Bill one of the best informational and important videos out for proper foodplot growth. Great job both of you!

This is so cool your doing this channel together! Memories for a lifetime!!

Such fun episodes when Jordan is involved. Nice information and great questions. Thanks Bill and Jordan

Just finished the last couple minutes of the episode 👍 living quarters look great What a difference.

Great overview, translated into easy to understand English. Thanks brother!

I really liked this format, Jordan was asking the questions a lot of us would be asking, extremely helpful and informative

This was very helpful. Thank you.

This is a real thought provoking process. We’re trying to transition to less tillage, and more of the release process that Grant Woods is having success with. I. E. incorporating the N, etc, and reducing the need to fertilize. It’s just getting too expensive. Green Manure in the rotations seems to be the future.

Great video, looking forward to your next one!

Great information Bill and Jordan.

Awesome video as always, thanks for the info everybody!

This is the best series!! The comments about lime are an eye opener for me. Going to have to check that ph. Make the dog do the dishes 😅

Great information Bill!

Great video, Bill! I live in upstate NY so we get plenty of maple leaves during the fall. I’ve been bagging and tilling maple leaves in the soil for years. Good nitrogen, and my plots flourish every year.

Great information. Thanks for shout sound knowledge!

This was a great video Bill and Jordan! I have to admit that this is one area that I am lax in. One of the reasons is that the COST of fertilizer and lime has become so expensive the last couple of years! And every food plot I have, as with most others, is more accessible with ATVs and side X sides, which limits how much I can carry in at one time. This is one of the reasons why I have become more of a fan of "natural browse" for my deer attractants. This is also one of the reasons why my food plots aren't as "pretty" as a lot of others! LOL I sometimes think that because I am SURROUNDED by ag fields that are corn or soybeans, I wonder why I even want a food plot. Then again, I realize that "kill plots" can be extremely affective! But the truth is, for me, I have to weigh the benefits of the COST OF CREATING FOOD PLOTS vs the RETURN. Again, thanks for this very useful information!!! Oh, and BTW, I love the deer print in the background, the two bucks fighting, as I have the same one under my deer mounts!

awesome information about 30 years ago that was my job at gold kist fertilizer !! i too agree the buffalo system is way to complicated just a soil test a good disc and good fertilizer or just good seed to soil contact however you can get it !! thank you so much for sharing !!

Great video!

Very helpful info thank you

Great show and thanks for breaking it down. My 1.5 acre plot is completely impossible to get an ag truck back into. I’ve had decent luck with pell lime but it’s gotten expensive. Who knows why. We live on solid limestone here. The liquid works fast much is much more expensive and short acting. Powdered ag lime would be the way to go if I could figure out how to get it over the mountain and spread it. I’m enjoying your secrets over the years.

I just tested my SW Georgia sandy soil and the best Ph I had was 5.7 P & K were low in the 6 food plot locations that I sampled.

Great content! Always lime or your wasting money on fertilizer. If a local co-op can replace the stones in fertilizer with pellet lime to make weight not waste. I’ve used a ton of pellet lime and 200 to 300lbs of fertilizer. If you have high magnesium you’ll need a high calcium lime or gypsum. Always learning. Good job! Thank you

I would also add that folks need to look into seed blends vs. monocultures. The ability for different types of seeds to mature and handle a multitude of soil conditions/temps just makes loads more sense than throwing all your eggs in one basket sort of speak. Also deer are finicky at times and having plenty to chose from seems a better option than all of the same. At least that’s the direction I’m headed this year. Good luck!

Awesome Info. Having cleared five 1/2 acre or less plots in the WV mountains, my plan is to lime the next couple years while planting a summer release, crimping that down before my fall plantings and then adding winter rye before too late in the fall. Hoping that in five years, I will have added enough organic material to have raised the PH and no longer need to fertilize. Going from 3.9 PH in most of the plots will take some time, but from what I've researched, I can raise the PH naturally by 1 each year. Time consuming, but I can't wait to see the results in a few years.

i also spread redmond mineral for micro mineral content .it helps a lot

Hey Bill and Jordan great information. I am wondering if combining pelletized lime and the liquid calcium together offers any benefits over just one of them? I have been using the liquid calcium for many years and it seems to work, but always looking to improve the end result. Thanks again.

explains why my brassicas grew but not good. Had the P and K right but the lime didnt raise the PH. so my most recent test showed great P and K and still a 5.5PH...Gonna have to hit it harder this year with lime.

Some larger fertilizer supply companies will have the ground up ag lime it is very reasonable but it’s hard to spread with small equipment, I would usually just get some 5 gallon bucket’s and spread it by hand before working up the ground and it definitely lasts longer 👍✌🏻🇺🇸

Bill the type u show with the large spreader FLOATER is MAG lime is all mined from lime stone

GREAT DETAILS! What is your preferred wet ground/clay seed besides clover? I need to do a perrenial as it is ofter too wet to get into with equipment.

Just to add to this good info, there is plenty of P and K in the soil and N in the air. Building up the microbes in the soil to go get it and bring it to the plants is more effective than fertilizer. Nitrogen fertilizer causes aciidity. I've been using no till multispecies cover crops for many years, mostly out of necessity at first, and once I understood the science behind soil health, I "see the light" now and am doubling down on getting the microbial health of the soil right instead of being addicted to fertilizer. Soil tests give you what is in solution, not what is in the soil. I use lime and fertilizer on new client properties to get started then get to where it is no longer needed with regenerative ag techniques. Also, the plants are more nutritious and the deer know it and flock to the forage...ok Ill get off my soap box, but everyone should look into these methods.

Bill great video and explanation of fertilizers. What manufacturer of spreader are you using behind your UTV? It looks like it attaches to your 2" receiver and how many lbs. does it hold? thanks, Bob

So if I want to plant clover or alfala this fall you would suggest putting down P and K down in the spring and not wait until I plant the seed in the fall?

Excellent Bill and Jordan! Bill, would you consider putting clover (scratch, broadcast and pack) into existing food plot this Spring? (Northeast Missouri)

Okay all The information you have given me is good and I will be using it also .. can You give me information on how to get my SWEET CORN SECTION OF THE GARDEN TO GET GROWING ? Thank you

Thoughts on chemistry of fertilizer killing the soil biology and not actually building topsoil? The expense of fertilizer is definitely a concern for those with higher acreage of plots. I’m looking into more green release processes that build topsoil instead of get you buy for one season. Like you I started plots in the early 90s..Constantly learning and a student of the outdoors..but I think we need to get away from chemical fertilizers and use what God created to nurture plants. Some of Grant Woods stuff lately is on the cutting edge of these processes. I think what you cover here is overall great info, but we can actually start taking less and growing more, while building topsoil. Thanks Bill!

On phosphorus it needs to be tilled in, it will only move a 1/10 of a inch to maybe 2/10 of a inch a year with rain. If you put it on top of the ground that is where it will be.

Can you over apply the lime?

Chip off the block that young lady is! Great job!

And you’re gonna let us know the best time of the month to plant