What to plant in food plots that are less than an acre?
Filed under: Ask Grant, Food Plots
Fellow “Ozarkian” here! haha. I live just south of Branson MO, across the Border in Omaha, Arkansas. So we’re neighbors!
Let me first start off by saying thank you for all your efforts and wonderful information, great videos, and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. As nothing is possible without him.
Now, on to my question. I’d like to spice up my small food plots, where each is less than an acre, and I’d like your personal input on what version of seed I should get from Eagle since you know our weather, terrain, and layouts down here in the Ozarks. I’d love to use a “multi” type seed where i had clover, beans, wheat, turnips, so that they come up at different times. That sort of seed that works well with other seeds. And the best time frame to seed it.
Thanks a ton Sir,
God Bless,
Allen
Allen,
I’ve been planting Eagle’s Seed’s (www.EagleSeed.com) forage soybeans in small plots and then over seeding them with Broadside during mid August (when there’s ample soil moisture available. Eagle’s Wildlife Manager’s blend works great for smaller plots. This rotation has both attracted deer and built soil! Deer love the soybeans all summer and the Broadside blend includes radishes, a forage wheat, and two types of brassicas.
Deer prefer the radishes early, the wheat during the mid season, and the brassicas during the late season!
The forage soybeans are Roundup Ready so it’s easy to keep the plots weed-free all summer and the Broadside blend can be seeding into the weed-free beans during the fall. This rotation does a great job of breaking the weed cycle!
Enjoy creation,
grant
