It's my pleasure. I appreciate you hanging out with me.

Thanks Charley. Much appreciated. Have a great day.

Thanks for the comment. I appreciate it. Have a great day.

Thanks Kendell. I will update with the next episode as the brassicas are starting to grow in both plots.

Thanks for the note and the support. We really appreciate it. We will keep them coming. Have a great day.

Yes, I had to step up and buy a few things. The RTP planter is from the company, but I am a long ways from landing John Deere as a sponsor!

@@bill-winke lol. Aren’t we all. 🤣✌🏻

How do you know he wants a partnership

Sorry, if it seemed serious. it was a sarcastic comment because they had three guys on the ATV

I would definitely take that one. I do like the old Coleman ATV, but like you say. It has been through a lot! But when I am hauling people and gear around the farm it is not the most convenient - nor is it super handy for hauling out deer. I used to have a tricked out Kubota Sidekick when I was still hosting Midwest Whitetail. That was really nice. I need to contact those guys again.

@@bill-winke Call Hooyman too. Just bought their chest spreader. Much handier than the earth way bag and chest/bucket spreaders.

I have been using the ExtremeBlower Products lately for spreading my seed. It looks like a paintball hopper and mounts onto your leaf blower tube. It has an adjustable gate, and can be closed,with the hopper removed, so you can still use the leaf blower. I can cover ground three times quicker than with my bag seeder.

Pat, we will put out a video on Wednesday that shows the update. Thanks for the support.

They do a great job either drilled or broadcast into beans. I have been doing that for many years and will keep doing it. As the beans dry down, the brassicas take over. This works well even in years when the beans don't fail.

Ethan will get there. He's smart enough but inexperienced in the food plot and equipment stuff.

Definitely green in the food plot world!

Thanks. Next episode will have updates on how the two different plots are doing.

Thanks. Much appreciated. They are already starting to come up. Especially the stuff I drilled in. Have a great day.

So dry here we ant even wasting time with food plots this year

Hopefully the rains will come. We still have time. Some years August can be pretty wet in Iowa. Good luck to you.

@@bill-winke very bad here in central missouri where our farms at

Art, I just checked them today - six days out. The one I drilled is coming up very well. The one I broadcast has a few little plants coming out, but we only got rain two days ago, so that is fast germination in that little plot. I will know a lot more in the next week. I will film them both and show everyone.

Agreed. Ethan is a bit mean spirited toward the elderly.

Sorry guys, I will keep my comments to myself! 😂

That is a good tip. I have also used winter (cereal) rye as the carrier for turnip/brassica seeds in the past. You just have to be careful not to seed too heavily on the rye as you don't want to crowd out the brassicas.

@@bill-winke Yeah I could see that working. But you're right about the possibility of seeding too heavy seems like rye germinates at 97-100% most of the time too. 😁

Good idea. I just planted two that are side by side with the same blend using the two different methods (machine vs hand). We go rain this morning so both should be growing very soon. That should produce a good level comparison.

Any update?@@bill-winke

Trey, there is a window in the spring when the does are fawning and not hitting food plots. If you can get your beans in early enough that they are growing fast during this period when the does are out of sight, they have a good chance to make it through. If you get them in late (or it is dry and they don't grow) the does will hammer them when they get done fawning and they never get past the deer. Good input. Have a great day.

Dang, I will take some of that rain Zeb. Yes, it is a used one that I bought from a neighbor, but at 85 hp it is the perfect size for this farm. I like it. I am sure come winter I will wish I had a cab, but cabs have always been trouble for me given the kinds of places I go with my equipment.

That's what I was afraid of with Ethan, but he did fine. The tendency is to plant too heavy. The seed is so small that it sneaks through the spreader pretty easily.

Mark - leave it to Jordan Winke. It was her idea. We had to reorder them. They sold out way faster than we expected. Should be coming in the next two weeks. We will post here and on the Instagram/Facebook pages when we get them in. Thanks for the support. Have a great day.

You aren't too late. I have planted well into August and done fine. I am not 100% sure on the setting on the spreader. I am not at the farm right now so I can't look at it. But the setting is low, I do know that - like 1 or 2. I usually go by feel - by ear too. I let the fingers of my left hand feel the amount of seed coming out and I listen for the ticking on the spinning spreader. Those two tell me if the seed is coming out heavy or light. If it is a small plot, it is not a big deal to go light as you can always seed it a second time. It only becomes important if you are trying to seed something that is 1/2 acre or bigger where seeding it twice would be a real time consuming process. As for long periods without rain, I hate that part because the weeds always seem to grow while you are waiting for the seeds to germinate and you can't spray again because you risk killing any of your brassicas that have started. If there has been no rain, you can spray a second time, but otherwise, I wouldn't. This is why I like the no-till drill solution because the seed goes into the ground where there is a much higher likelihood of germination with no (or minimal) rains. But, of course, they are expensive and not 100% necessary. I think I would wait, if I were you, to put on much fertilizer until you see a high chance of rain in the forecast. Urea (most common source of Nitrogen) can evaporate if it sits on top of the ground for very long with no rain to take it in. Good luck.

