2022 Best Food Plot Mix
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- The 2022 best food plot mix is quite a bit different than before, and there are several reasons why! Green food plots should be the base of all of your food plot plantings, and this 2022 mix delivers. Here is your 2022 best food plot mix...
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I've been following Jeff and his methods for 3 years with amazing results. Dude's a freaking genius. I have had people ask what I'm doing and they are amazed at the results. If you have any doubts about no till, don't. Try it. You'll be beyond happy.
I really appreciate that Scott...thank you for placing your trust in the methods it means a lot to me!
Haha! Love it! I have been following Jeff for about 3 years too! And I can't believe how far I've come thanks to Jeff!
@@whitetailhabitatandhunting so fun... my 2nd year
I'll watch this video over and over... keep rewinding it !
Just praying for rain in August 🤞🤞🤞Thank you 🌾🦌🏹🕺🏻
Thanks a lot David...hoping your rain trends strong soon!
GOT MY SEED YESTERDAY! Im looking forward to my first food plot planting ever in the next couple weeks. watching for rain. central lake michigan.
Thanks Jeff! Planted mine a couple days ago! Can't wait to get some of your seed next season!
Thanks Jeff,new blends look spot on,already had mine mixed before the adds started popping up though. Been mixing something very similar for many years. Always amazes me how deer pick thru an eat it in stages.
Sorry I left you out Dylan you've got the best job in the world
I’m new to the food plot/land management game but I’m learning a lot with your videos. Thanks for dropping all the knowledge bombs !!!!
Interested to see what you have up your sleeve for WI plots Jeff! If you need a bulk seed mixer in the future I can get my setup ready! Mixed my own green blend based off your info last year to improve cost basis!
Always looking forward to your new content. Thanks for always adding joy to my day. Just planted some winter rye. First food plot of my life. Did 90% of it with my bare hands and a chainsaw but you’ve been the inspiration I needed.
You'll have to listen a little closer to that new content you like so much. You're way too early on the winter rye.
Winter rye? I thought he had say to never use winter rye, but to use rye oats, but I could be wrong
rye should be planted after labor day. not good to plant to early. Gets woody
Thanks Jeff. Got mine today.
Thanks Jeff👍🏻
My Boost Brassica seed arrived yesterday. Getting excited to make my first food plot.
Nice...that's exciting!!
Like you Jeff, my new favorite thing to watch on my summertime cams: Weeds die and buckwheat grow!!!! Thanks for all the content!!!!
Got to love it!!
I'm surprised you don't see deer using the corn in October. In western New York deer definitely hit the corn in early October. At that time of year I observe deer eating a diversity of things as they bulk up for winter. It is fun to watch them bounce back and forth between my corn and brassica planted side by side. Keep the great content coming!
I received my shipment the other day, and can't wait to get it planted. Thanks for another great video also! Any recommendation on using a no til drill as far as pounds per acre to plant?
My order is supposed to be on my doorstep this afternoon. Looking forward to trying it out this year.
Love the videos Jeff. You never touch on the settings for the spreader though. Could you tell us what setting you use for the greens and then the rye top dress? Thank you in advance and best of luck this season. Your videos helped me turn around my plot program big time.
Great informative new video.!You have changed your fall blend evolving it over the years I've noticed. This probably your best. Buckwheat in Southern Mich.
Great Video. Thanks for all the great info
Thank you that's great to hear!
Most education for true hunting, I really enjoy this. Just wish you covered a little more of the South. We love in North Florida and there isn't great information like here for the Midwest.
Great job Jeff
Running a .5 acre test plot of THE GREEN! Can't wait to see. P.s. Great last 5 minutes, as if the rest of the vid wasn't full of great info, as usual. But being genuine is a welcome reminder of why I watch.
Thank you very much I really appreciate that!!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Honestly, year after year, I appreciate you. All of the lessons learned I can pass to my hunting club. My kids. And those that see my sucess and ask about it. Keep the content coming. You are galvanizing a new generation of hunters and thus, deer herd managers.
