I spread mine down right before the snow started this past winter. Getting a lot of freeze and thaw right now. Excited!

So much great information. Really like seeing the overall plan and then the in field results of how it actually looks and relates to other improvements.

Hi Jeff, love the video!! I've been implementing all ur know how on my 150a! Incredible the amount of deer last season specially the bucks!

Topic Idea: Detail switchgrass strategy on your property. Why you planted the shapes/rows you did? What’s the planting density of those different areas? The maintenance steps you take for each area in year 1, 2, 3…

Thanks Jeff! Can't wait to start planting! 👍

Thank you again fellas, what’s up with the WHS coffee? Can’t wait!

Great video Jeff.. hope John gets more in stock soon!

Jeff in long and skinny food plots (300yds+)do you ever consider putting a perpendicular strip of switch to further block the view of deer or is it not necessary?

Jeff any suggestions for chemicals to use in place of simazine and 24D in states where we don’t have access to those? Or is it just more frequent gly applications?

This was excellent Jeff. Incredibly informative while truly outlining that things rarely go perfect yet staying the course with weed control and practicing patience pays off! Weeping willow for blind screening- where do you get?! Thanks again

Nice job guys

Great video, Jeff. Do you ever put simazine down on second year plantings for weed control, or is that only a first year chemical?

Love the videos. Question can you Frost seed switch onto a mossy area or should you wait for spring. North facing wood line.

Jeff love the content. Your first method you stated you sprayed to kill a few times in the spring and planted switch in June the same year with success. I have a farmer that has been working a hay field for 3 years and I plan to take a portion and plant switch for screening. If I start spraying to kill after spring green up this year and seed early to mid June same year would this method have success or would I be better off killing this year and frost seeding next spring?

Jeff awesome video thanks for the info. Do you ever recommend burning instead of cutting switchgrass?

Chemical Question- in my state you can’t get simazine unless your a commercial farmer or apply for special permits, could I get away with 1 spraying of 2/4D, glyphosate combo, then gly once to help my switch grass planting? Thank you.

Thx Jeff great reinforcement of you method. I live in mid MO and put down(frost seeded) Sunburst seed last weekend. When is too early to spray simazine? Also will simazine residual hurt buckwheat mid June planting for my fall foodplot cover crop? Thx John

Would love to see a video like this where you are trying to create bedding not just screening

Do deer ever see a row of switch as a barrier or do they transverse it freely? Wondering if random patches would be more appropriate for some situations.

Thanks Jeff! Great video! In the video where you broadcasted in June did you cultipack or not needed since seed is so small?

Great information! I just received my order of switch from John. Is simazine similar to glyphosate in that it won't harm the seed? In PA I'm still getting nights of 30 degree or lower with a few warmer days mixed in...planning on frost seeding some switch in this week.

Jeff, have you tried Outrider right before planting after 2-3 burn downs? We battle Johnsongrass out here in the Midsouth. It is a little pricey, but a quart goes a long way. Outrider can also be used to control a lot of nasty weeds post emergent after the first year of switchgrass establishment.

Hello Jeff, can you prepare a seed bed like you do for a food plots in spring and then broadcast switchgrass? Then control weeds with mowing?

What temperature would you recommend spraying simazine can there be any frost in the ground?

Do you mow established switch in the spring so it doesn't shade out the spring growth, or just let the new growth work it's way up through the dead grass?

What setting on the Earthway are you spreading the switch grass?

I plan on doing a 2 acre food plot on my 5 acre field. It normally gets hayed 2-3x per season, the neighbor does it for free. Would it be wise continuing to hay?

Do u need another hermit? I'd help out around the place. Very kind of u! Love the content!

Hi Jeff, what are your thoughts on utilizing Canary grass as screening? We had it come in as an invasive from a powerline right of way and it seems to be here for good.

Any of the info I find on sunburst switchgrass says it’s good for zone 3. Seeing as how it originated in South Dakota I don’t see why it wouldn’t be.

Jeff, 2 quick questions for you in regards to this topic. In a few of your past videos you stated that you once attempted to grow your lawn using your Ultimate No Till Buckwheat method. So my questions are... 1. Would the Ultimate No Till Buckwheat method work for growing a stand of Switchgrass? 2. Just curious about how your lawn turned out? Was considering attempting on my own lol Thanks, Jeremiah

What would you recommend for screening in north Texas? Don’t mind work or spending a bit for quality, just want something that will last for years to come. Appreciate any response, thanks Jeff!

Where can I buy simazine? Seems quite hard to find and to get here in Michigan, appreciate your time and knowledge sir!

Is the application of simazine necessary if weeds are coming up after where they get hit with the gly, 24d combo?

I appreciate your attention to detail. "I shot the Blade Buck at ABOUT 254 yds". Switch is hard to come by, and almost doubled in price, great follow up on your 4 ways video from last year. Thoughts on spraying gly at first green up but before the 1 yr old switch has woke up?

Isn’t Simazine a pre-emergent? Won’t that prevent the switchgrass from sprouting?

What would you recommend for central Pennsylvania

Jeff, What kind of drone do you guys use for the aerials?

Can I still spray simazine and get some switchgrass down April 4th? Or does that run a risk of the simazine still being in soil when switchgrass starts to grow?

Can’t find any screening switch grass etc any ideas

Question WHS- once switch grass is established and mature, could you start planting trees around say property edges to increase cover and privacy and not shade the switch out? Thank you for any additional advice.

John Komp from Northwoods Whitetail is the best.

For new plots of switchgrass in big timber clear cuts, do you need to soil sample and fertilize first?

Any suggestions for not using herbicides? I live close enough to an organic dairy farm that I cannot use any chemicals.

What Switchgrass variety would better suit the Southeast? Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee area?

Can i plant switchgrass for screening on food plot in forest ?

Hello sir. Is there a variety of switchgrass for southern Georgia? Or is there any other type of screening you'd recommend for down there? Thanks in advance!

I've got about a half acre opening in a fairly open hardwoods that I am working on transitioning in to bedding, I was thinking filling the opening with switch. Is this a good move or is there a better approach for adding bedding cover to the opening? And what type of switch would you recommend if I did plant switch in it?

Due to limited supply of switch, I'm going with John's HD Plot Screen this season. Spray and cut it down later this season for next year preparation for switch?

Will Switchgrass grow in Pershing County Northern Nevada?

I just heard of a well known deer hunter that put his switch grass in a freezer for several days, then out, then back in, etc. He did this and said it worked to have seeds stratify. He did those in lieu of frost seeding. Have you ever heard of anybody doing this?

I heard you always 2 QT of Sim a acre and on this vid you said 3. Which is it?

WHS question for you, have you ever stimulated stratification by freezing and thawing switchgrass seed at home? Like in and out of a freezer.

After you burn your switchgrass how tall will it get when it resprouts

Is there anything that I could top seed over corn?

Can I plant the seed at the same time I spray simazine?

What is everyone using to mow with?

Is Jim the Hermit real? I kinda have to know lol

First ha!

Easy on the toilet paper guys and gals