ALFALFA FOOD PLOT…ARE THEY WORTH IT???

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DIYFoodplotpro

Жыл бұрын

This video breakdown what is needed to plant an Alfalfa food plot for deer hunting and how much all these things cost.

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@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

Can't wait to show y'all the new Alfalfa Plot this coming fall....Anybody else thinking about planting Alfalfa this fall???

@nathanlester5054 Жыл бұрын

Great information! We really appreciate you for taking time to thoroughly explain the costs and issues.

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

Thank you Nathan! Glad you liked the video and hopefully it was helpful! Appreciate you watching and commenting! Have a great Friday!

@brushcrawler8612 Ай бұрын

I have sandy loam soils here in Upstate Michigan. I cannot grow turnips or radishes in it but it grows a lush stand of perennials. Including alfalfa.

@DIYfoodplotpro Ай бұрын

Alfalfa is an awesome plot, I really like it! What happens to the brassicas, they just burn up???

@brushcrawler8612 Ай бұрын

@@DIYfoodplotpro The plants stayed small and never produce bulbs or tubers. I only found a couple radishes the size of baby carrots. This was after I tilled in recommended amendments from a soil test. Not a weed or overpopulation issue either

@DIYfoodplotpro Ай бұрын

Did you put around 100LBS of nitrogen on it? Without the nitrogen they won’t ever grow very big. You probably did, but I just wanted to mention just in case you did know. Thanks for watching

@rfb7117 Жыл бұрын

Great comments. We have been planting alfalfa for about 10 years, and although EXPENSIVE we are getting 5+ yrs out of the fields. The main advantage is of course if you do it correctly as you have stated it remains weed free with just a couple sprayings of RU. As you said you must CLIP it down to 6" before it gets to tall, our you will smother it and kill it if you allow it to grow to tall. The deer LOVE it, good luck. Bob

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

Yes sir! Great comments! I really like it, and I’m hoping to add another alfalfa plot or 2 to the farms in the coming years. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@jerimahjohnson8698 Жыл бұрын

Inhave about 7 to 10 acres of a new alfalfa field on a farm i bought. I kept asking the seller whats your plan for management of this stuff? Never got an answer so last august i went in and clipped it. Deer loved it based on the trail cam pics but some grass did start poking thru. Yes its roundup ready variety too. Looks like it was planted with a drill based on seeing rows. At one point the lazy deer were actually bedding down in it also last summer standing up and eating it.

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

Jeremiah, that is awesome! It’s definitely a heavy use plot throughout the U.S. Any idea how long the alfalfa had been there?

@jerimahjohnson8698 Жыл бұрын

@@DIYfoodplotpro from what I think it was a first year crop planted the previous fall. First time I went there to scout before I went to settlement I saw 4 good bucks in one of the 1 to 2 acre fields. It's surrounded by thousand acres of no hunting so the deer see no pressure. I got sick so only hunted it once and rattled in a buck to a decoy. In the summer that stuff was a thing of beauty

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

@@jerimahjohnson8698 that alfalfa is absolutely the berries during the entire summer and a good bit into fall, depending on what state your in and how far south you are, possibly longer than that. I 100% disagree with the folks that say alfalfa isn’t any good for food plots, hard to find anything that can sustain that amount of browse pressure and something that whitetails love that much.

@aarongoeppner413 Жыл бұрын

Great video!!!!

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

Aaron thank you!!! Also Thanks so much for watching, and subscribing, I really appreciate it.

@aarongoeppner413 Жыл бұрын

@@DIYfoodplotpro what fungicide do you use on yours?? Where do you get it?

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

@@aarongoeppner413 I don’t use a fungicide, never have had to use one on alfalfa. But it’s not a crop grown much around my area, and also I suspect with the clipping and the deer constantly eating it down that keeps it from getting thick, and tall which would be the ingredients needed for most diseases to start in. Thanks for watching!

@aarongoeppner413 Жыл бұрын

@@DIYfoodplotpro ahhh I meant insecticide

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

@@aarongoeppner413 do you have your certified private pesticide license?