Thanks Jeff! Grateful for the information! Can you give some suggestions on how to plant corn without machinery? I have space for corn...just not sure how to plant it? Can I just broadcast it like the rye and brassica?
Thank you Jeff!
I am learning a lot from this guy I’m new to the food plot game I’m fallowing everything on here to a T
Jeff, got your blend and brassica boost yesterday. I’m going to try to get it spread Saturday, and then I’m going to pray and do the rain dance like nobody’s business. If all else fails, I have rye I ordered from John Komp to salvage if I can. If you feel the ground shaking up there in Minnesota, just know it’s me way down here in WV dancing my feet off lol. Wish me luck 👍
Good luck man... we're all praying and dry
Super excited for my first plots! We have neighbors that are two steps ahead with food plots but I’m two ahead in WHS strategy!!!
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My WHS seed arrived today. Unfortunately we got 8"+ of rain the other day. going to be awhile before we can plant. looking forward to putting the seed on the ground tho.
Thanks for the wonderful content I’ve been trying all your methods. Next year I’ll be using your seed as well can’t wait, but I have one question. With using the plot start boost and till products do you supplement them with fertilizer? I thought I heard you say you don’t in videos past but can’t find it. Thanks!!!
This is my 3rd year planting a food plot. First year was mostly a disaster, but last year turned out decent. I did what you suggested with the winter rye to give more covered. I live in Kansas, I always hear you talk highly of winter rye, and it’s easy to grow for sure, but should I try winter wheat this year? I plan to plant it 4-5 weeks after my initial food plot mix. Not sure what the deer like more. ??? Thanks for all the info and explaining it so well!
Awesome video as always. Quick question I have old hay field that I want to turn into a food plot. It's clean field very low weeds an has been fertilized every year. Would this process work on that field as it did with the buckwheat?
Hey Jeff ! My question is that I planted rye into my plot last year and then planted my buckwheat into it this year. My buckwheat has germinated but really behind I think because of the thach of the rye. There is still alot of the rye there. Will I be able to plant my fall seed into it now that I'm going to have two layers rye and buckwheat ? Looking forward to your reply.
Any videos on mobile hunting (climber) strategies during the season phases (early/pre rut/rut) on public land?
Love this time of year for that reason! Already looking at the WHS blend and sweet feast brassica blend! WhT are the differences between yours?
Hi Drew! Mine is heavy on the tillage radish and lighter on the purple top turnip. More early to late season, all season blend with enhanced soil improvement, rather than later season focused. 8 #s per acre instead of 6#s per acre for maximum coverage and all season attraction. Our green blend has no oats (I've either dilluted the oats or not planted them), has tillage radish added and buckwheat...so a LOT different.
Hey Jeff,
Buckwheats coming in real good, hopefully it’s not too tall by the time I get home from work. I have oats peas and beans this year from northwoods whitetail. Are you saying even if that’s a good crop this year rotate it with something else next year like tillage radish or something different? Thanks again!
Completely understandable with the new seed part of the business, but are the days of recommending ppa of seeds in a mix over?
Is there a video out there on starting a food plot without access to equipment/ATV?
Jeff, love this information! Thank you for all the helpful tips and advice. Are you still partnering with Northwoods Whitetails or are you going your own direction with your seed?
My buckwheat plot was browsed to nothing. Should I spray the weeds that came up and weren’t suppressed a couple weeks before I plant my fall plots? Or just spread seed, pack and spray at the same time?
Hey Jeff hope all is good your way. Quick question: if you were further south would your replace the rye planting with wheat? Several reports I've read have said deer prefer wheat over rye.
Another question… if I don’t have buckwheat and just bare dirt, can I broadcast peas, raddish, and oats when ground is soft and then run a packer over seeds? The other half acre will be my brassicas
I'm in central Missouri. I have clover in my food plots currently. We just ended a period of extreme heat and drought. My clover is starting to green back up since the rains the past few days. I had planned to drill some brassica mix in the clover. My question is do you think I could go forward with the brassica if the rains continue or should I let the clover recover without the extra competition?
