How to enhance your clover food plot.
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- Clover plots are a great part of any food plot program. We now use chicory in all our clover plots for added attraction as well as nutrition. Chicory is drought tolerant and can grow in lower quality soils.
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John, I totally agree and have been adding approximately 30% Chicory to my Clover plots for over 20 yrs. with great results The main challenge I have encountered is killing the weeds in the Chicory/Clover mix plots. thanks, Bob
Good stuff as always John. I appreciate the fact in all your videos you always talk about deer draw. Let’s face it we all want healthier soil but the main reason we do this is to harvest deer. Keep the videos coming !
For sure.
We all should want healthier soil.
But my goal (and most others I would assume) is to attract and hold deer from September to January. Some folks want year round food.
Very good point with all this no til craze.
Fantastic information, John! Can’t wait to see your 3 strip planting video this year!
Great video John! I have 4 - 1/2 acre clover and chicory food plots on my 40 acre hunting property and the deer are on it all year. I also have 5 micro plots with brassica’s. I brush hog the clover plots in early June and late August when it flowers. 1 plot is 3 years old and 3 are 2 years old. All doing excellent!
Great to hear.
My small kill plots ( pending enough sunlight) will be clover plus chicory.
My deer pound my chicory in October! I had already planned on increasing chicory use on my other plots .
Us as well
They are pounding it right now
I have experienced the same thing with october chicory
Another great video, I would be interested in video on alkaline (7.7-8.4) soil mixes.
Great information! We have chicory with our clover but I see I need to get much more in the plot. Btw, where do you send your soil samples?
Rock river labs
John, could you still add oats to the chicory and clover blend?
Sure
If spring or fall planting
That’s perfect
What setting do you use on the Earthway hand spreader for spreading your clover chicory mix?
I think 1 1/2
When do we plant? Your blackboard is too small or write bigger please. Great content as always!
Spring or fall
Thanks for another video full of great info. What are the sunlight requirements for chicory? Will it tolerate any shade?
Being a large broadleaf it needs sun
Some shade won’t hurt it much.
When do you plant a clover and chicory blend? Spring or mid summer? Do you mow this perennial blend the 1st year?
Hey Jason
We have planted it 3 ways.
Frost seeded on prepped ground.
Spring planted with oats as a nurse crop.
Fall (August ) planting with rye and oats as a nurse crop.
If frost seeded or spring planted, yes you may have to mow a time or two.
Great question
They claim chicory has a deworm anti-parasite qualities. Wonder if that's why late September through early November deer pound the stuff.
Not sure. But my last few years of observation has sold me on it.
Amazing tool in the tool box.
@Northwoods Whitetails Food Plot Seed thank you for the information I'll be call for pure chicory product. Appreciate the service you provide
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John, how much sun/little sun does chicory like? Could you plant like 1/8 acre kill plot with mainly chicory in the deep woods with very little sun? Or what would be ideal?
If you could get 1/2 to 2/3 day of sun to it, our Seclusion 360 would be the one to plant.
A lot of shade then just use cereal rye
Hi John. How and when do I plant chicory in an established clover plot without tilling the whole plot up and replanting it?
I would have said frost seeding
Which is still possible in the north 1/4 of the country yet.
Or just scratch up a small part of it and start over. Alot of the original clover should grow back.
Can you frost seed Chicory
Yes
We have
Always try to avoid “ Choking my Chicory”
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Would you plant a strait chicory plot if so could you do it like a brassica plot late July in north center mn
Would it be a good fall plot?
We are doing it in combination with a strip of grains as well as strips of other perennials. We are doing a pure chicory plot because it’s more sandy soil and I can’t get brassica to grow well yet.
A stand alone chicory kill plot may work well. But I do like a clover component with it.
You can plant spring or late July.
I’m in SC. Got awful soil. 4.7 ph. Very low nutrients. Small plot and already spread half the necessary lime but it could take a while to take hold.
Was planning on 360 this year, sounds like it’s a good bet.
How is your clover in 360 for the south/drought?
Should grow well
But if your in drought already I would wait until sept to plant with oats as a nurse crop
@@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 thanks. And yes I was planning to wait for fall. Hoping the ph is a little better by then. How much oats per acre would be good ?
You talk to tons of food plotters. Do you see deer utilize chicory in big ag areas?
Many of them say yes. Deer are similar to us and like diversity in their food . The more variety we can put before them , the better. They will quickly let you know if they like it or not. But on the farms I’ve tried it, they liked it.
@@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 What would you recommend for fertilizer to get a clover/chicory plot or strip established? Does the chicory need some nitrogen?
@@zebmartin995 for establishing a clover /chicory 19-19-19 and later once it’s growing properly a 6-24-24 as the clover is producing nitrogen for the chicory.
Since chicory is a forb/herb it can use some nitrogen of planted alone.
Hey John ! Very interested in chicory! My question is weed control ! What will not kill the chicory? And I have a new plot that's around 5.4 what do you think seclusion for this plot ? Looking forward to hearing back !
Imox for weeds
Try a small test area first
Add plot doctor lime at planting
As well as pelletized lime
@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 I put 1000 pound of lime on it after soil test ! Its 1/2 acre ! What do you recommend in this plot for fall planting ! I have Buckwheat in it now for summer soil building ! I planted it 7 weeks out that I'm planting my fall plot.
@@jefferymorgan8135 gonna depend on
Location
Equipment
Deer density
@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 I'm in WV ! I have tractor disc cultipacker UTV spreader as well as hand spreaders. Do you recommend one of your clover chicory blends and if so which one ?
@@jefferymorgan8135 if it’s a kill
Plot you can use seclusion. Use rye and oats as a nurse crop
Is there a post emergent broadleaf herbicide for a chicory or chicory/clover planting? I've read conflicting stories.
Imox. Or whitetail institute slay. 1 oz crop oil 3/4 oz of slay or imox. I would not buy Whitetails fusion or clover blends. Over half is coating.
I always mow my clover and chicory plots.
I’ve only sprayed clethodim for grasses.
I don’t remember needed broadleaf control.
I’ve used IMOX on a clover plot once , I can not positively say it’s safe for clover plus chicory.
@@travissmith-wz5nc thanks for the information.
@@travissmith-wz5nc Hmm. You've done it? This is my confusion as some have posted Imox will kill the chicory.
@D Mouse Absolutely. With chicory I use .5 oz imox 1 oz oil.
I usually try to use a liquid fertilizer the day before. You can simply mix 1 lbs package of miracle gro to 4 or 5 gallons of water spray the vegetation. 24 hrs later use the herbicide mix above. A 2 or 3 gallon pump sprayer works. Use long sleeves and rubber gloves. And a mask.
How about a little info on the best planting practices for this combo? Thanks
Lol
Ya sorry. I am not the best at doing videos longer than 10-12 minutes.
Actually , it the same as planting clover.
Frost seeding
Spring with oats
Fall with oats and rye
@@northwoodswhitetailsfoodpl2663 your videos are great, thanks for the response
@@kevinfowler6065 thanks