and there isn't any AG fields around here. Had deer digging through the snow well into early February last year
Winter wheat, winter wheat, winter wheat!!! Wheat can germinate at 40 degrees and I’ve experimented with both and the deer will walk right through the rye to get to the wheat. I planted 2 acres 2 weeks ago. Wheat and ladino and the deer are mowing it down. Going to have to plant another 2 acres to keep up with the grazing. Really enjoy these videos but I’m just not sold on RYE.
When putting down rye into standing beans before harvest, how long am I looking at for interfering w the beans when combined? I’m thinking 2-3 weeks with germination and initial growth?
When putting down rye into standing beans before harvest, how long am I looking at for interfering w the beans when combined? I’m thinking 2-3 weeks with germination and initial growth?
Living in Tennessee even my clover stayed green all of last fall and winter.
I would get a ph and ppm meter and cheak both making sure everything is good in the liquid befor applying
Do you have tips for prepping soil to plant late rye in a field that has red clay? I mowed it and killed off some of the grass in the field.
Next steps?
Brother, wish you make a few videos for Arkansas and us southern states.
Can you plant brassicas later in Maryland like early in September?
We’re in the home stretch!! Hoping the weather cooperates cause I’m chomping at the bit!!!😬
It’s warm here in South Carolina can I still plant wheat, the farmers are 👀
Would I spook deer too late if adding rye so late? Thanks.
Got my bow set up yesterday!!
Nice Austin!! Good luck 👍
Thanks
Dang that's a lot of pounds of rye! 😁
Guess who’s on the hunt for rye seed here in Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 thank you as always
Hey, I'm watching from Ontario as well. Cheers!
eastern Ontario hunter here too
Even Canadians fall for this garbage.
@@russelllangworthy994 on the plus side even though you seem to be trolling this account at least you are making the channel money by commenting. And if you don’t think food plots work you probably don’t spend enough time outdoors
@@hellcatoutdoors I'm sure you're 100% right and I'm 100% wrong. That being said, maybe you'll be kind enough to educate me. How does my 1 meaningless comment make a RUclipsr money? And how much money? Does it compare to the $2500 per day that he scams idiots out of by walking their land and telling them "That's a tree, that's a ridge, that's a field edge."? I know food plots work to attract deer. I planted my one and only food plot back in 1997. I saw a ton of deer but it was so boring I never bothered with it again. I prefer to hunt funnels, travel corridors and bedding areas. In any case, good luck to you this season.
IN southeastern KY and we average a frost 50% of the time by October 16th, by Halloween that percentage goes up 90% of the time. It’s currently Sept 15 today. And 99% of trees are still green. Usually by the second full week of October they are completely turning. I have planted fall/ winter food plots as late sept 14th with success but really like Labor Day as the latest planting. Gives 8-10 weeks before frosting. Going to check my plots today and if they aren’t looking good, hitting with rye, and plot boost.
I'm having the worst time controlling ferns up here in North Central Wisconsin. I tilled a small plot and did buckwheat early and got over ran by ferns, cut it and restarted a couple weeks ago with brassica, but not too high of hopes. Might have to dump some rye on it sooner than later.
Today, Sept 15 I panted a quarter acre of ladino clover and another 3/4acre of brassicas here in East TN. A few weeks later than I had wanted but there’s rain coming tonight and the next few days. Fingers crossed!
What can I do about slugs?
At my farm in Central MO we have had 0.2" of rain since the beginning of July. I used a no-till drill to do two of my plots but another was too hard to get it in so I used a small tiller and wiggled my tractor in there and tilled it. Its basically a total fail. I have now decided to throw some Rye down. Its about 1/3 of an acre and put a 56lb bag of rye on it. After 10 days the seed is still there just baking. Rye is tough but this desert drought we are in may very well be too much for rye even. My drilled plots are doing ok but not great. Sad year. We went from Biblical rain in late June/early July to nothing for over 2 months. We are hurting bad. On top of no rain we have had 90% of days over 90. I'll probably hit it with another bushel of rye October 1 then just throw in the towel.
Where do you buy bulk rye?
Jeff,
This is my current dilemma. My fall plots got BURNT with the heat wave we had two weeks ago. I have property in southern Ohio. I just checked 10 day forecast.....one day of rain projected. What should I do???