Great video chief
First time no tiller in oklahoma, buckwheat is growing well but more than likely planted to early for September planting of fall plot, can I mow buckwheat to stretch out until fall planting time? Enjoy content
I like how you put the planting instructions in the bag. What setting for the greens blend?
Hi Eric...that's great to hear, we try to help as much as possible!!
For the power greens... 4.5 on the Earthway model 2750
Where you are planting corn do you plant corn over corn year to year or are you rotating that also?
Jeff, thank you so much for your informative videos. We have a camp in Newberry and I’m looking to start planting on an old food plot that hasn’t been planted in >10yrs. I’m thinking a beet/rape mix with some timothy and winter rye for this fall and then clover and peas in the spring.
Hi Eric thanks a lot for watching and good luck in da UP!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 Thanks, Jeff. Any suggestions for no-till in a plot like this that hasn’t been tilled in so long? Think a brassica mix next to a timothy/winter rye mix would germinate?
In one of your other videos you were saying to use a 50/50 mix of Fall Power Greens and Big Boost Brassica. How are you deciding when to mix together and when to keep them seperate?
Starting my first plot this year. Didn’t get it done in time to plant buck wheat. Planning on doing no till method. I got fall blend seeds and tilled radish seeds. What do you recommend I do planting wise? Throw seed and call it real? Or roll it in the ground with a roller. Northern Indiana
Jeff could you touch on when you fertilize?
It's raining ! WOO HOOO 🕺🏻🕺🏻
Haha! Me too!
Yippy!!! Soothes the soul
@@naomicreech9870 thanks !
@@whitetailhabitatandhunting Yayyy
My experience as a farmer is that buckwheat doesn't mix with anything. Like black walnut trees it's toxic to many othe plants. Great for cleaning out weeds. I don't know what other plants are able to grow with it but I'm sure some can.
The buckwheat mixes well with legumes (like peas, clover and beans), cereal grains, tillage radish...based on 2 decades of research and experience in a variety of conditions, soil types and states. It's actually not at all like black walnut. It can crowd out and shade, but you don't mix it at 40#s per acre...more like 12 to 15#s per acre. It mixes quite well...
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 hmmmm.... I planted it one year to build soil. It went to seed and some sprouted following year. Turnips, squash and cukes (not mixed with each other) all stunted but each had half without buckwheat and thrived. Only diff was a little buckwheat, maybe 5% max of the crops. This has happened in various forms a few times in my 35 years. It's a great crop so I use it a lot but never mixes well for me. Maybe it's veggies it doesn't mix with. Ag agents say it contains (some Latin named) chemical that is a herbicide.
I finally did the buckwheat thing this year BUT after it got about a foot tall it got browsed off severely! I’m going to still try and plant brassicas and oats in it but it definitely isn’t nice and thick like yours. Soil is probably poor as well.
So let's add this up. Buckwheat in spring everywhere as a cover crop then buckwheat etc. in the "green blend" plots before the rye blends...Hmmm I think you bought out every buckwheat supplier in the Mid West then started your own seed company? Why didn't I think of that!
I wish...man the prices SUCK! Why we limited the amount of buckwheat in the green blend, unfortunately.
2 part question. Part 1, Have you ever put dye (food color) into gly to be able to see where you have already sprayed to avoid over spray and going over the same spot and/or will that effect the chemical and not kill the weeds? Part 2 at what size of plot do you start splitting it in half with brassicas on one half and greens on the other? Thanks for all the info you give us for FREE! I about drop what I'm doing everytime you release a new video to watch it 😂. Again thank you!
For the spraying, I use those little survey flags to visually see where I'm spraying... You can buy a bundle of 50 pretty cheap at Menards and they will last awhile. I spray with just water first while not moving the UTV to see rough width of spray and then put flags into my plots to that width to make sure I'm efficient with spraying
He did mention using dye in an older video... i use florescent red salmon skien dye and it doesn't affect the kill at all 👍🏼
Jeff, what setting do you use on your earthway broadcaster for these blends? Thanks!