@midwesternoutdoorsandnatur8272 Жыл бұрын

Was thinking the other day how it would be good to have some alfalfa in this drought. Like native grasses they got the roots to find water no matter the drought!

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Yeah alfalfa is great plot to have in a drought….only problem alfalfa has in a drought is when it’s first getting established.

@MrWhiltetail 3 ай бұрын

Well? Is it worth it? Does it make some kind of big difference in antler growth, etc? This is what I was expecting you to address. I was curious about your opinion on this. Not the cost and difficulty of establishing it. I already knew that. Actually I already know the value of raising deer on it too but, was curious what you thought. Bummer. Also, do you read these posts?

@DIYfoodplotpro 3 ай бұрын

Yes I read every comment! I do believe alfalfa is worth every penny! I keep a plot of alfalfa going on my property, as an old field of alfalfa thins, I add a new field and rotate the old field back into another food plot.

@Daboone007 Жыл бұрын

Great video Wes. What do you recommend for your insecticide and do you spray it every month from may - oct?

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

Daniel! Thanks for watching the video, really appreciate it. I would only spray as justified by insect pressure, but in my neck of the woods there is a good amount of pressure, especially right at clipping time. Usually for me it was 2-3 times during the growing season. I’ve used a bunch of diffrent insecticides on it, just make sure you 100% always follow the label, make sure that insecticide is labeled for alfalfa as well.

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

Do you have your certified private pesticide license?

@royguidry1311 Жыл бұрын

Just wrapped up my first attempt at corn and beans.Sprayed, Limed,, fertilized, and piled on the nitrogen on the corn , planted and cultivated. Need rain now. My only issue was using atv implements I could only get the corn about 1/4 to 1/2 " deep. We are about to find out if this is rocket math.

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome man, congrats to you on the work your putting in! As long as the seed is covered, your going to be fine! Did you use a planter or did you disk and broadcast the corn and soybeans?

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

You might be surprised how little soil moisture it takes to get corn and soybeans up and out of the ground…unless your in a severe drought, most of the time there is plenty of moisture in the soil to get them up.

@royguidry1311 Жыл бұрын

@DIYFoodplotpro I disced and seeded with a spreader then ran a cultipacker over it.. I don't see anything on top of the ground

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

@@royguidry1311 awesome man!!! Great work! Hope it’s a killer plot for you.

@scotthampton8380 Ай бұрын

When I clip with a brushog should I just leave it laying there?

@DIYfoodplotpro Ай бұрын

Yes you can leave it laying there or if available you can harvest for hay….i don’t harvest because I feel like I’m losing alot of my fertilizer if we bale it and take it off. Thanks for watching

@scotthampton8380 Ай бұрын

Thank you.

@carrollsanders9376 Жыл бұрын

If your planting a wet area Berseem clover is a way better Idea than alfalfa. Rotate it annually with summer annuals.

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

Yes sir! Alfalfa 100% cannot stand wet soils. It can take droughty soils, but it absolutely cannot take poorly drained soils! Thanks for watching and commenting, I really appreciate it!

@carrollsanders9376 Жыл бұрын

@@DIYfoodplotpro We combine Alfalfa with chicory both grow on simular soils under simular conditions.

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

@@carrollsanders9376 do you like the chicory? That is a plot that I have never raised, but am planning on trying a plot of it soon.

@carrollsanders9376 Жыл бұрын

@DIYfoodplotpro Love the chickory Alfalfa and clover mix frost seeded into a nurse crop of Radish Turnup and oats, the Oats and Turnips really supress the weeds. But if your frost seeding, make sure it's the second week in Febuary that's the best time. You can drill it to in the fall, I prefer drilling or frost seeding to broadcasting.

@DIYfoodplotpro Жыл бұрын

@@carrollsanders9376 good deal, I will have to try some chicory, I haven’t heard a ton of reviews on it but what little I have had been very mixed, people either love it or hate it, is the way it sounds to me.