Hey Jeff, I've been watching a bunch of your food plots and switchgrass planting videos. Good stuff. Just curious, have you ever tried broadcasting switchgrass into a Buckwheat stand and then crush the buckwheat down and spray as in your ultimate no till foodplots? I haven't seen that mentioned in any of your videos and was just curious if that would work.
We have been pumping sun in here in South East ky. 85 plus with little rain. I got my plot in 2 weeks ago. Tillage radish mixed with purple top turnips and I added a pound of rape as well just because. Hope too put the urea too it next week if it rains and seed my rye into it. Going to plot my friends place today. Hope all goes well. Not much rain but might I add INCREDIBLE dew every single morning that stays on the grass till about 11am.
Hey jeff - i just added more rye on monday to my plot in nw wisconsin. Im over 300 pounds per acre on a plot you designed!
Up to this point not much has germinated after 5 different plantings. Starting to think i have bad seed. Been planting rye for 15 years and this is the first time ive had issues. Anyway..Good luck this year!
My rye,soy beans planted sept.4th are germinated and coming on!
You da man Jeff!
Got grandson's hunt plot in on the 9th With new stand and mock scrape, new Camara,
no water hole cause Missisinawa river 20ft away.
He's 14 and fired up for his bow season to get on its way!
Me too!
Oh yeah,thanks Dillon also behind the camera.
I caught the covid second week in August. I bought everything and spray weed killer. Now I can't do nothing until I'm will
Been waiting for rain. Forecast was favorable and I planted yesterday. Rained 6/10's " overnight! Finally. Planted 3 smaller (1/10th ac.) plots. Planted about 80% winter rye. Hoping for the best. Forecast looks promising.
Thanks Jeff! STILL GETTING CLOSER! Two more weeks in IL until season! Get to check trail cams today and then let the woods settle down like you said! 👍
Hey Jeff I planted some rye before a thunderstorm last Wednesday but unfortunately the rain didn't come will my rye survive if it stays on top of the soil for a week or so
Jeff is 200 to 300lbs broadcasting rye? How about drilling it?
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Great job Austin 😊
Is it too late for over seeding my brassica 1/2 with the forage radish blend next weekend or would you recommend the rye instead? Just looks a little thin currently. SW Wisconsin.
This is the place to get the truth.I'm sure a lot of viewers including me are encouraged by what you just said.here in Ohio planting late for what ever reason is leaning towards risky but really were getting into rainy season and it worth the effort..
Really great vidio! Appreciate what you do.
Have a great weekend!
Perfect timing for this video. I ended up being down the entire month of Aug with covid and couldn`t tend to our food plots. I was starting to get nervous I was running out of time, but with some rain in our forecast later this week, I`m getting excited!
TURNIPS!!!
What would do good in Rocky southeast Ohio close to WV border in a big woods setting.
Thank you for all the great info. First year with food plots, over in the west end of the UP, thanks to all the info you share I got a good buck on my property for the first time since I bought it 3 years ago.
Still waiting to plant in Arkansas. Weather here still in the 90’s and drought in my area. Looks like a near October planting.
Should be perfect timing!
im in south arkansas and got rain in the forcast pretty much all week next week. Planting rye and wheat monday for the rain coming monday night. I hope
@@rexicenhower1678 I’ve had to many plot burn ups in the past. Gonna wait for cooler weather. Still upper 80s and 90s in long range for me.
@@camofamilyoutdoors im in my second year. Last year rain did a number on me too. Still experimenting.
Hi Jeff,
Just curious if you use the same sprayer for plot start as you do your herbicide.
Thanks
Clover plot got eaten up by army worms. Thanks for the info as always. Going to toss down winter rye in a few weeks
Mid November is about food plot time for Louisiana 😂
Excellent 9 minute video, thanks!!!!
Good info. Appreciate the tips. Good luck.
👍
Opener October 2nd here in PA
question? you always say that deer will go into the rut at the same time every year. When does it happen in Eastern Ky, right on the West virginia line? Thanks
End of October/First of November. I live there!
Ideas for ohio area?
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Thank you for the information about plots. So when planting clover at this time of year, are you expecting foliage growth during the season? And if not, will frost kill it and how does that work with it coming out in spring? I am new to food plot management. I have a very small hide hole plot cleared that we will plant this weekend, but others, maybe 2 acres total that I will continue working on on Saturdays when I have days off from work. My deer herd numbers seem quite low, lots of coyote predation in the area, and its a high hunting pressure area. I own 20 acres on the edge of a huge creekbottom swamp. Location is Southeast Louisiana, zone 8b