At what rate per acre do you plant radishes and clover? Then 5 weeks later I’m going to broadcast winter wheat. What rates do you plant at per acre. Thanks
Hey Jeff, Do you think I need to put a fence around my food plot while its growing so the deer can't eat it down before season?
Jeff do u plant ur green blend side the same time u plant ur Brassica half, or do you smash buckwheat and wait a few weeks on Brassica? Do u fertilize after smashing
Hi Gary, hope all is great! I plant them at the same time, side by side. I'm planting on my own lands for MN and WI the weekend of 8/12
So can I plant buck wheat mix in August then when it is knee high spread brassica seeds and spray it? and I am having trouble on Ph balance what is the difference between ag lime in bulk then powder lime because in my area its pretty expensive for a ton of lime.
I live in Ohio, I just did a video on Food Plots for the Midwest.
Jeff, I only plant fall plots because my heard is healthy. I have a plot of
1. Clover (4 years old now. I frost seed each year),
2. Sweet feast brassica (Northwoods)
3. Fall forage blend (With rye grain, 1 Lb. clover & 1 Lb. of radish) (Northwoods)
What would you rotate them with next year? Sorry for all the the plots at once but any suggestions would be appreciated!.
How would you suggest planting Buck Wheat in a new food plot with tall weeds in it now?
This might be the first video where I saw you spraying st the same time you were packing. How did it work for you? I wonder if you only sprayed to the back and one side that you might not need to turn the sprayer off at all. Thoughts?
Our plots are clear sir, waiting for the rain! Thanks for all you do!!
That's great JJ...good luck!!
I have only 1 acre plot to plant in an area that has some ag fields but nothing close to where I'm at. The closest ag fields are 1-2 Mike down the road. What would you recommend planting for fall and winter blend? And then what would you transition to for spring and summer?
I broadcast buckwheat on a new plot early June but only about 50% of my seed germinated. The other 50% is still visible seeds laying on top of exposed soil. I didn't cultipack it in, think that is the reason?
Jeff serious question, last Sunday we spread seeds into our buckwheat, crushed the buckwheat, and sprayed it with 41% glyphosate weed killer mixed with water. Problem is it didn’t not kill some Lady’s Thumb. And now the Lady’s thumb is growing rapid. Is it too late to spray everything with roundup or will it affect the seeds? Or can I go over it again with the glyphosate but with a heavier dose of it mixed with water?
I will be buying my food plot seed from WHS going forward
I appreciate that very much Randy! Our price will be drastically reduced for you for the next planting season 😊
If you have a drill, how much would you recommend using per acre? Typically you've mentioned 100-150 pounds of the green blend if you're broadcasting it.
Me and my son a big turkey hunters too. We're wanting to put in 2 plots, 1/2 acre each on our 40 acre property. I get what you're saying about the tillage radishes but what can I put in that's beneficial to turkey in early spring and when should I plant it? We're in northern west Kentucky. Thanks!
What do you spray on the buck wheat? How long do you what to put seed ou?
Will you be selling switch grass? And who do you use to ship your seed? Hope it's no FedEx lol
So I had a plot I let go from last year with rye. Yes, it sat all summer and came to head. For several reasons I could no get to it this year to mow or spay. Are you saying I should not try other green blends because that rye seed will germinate again and prevent my other greens from growing???
Hope I'm not duplicating a question: What are the pros/cons regarding the timing of seeding & terminating? It seems like you could ensure better seed-soil contact by broadcasting your seed into the standing buckwheat and then terminating.
Never mind, I'm a dummy....trying to do two things at once, and after watching again I found the important variable of buckwheat height.
