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Week 8: Seed Treating using Nutri-Plot™
Fertilizer & Attractant (NP F&A) |
| NP F&A is great for giving your food plot an advantage throughout the growing season and that edge begins at planting. NP F&A contains ingredients that are not only beneficial as a foliar spray; it also is effective as a seed treatment prior to planting. The standard guideline is to mix 1.5 oz of concentrate per 5 lb of seed, prior to planting. If you purchase Nutri-Plot™ Wildlife Product’s Forage Ultra™, Fall Perfect™ or Eterno™ seed blends they are already pre-treated. As you seen in the video clip, this tip is easy to do and you’ll gain a great advantage for your food plots. >>>read more<<< |
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| Week 7: Preparing the Soil for Food Plots |
| Soil preparation is vital to raising a successful food plot; a lot can go wrong in this step of preparing a food plot area. I contribute 30-50% of food plot failures due to poor soil preparation, soil to seed contact is crucial to starting a food plot in the right direction. As you seen in the video clip, with new site areas set your tillage fairly deep, this will contribute to deeper root penetration for our plants and turn under dead vegetation on the top soil for organic matter. With established plots, I determine tillage depth based on seed size. >>>read more<<< |
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| Week 6: Applying granular fertilizer |
| If taking a soil sample is not an option, you can use general fertilizer blends like 13-13-13 or 6-24-24 depending on crop variety planted. For forage grasses (Triticale, wheat, cereal rye, oats, etc.) 200-300lb of 13-13-13 per acre would be sufficient or the same amount per acre of 6-24-24 for forage legumes (soybeans, clovers, brassica, peas, chicory, etc.) Excess nitrogen in forage legume plots will only promote grass growth, since legumes produce 65% of their own nitrogen from the air, you can apply less nitrogen to the plot area. >>>read more<<< |
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| Week 5: Variety Selection |
| A common question among hunters who plant food plots is: what to plant? I think folks get too caught up in the “brand” name of wildlife seed blends rather than giving attention to the real purpose for planting various species in a blend. The real question to address when planting is what plants will be utilized most by the deer we intend to feed and is the variety planted meeting the nutrient requirements of the deer during that planting season. >>>read more<<< |
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| Week 4: Surfactant |
| Surfactants are additives that increase the absorption rate of post-emergent herbicides (weed killers sprayed after the plant emerges from the soil); they allow the active ingredient of the herbicide to penetrate the leaf tissue more effectively allowing for a better weed kill. Surfactants aid in a faster herbicide up take by the weed and more uniform control across the plot area. Most post-emergent herbicides require a surfactant to work properly and will state it on the product’s label. The next time you spray an herbicide on your plot be sure to add Synurgize™ (Nutri-Plot Wildlife Product’s herbicide enhancer) to your tank mix for increased weed control. Synurgize™ is available in 32 oz quarts and requires 6 oz per acre with 10 gallons of water plus herbicide. >>>read more<<< |
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| Week 3: Soil Sampling |
| If you were building a house, what’s the first thing you’d do? Create a solid foundation, correct? Essentially, that is what a soil sample is in food plotting. Soil sampling provides us with vital information on how to start building a strong foundation for food plot growth and success. Nutrient requirements are going to be largely dependent on what type of crop we are trying to grow for wildlife; a soil sample will provide you with this information. Nutrient availability for plants is directly associated with soil pH, liming our plot location will have to be addressed; soil sampling will provide us with this information. Soil sampling is an inexpensive tool that will point your food plotting success in the right direction. >>>read more<<< |
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| Week 2: Where to start in planting my food plot? |
| Getting started planting a food plot can be confusing and frustrating, especially if your past projects have not turned out the way you intended. The key to successful food plots is planning, before you take a soil sample or break any ground, have a plan in place. The first step in successful food plotting is purpose. Understanding the purpose of your food plot will help you determine your next step. The purpose of your food plot(s) can be categorized into two functions, hunter plots or management plots. On the Nutri-Plot Test Farm we incorporate both. >>>read more<<< |
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Week 1: Introduction click for video
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| Welcome to the Nutri-Plot Advantage TIP OF THE WEEK, brought to you by “On the Right Track with Gene Pearcy”. (Direct TV Ch. 608, Thursdays, 9:30 pm ET/8:30 CT) These tips are a series of segments aimed at helping you become more familiar managing wildlife and food plots successfully using Nutri-Plot Wildlife Products. Be sure to join us each week on OTRT as we discuss a new topic to further your success in food plot and habitat management. Join us next week as we discuss food plot location and size. |
