I've been doing this a while. No till is about walking b4 u can run. 3 straight years of very dry summers. I've had very nice results with Buckwheat. I broadcast early August & then terminate the 3 foot tall Buckwheat. U really need to crimp it & the crimper works much better on Buckwheat than the rye. I do kill plots so I terminate my Buckwheat with a 56V Echo weed wipper. It cuts the Buckwheat easily on the low speed mode. I would never be able to do that to rye. I've seen videos where they plant Buckwheat yearly. They take a trenching tool & the soil looks like 6" deep of coffee grounds. I seed with Domain Big Sexy & I added some Show Stopper to add more diversity. We were as dry as u but over the last month I have been pounded with hail & over 6" of rain. The Domain Comeback Kid that I just broadcasted late May in pasture type land with grass & clover is really taking off now over the last couple of weeks. Important to broadcast that seed when the grass is sparse. If I did it now there wouldn't be any seed to soil contact. I'm looking forward more than the last 4 years to a good setup getting better. I also ❤ seeing all the bees & butterflies in the Buckwheat which grows in my sandy soil. U don't have that with a very artificial style system.

Good video! Keep us updated

Great video, great advice, Dave!!! Hope you guys have a great season!

Have you ever tried Nortwoods Whitetail Seeds? John Comp.

Good luck, really sandy stuff here in South Carolina also where I am

I planted for the first time ever a food plot and it has given me amazing results. The lord blessed my hands to create something and with the lord as my guide I have an amazing food plot . I used the company called domain and mixed big sexy and hot cic. May the lord grant you success and patience.

You hit the nail on the head no 2 properties are the same for example us in the south deer just dont eat brassicas as much they will sometimes eat the green tops. So my go to fall mix now is wheat, oats, rye and radishes they seem to prefer the radish over the turnips in my spot. then I mix in some clover and chicory so as soon as spring greenup happens the clover and chicory jumps out ahead of the springtime weeds. Also the rye helps suppress a lot of weeds in our plots. Thanks for sharing this land management stuff is such a process.

As you mentioned, no 2 properties are the same. In West Michigan & my property, I have found Buckwheat far superior to Winter Rye on weed suppressant...my main weed is Bracken ferns. I AGREE 100%, videos can be misleading, but the #1 thing is soil sample & correct the PH, CEC & Organic matter. I have 8 food plots on 40 acres and currently testing different seed in the same plot. Only in year #3, but already good results. Keep up the videos!

Plant RR sugarbeets in your best soil as early in the Spring as possible, you won't believe the hunting you're blessed with 😉

Very interesting. We too have tried no till, buckwheat, rye etc. with VERY MIXED results. We have a not till drill, but no crimper. We have had problems with the buckwheat getting to tall to plant into, and the difficulties terminating the WR in the spring. This year because of RU resistant weeds, we had to terminate some of our plots with Brash. We when tilled the soil up and drilled in a fall green mix, and another small plot of a brassica mix. We intend to plant some WR in Sept., but not too much as it tends to take over in the spring as I stated and is very difficult of us to terminate. Bob SW WI

Good video! We have been on a similar path with doing no till and how have a drill and crimper. I have broadcast the winter rye into standing brassicas in September and it worked great for coming up in the spring. We have clay soil in WV so we are an opposite soil type but there was no way to pull the drill through the brassicas without killing them. Good luck and keep up the good video discussions.

How does your tractor handle the drill? I have a John Deere 4 series tractor that has similar capabilities as your machine. The specs on the Deere say it can lift almost 200lb more than the MX5800. I'd love to purchase a drill like yours if it can handle it. Any honest thoughts?

Trying wheat instead of rye this year...we shall see how that works here in NC. Good luck this season.

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Say I have the same drill as you guys. What setting are y’all using for small box and brassica?

Are you inoculating your oats and rye, I have been having a hard time getting my fall plots to germinate,

What settings did you drill the Big Sexy on out of the small box?

Whitetail Institutes Pure Attraction has the Oats /Brassica blend and has worked for years. Just have to apply nitrogen to maximize tonnage

Did you ever lower the drive wheel to the second or third lowest hole. I know you were running the drill wrong in the video from 2 years ago. If not you will have bad results with some seed. I have over 900 acres planted with my 3p606nt.

Do you have to put something in the brassica or can you calculate your drill low enough and how much seed per acre