I get whole food plant idea it work my question is what effects does soy beans have on bucks since it’s High in estrogen and what affects does roundup have on deer
What are your feelings on the different liquid fertilizers
Jeff could you broadcast this mix into standing dry soybeans? i'm leaving some row crop soybeans this year for late season and thought about seeding right into that. guessing not since the seeds might get caught up on the soybean's leaves?
You sure can but you want to make sure the leaves are starting to turn from green to brown so the young plants aren't shaded out and killed. Early planted beans are perfect for this!
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 thanks Jeff. easily the most in depth and informative whitetail habitat info on youtube. so in-depth. I love it
This sounds a lot like the Paul Knox/Dbltree method (which is a good thing!)
This was a method I talked about on MI sportsman and wrote about, published in the Quality Whitetails magazine long before Paul Knox wrote about it 😉 My methods are where that method came from. Back from the early 2000s. Many published articles, speaking events and online discussions....
i might have missed it.... how much buckwheat per acre? and whats the buckwheat per acre in june plantings? thanks
Does anyone have a link of one of Jeff’s article about what to plant next to brassica? I plant brassicas early, so the deer always eat them first
I talk about it in this video 😊
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 I’ll rewatch it. Trying to run reports and listen at the same time. Thanks Jeff! I’m a better reader than listener
Hi jeff, down here in South Central Wisconsin still waiting for a good rainfall to plant food plots. Would you get the seed on the ground now or would you wait it out for good moisture in the forecast at this point?
You need to wait until there is a definite chance of good rain. Otherwise the seed will dry out and die. Better to wait for rain, than to waste seed due to non-germination because of lack of rain. Best of luck to you this season 🦌🦌
Looks like you moved your wider sprayer boom onto your ATV and moved the smaller sprayer boom onto your Kubota. Any reason for the switch?
Should I knock the buckwheat down before I seed with brassicas and fall blends or should I seed with buckwheat standing then knock the buckwheat down over top.
Should I knock the buckwheat down or mow it?
Thanks I missed that typing most likely.
question im in nova scotia hit by fiona spent all year ploting water holes and mock scrapes now fiona flattened our area badly im in heart of the province and we got hit hard now wondering your thoughts on were everything was distroyed trail system used for years everything ive done to bring more in will they still continue to make there way back to there suroundings or will they go were its not so damaged now they have more tree toos to eat and sheltered areas should i find orher lications to hunt or do you think they will return to the same area just wondering your thoughts on this were morher nature distroys the habitat so bad will they stay or go thank you
From my understanding you're in Minnesota. The regulations here state there's no baiting of deer and any food must be pulled a week before hunting. How does this work with food plots and hunting around Ag fields?
Jeff, I forgot to ask, is a cultipacker needed as I don't own any equipment as this is first year food plotting.
If you have an ATV you can try and smash it with the tires, or something heavy that you can pull from behind!
@@whitetailhabitatandhunting i use my truck tires on 2 plots
What should I plant on my 5 acres only 1/4 plot in mostly crp with some ag around?
Brassicas would be great! There's a lot of good things you can plant!
So Jeff, since I was first, I get a question answered, right? Lol
I planned on planting this weekend but rain isn’t cooperating. It’s supposed to rain mid week next week. My land is 4.5 hours away and I can’t get up again for two weeks. Should I plant this weekend? Winter rye… btw.
@Number 1 Western Fan bow season in wisconsin starts a week after Labor Day. Not enough time for any growth??
Hi Bill! Really the rye in Northern areas still shouldn't be planted until closer to labor day weekend. Around here I plant early to mid Sept.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 ok, thanks, Jeff!!
You could always plant a small area of plot early and the rest 9/1
@Number 1 Western Fan thanks
I can never get winter rye to germinate by just broadcasting into a standing plot. Can't figure out how it works for you. Seed company says I should lightly cover the seeds with soil
Why the change from beans to buckwheat in the fall green blend
More consistent no till forage for early season...easier to plant snd grow. Also got rid of oats over the past few years...been adding tillage radish to the mix for maybe 12 years or so?