@@bill-winke I really appreciate the help! I'll wait a little bit and see when theres rain coming up. Right now, my plan is to seed it then run it over with a cultipacker to push the seed down a little. Thanks again!

Thanks Charley.

No, I don't think I have. I don't make those little plots just to feed deer. There are better ways to do that. I have planted larger food sources (fields) that I never hunt, lots of times. I do that just to make sure there is enough food on the farm to keep the deer in good health. Even in those cases, I usually hunt a bedding area nearby, so indirectly, I guess I am hunting those fields too.

Steve, yes, it is always good to do all you can to create good seed to soil contact. That (and a couple timely rains) is the key to good germination. Good luck.

@@bill-winke thanks for the reply Bill!

That is a good blend. Thanks for the input Jay. Have a great day.

How thick are the sparrows and mourning doves?

Gavin, ideally, you would work them into the soil very shallow, but you should be able to just broadcast it that is not possible or convenient. Brassicas seeds (most of them) are really small seeds and they mix into the top soil very quickly when you get a rain. I have had good success doing it this way. If the ground is hard packed and there isn't a way for the seed to easily work into the top layer, then you would do better to lightly disk before broadcasting to make sure you get good seed to soil contact.

@@bill-winke thank you!

Yeah I would just broadcast and either roll it or drive back and forth with your ATV if it's a small plot, then if you get rain it will work great.

Two quarts of gly per acre, don’t think about it as gly per gallons of h20.

@@kevinfowler6065 thanks Kevin, and yes I meant gly per acre, not water

You will have to calibrate your sprayer to learn how many acres you get from a tank and then add the herbicide accordingly. At times you can go less than 2 quarts per acre (young actively growing grasses will die very easily). I used 1 1/2 quarts per acre in those cases. But when you try to kill any plants that are mature (not growing fast) you need the full rate that Kevin mentioned (2 quarts per acre).

Nick, it is a JD 5085E (85 hp). I needed something pretty good sized to handle carrying and pulling stuff up the bluffs to the fields on top. I used smaller tractors but the drill always made them tip up and I had to steer with the brakes. That's not so fun on those narrow trails. Even that 130 hp old White tractor I was using tipped up. This one doesn't and I sure appreciate that! It is big enough to pull a 12 foot disk if I need to. Mine was used with 750 hours and the guy that owned it before me was pretty hard on it, but after some work at the mechanic, it is seems to be fine. The clutch is pretty touchy when it is cold so I probably need to get it back in there. Overall, I like it.

You are right Timmy. That is the best way to do it for sure. I am not sure why I sprayed it that early. I guess, I was in that area spraying something else (maybe that corn plot on the ridge) and hit that plot as well just to save a separate trip. Good input. Have a great day.

I just went with a couple of Whitetail Institute's basic blends this year. I may experiment more next year, and see what else they have. I see that they have a radish blend called "Ravish Radish". whitetailinstitute.com/ravish-radish/ I will give that a try next year. Have a great day.

Josh, I find that I shoot that bow the best if I press the point in my palm where my lifelines comes together into the back of the grip. Some people call that the heal of the hand. There is less hinging in the wrist when I use this pressure point so I shoot a bit more consistently. Also, I have found that my arrow flight is better if I straighten the wrist out very slightly. It is something that you have to experiment with for a few sessions. I think that the grip is the key feature of any bow. Once you get a feel for one style of grip, it takes a while to get comfortable with a different style.

Thank you for the advice

Yes, mostly what I am interested in is seeing if the seeds broadcast onto the ground will germinate at a good rate. I have another spot we can do a more direct comparison as it is mowed, sprayed and out in the sunlight. I will plant that today and show that next.

Yes, I think I will shoot the EXO 3: b3archery.com/product/exo3/ That looks like about the best mechanical on the market in my opinion. I have shot them in the yard and they are solid and accurate. I like the smaller size for improved penetration. These promise to penetrate really well.

I usually get a few years out of them - two or three, but I only plant about three acres per year by hand. I think Hooyman makes a pretty good plastic one. I may try that next.

When this one runs out I will start looking for something better and will definitely check out that Solo. I have used these bags for 20 years and I guess they seem to work fine for me.

He should have manually calibrated before he took off. Takes like 15 min and you'll know exactly what you are putting down. There are some videos on youtube that goes over the process

RTP's website has calibration starting points for some mixes.

They have done all these calibrations for all the seeds already. Their recommended settings are very accurate.

Gate at zero and clutch at one. That produced almost exactly six pounds per acre on the Whitetail Institute Wintergreens. I assume it would be the same on the Genesis G5 as the G8, but I am not 100% sure. Mine is the G8.

Man...I thought I was supposed to wait until Aug to plant those. I am always getting confused on timing. I go by what's on the bag for my area.

Whatever the reason, they definitely prefer the turnips later in the year than the other varieties in most brassica blends, namely the rapes and radishes if present.