Joey, Most food plots are too small or too difficult to reach with a combine to harvest. In addition, the soybean pods are great deer and turkey food! I simply broadcast a blend of cool season forages into the standing soybeans. This creates a wonderful food source and wildlife attractant! Deer, turkey, and … Read more
I really like it when it rains during August! Let me explain. The average first frost date at The Proving Grounds is around October 10th. Most cool season crops do best when they are planted 45-60 days before the first frost. That means I need to plant during mid August at my place. I often … Read more
Like you, I’m amazed every year at how much forage Eagle Seed forage soybeans produce even when being heavily browsed. Unless there’s an earlier than normal frost at your property or you planted a very late maturing variety of Eagle Seed such as Big Fellow or Large Lad it shoulds like the beans in your … Read more
Mike, It sounds as if you have a great food plot established! I’m glad you are preparing to overseed the Eagle Seed forage soybeans with Broadside. That’s a great technique to keep attracting deer as the seasons change. The Broadside or most forage crops will do better with less competition. If the weeds are … Read more
Due to rainfall and hunting schedules we used slightly different techniques for our fall food plots than we have used in past years. We usually plant our food plots with the no till drill. This year the fields were muddy and we had a trip planned. We wanted to get the seed on the ground … Read more
Thanks for watching GrowingDeer.tv! Soybeans can be planted successfully by preparing the soil (working it with a disk, tiller, etc.) and then broadcasting the seed (I often use a hand spreader) and then covering the seed by using some fencing, logs, etc., to drag the soil. I usually plant about 20% more seed than normal … Read more
Jeff, I receive emails weekly from folks thrilled with their Eagle Seed Beans. I learned a hard lesson by mowing some of my Eagle Seed beans last August and planting wheat. The tonnage of soybean pods I destroyed by mowing was more tonnage than the wheat produced. So, from now on if it appears the … Read more
Kyle, Soybeans usually do very well if they are planted when the soil at 2 inches deep is 62 degrees and there is adequate soil moisture. In coastal South Carolina, this usually means planting beans during mid-spring. If soybeans are planted when the soil temperature is cooler, the seeds will be slow to germinate and … Read more