Hi Jeff, I'll be seeding with a spreader. First time food plotting. Advice on which settings on the Earthway 2750 for spreading your WHS blend, Rye, and switchgrass? Oh, brassica too?
Hi Greg...about 1.5 for brassica...3.5 for the green blend. Late planted rye is about wide open. Switch 1.5 for 8 to 10#s per acre
Jeff, how many acres of green do you recommend before you add the corn in the food pyramid?
Hi Anthony...just enough to last into Jan/Feb. Those acres can very greatly from parcel to parcel. Then you plant that amount in corn...and you can reduce the amount of greens by 20 to 25%.
4 acres of greens turns into 4 acres of corn + 3 acres of greens for 7 acres total. As long as corn can be planted in around .75 acre blocks. It very so much tho! Meaning in non ag areas you could almost double those amounts...in heavy ag areas you could cut in 1/2 those amounts.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 thanks for the reply. I’ve got some work ahead of me.
Could a person plant rye grain into a good brassica crop in October to help with more browse in the brassica only side or is it a waste of seed? Thank you for your videos, excited to plant in another week or so.
I asked John Komp that very same question, he said planting rye is fine as long as the brassicas have time to get established before doing so.
@@samdicicco7136 thank you so much. Looking forward to this hunting season. Made a lot of improvements this year based and this channel and followers suggestions. Thank you again man.
Jeff can you plant buckwheat and clover together in the spring?
You can...but you need to cut the buckwheat amount down to 20 or 25#s per acre as it is a smother crop...
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 we Def want to do a no til this fall. We plan on planting buckwheat this spring.
How many lbs/acre do you plant buckwheat in spring?
50 to 75. I go 75 when I only let it grow for 4 to 5 weeks before terminating and pla ting fall plots...or 50 when I go 6 to 7 weeks. I prefer 4 to 5 weeks but the seed cost is a lot higher per acre! You can add a couple weeks for poor soil. Definitely early Summer as opposed to spring most of the time.
You could name a blend ‘the bottom line’ ‘build a herd blend’
I like that 😊
How do you feel about winter wheat? I know I won't attract many deer during most of the season, but I don't want it to hunt over. I want it because here around Dayton Ohio the winter wheat fields full up with dozens of deer January -march and that's where the sheds fall. Is it hard on soil and is it throw and grow? I know nothing about it lol
I plant 1/2 of all my green plots in winter rye every year...not much different than wheat, and oats may be an even better fit in your area.
@@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 okay so I just cleared 1.25 acres of honeysuckle, autumn olive and about 100 black cherry and tulips and I have no way to remove the stumps which are all 3-7 inches in diameter. Is winter rye or oats something I can plant there without having to till?
As long as you have exposed soil, cereal rye will grow. It will literally grow on concrete. Watch his layering rye video, you may need to take that approach if your brush is still trying to grow back, you’ll beat it at some point with the layering and have a good plot
@@KR-xq2vg thanks a lot! Is there a herbicide I can spray that'll kill weeds but not rye? I know this isn't sustainable but the deer are crushing the sucker sprouts that are growing from the tree stumps!
Jeff, I'm curious, What is the difference between your seed blend and the blends you recommended from Northwoods Whitetail? I ordered from John and am planting in a a couple weeks using his seed for the first time based on your recommendations.
Name on bag and price.
Both products cover 1/2 acre. I used John’s the last two years and had amazing results. $24 for John’s 3 lb bag. $50 for Jeff’s 4 lb bag? I’m sticking with John. And his customer service and quick replies have impressed me over last couple years. He answers your emails personally and very promptly.
@@timprice2865 thank you! I will be planting his fall forage with clover and radish and 1/2 acre of his brassica blend. First year trying it. I always had really good luck with Whitetail Institute Wintergreens and my Fusion plot is three years old and still plush and thick. I do take care of the plots and frost seed to help. I figured i try a different brand to experiment. I spoke to John also…very helpful!
How many yrs can you plant soy beans in Thank you