EGYPTIAN WHEAT & SWITCHGRASS SCREENING
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- In this video I discuss using Egyptian wheat or switchgrass to screen food plots, and access roads. I share with you the key details in establishing these warm season grasses, and not letting them get overtaken by grasses and weeds. Screenings are extremely important and if used correctly can help deer hunters access tree stand locations with out spooking or bumping deer.
I’m planting the first week of June in southern Ohio. Couldn’t get the seed in last year….sooooo I’m getting it in this year and I hope I get good germination. Eagle seed.🤞🏻🙏🏻🌧 Great job! Thank you
Good luck with the plots! Thanks for watching and commenting
Thanks Wes! I plan on trying a screen of egyptian wheat this year and plant it when the local farmers plant their corn which is normally mid June.
That’s about the same time I planted last year….it did really well for me and I’d highly recommend it! Thanks for watching!
Egyption wheet, and Sun Hemp work well together in a screening. Sunhemp and Egyptian wheat can be sprayed with Buterac 24DB. To control weeds, rotating the screening with other plants like cowpeas and legumes helps control grass.
Thanks Caroll, this particular screen was sun hemp and Egyptian wheat. I was hopeful the sun hemp would provide enough nitrogen that I wouldn’t have to add any, but in my case it was turning light yellow, so I threw a bag of urea at it and greened it back up! Thanks for watching!
@@DIYfoodplotpro Did you Innoculate the Sun Hemp before you planted it?
I did not inoculate it, and I don’t remember if it was pre inoculated or not, but I’m thinking it wasn’t.
@@DIYfoodplotpro It doesn't produce Nitrogen if you Don't Innoculate it.
Hey Wes, I have some screening questions
Here in Oklahoma
1 acre
Soybean plot (going to plant in mid May)
But my screening question is….if I plant Egyptian wheat first of May
That will screen my plot for how long?
Like December?
It’s a new plot and I want to use the screening for two reasons
1) to make deer more comfortable on the open end of my plot for the summer
2) to access my blind for hunting season
I’m a rookie at screening lol
Thanks in advance sir
Keep the food plot videos and knowledge coming man 👍🏽
Tanner my screen on this plot held up until around January. I’d plant just a little thicker than I did last year and shoot for 15-20LBS. At that rate I believe it would cover you all hunting season. Thanks for watching
How about SORGHUM SUDAN GRASS? Not as tall as Egyptian wheat but grows as fast and thick. But yes, not having to plant every year is a WINNER with me!!
I can’t say on the sorghum Sundan grass, as I’ve never planted it! I really liked the Egyptian wheat thought, cheap and easy! Thanks for watching
Go with a pre emergent!!!
I tried switch last year and the drought came and set in and I fought them dang weeds all year
Droughts are tough man, sucks because the weeds/grasses don’t ever seem to stop growing but the plants we are trying to grow, tend to not be as stout! Did the switch end up making it through? Thanks for watching!
@@DIYfoodplotpro you’re the food plot man!!! But if you can get atrazine I think it would be money well spent!!! So I did 5 areas of switch. About 12’ wide. I think 2 did well but 3 of them not so hot. Honestly I’m just gonna wait till this summer to see what all comes back then I might come back in and re drill certain spots if I have to.
I can definitely get atrazine…no problems there. Might try one spot with and one spot without, just as an experiment. Atrazine is good stuff, use it in corn every year!
Did you drill the switch or broadcast? I’m going to try and get the drill back over to do my switch planting.
@@DIYfoodplotpro so I broadcasted first go around and then it didn’t rain for like 26 or 28 days. Then after it did rain I waited about 2 weeks and not much came up so I re planted it with a drill.
Thank you for all you do Wes !! What is ball park seeding rate for Egyptian? Thank You for your time !
I planted my Egyptian wheat last year at 10-14LBS per acre. It was a good rate but this year I’ll prolly shoot for 15-20LBS per acre. Thanks for watching
15 to 25 helps hold down the grass, and weeds.
Can u use Egyptian wheat as a nurse crop for switchgrass? What's your thoughts on def. [Diesel exhaust fluid ] for a cheap urea.
Honestly I am not sure on that….i would feel like the Egyptian wheat would grow so much faster it would shade the switch out but that’s just a guess. If you wanted a screen now, but wanted it yearly I’d plant Egyptian wheat on the inside in a 8-10 foot wide spot, then next to it plant the switch. Once the switch took control, you could just add the spot where the Egyptian wheat was back into the food plot. I’m not sure on def, I’ll have to look into that….ill try to make a video on it, as I’ve had several folks ask the same question. Thanks for watching
Sun hemp works better with Switch Grass, it takes 2 years to establish switch grass, plugs work better than seed.
Wes,
What egyptian wheat seed did you use? As i'm sure you know everyone has this seed available. THANKS
Believe I bought from Hancock seed company, I bought a big bag, and just stored what I didn’t use. Thanks for watching
switchgrass does not get tall enough.The egyptain wheat really not a good screen when hunting season hits. Looks beautiful while green fun to see grow but not sold on it
The Egyptian wheat did very well for me as a screen….but if your way up north I could see where it could potentially lose some of the ability to screen after several hard frost. I would just plant the screen thicker than my 8-10 foot width if I was worried about it playing out to soon. Thanks for watching!
Side Note: you have zero planting success unless you get a frog strangler rain!
Hahaha good ole frog strangler always helps!!!