"You don't need big equipment for no-till but I am gonna do a whole video for you with $50k worth of big equipment." I mean, I guess you kinda mentioned how to do it w/o big equipment but the title is a little deceiving considering you basically just showed us how to use a tractor and an expensive no-till drill that 90% don't have access to.

I think for the absentee landowner, who has less than an acre to plant, minimal equipment, no till makes sense for micro seeds like brassicas. However, I am not taking chances broadcasting my fall planting cereal grain seeds on the surface. Cereal Rye would be the only larger seed I would do no till with however I have abandoned cereal rye. It is easy to grow but it simply does not draw deer for me. My rotation is 1 year I disc and plant oats, wheat, clover. Following year I plant my brassicas with No Till method as they are super tiny and can be broadcasted on top of soil, ideally with dead material on top. Key here is to plant just before a rain event. But overall a great video and outstanding explanation on no till practices for the deer habitat enthusiasts. About the best explanation I've heard yet!! Just be careful with your larger seeds unless you have a drill.

I have never seen a more perfect video of how this process should be done, along with all of the options and advantages this particular rotation gives the landowner. I've been using this process and rotation for years and I wanted to thank you for posting a simple and 100% accurate video, showing others how to do this.

Perfect examples of how to. I only wish I had property of my own to have you come out to and consult. I am lucky enough to have some great friends that let me hunt and apply this strategy to some small plots. It’s definitely the way to go. 👍🏻

Great video. I can't afford a no till drill, but paying attention I noticed several very helpful points to use to help me going forward. 👍

This is such a great video. I watch it every year.

A solo spreader, backpack sprayer, and my Polaris Ranger with a lawn roller has performed great. I have been utilizing a no-till planting technique by broadcasting into standing vegetation for a few years now, and the results are great.

"if theres any rye grass just put it back on the shelf" *****best advice I've ever heard

Beautiful shots and very well made video

Randy, nice job bringing it all together and giving a detailed plan on food plot management, thanks!

Needs more diversity in your seed blends 8-10-12 way mixes

Outstanding presentation and content. Thanks for posting.

Great video showing the full lifecycle. Greatly appreciated and very helpful! Thx

Loved the “planting green”, the no-till and diverse cover crops. Since I started planting Rye I’ve noticed turkey hens really like to nest in it. And you gained a subscriber!

Pretty good, although spraying immediately after crimping is mostly a waste of chemical. Damaged plants won't transport the herbicide to their roots. Best to wait a week or two between crimping and spraying so the surviving plants recover a bit, if spraying at all. The crimp and rye should give good control, rye and its fresh residue is known for inhibiting germinating grass seeds(including corn).

Great video ! Always enjoy your content a bunch 👨🏻👍🏼👍🏼

Great- info I think your 2-year calendar is very helpful

Randy, well done! ps. I'll have some pictures to share of the food plot you designed for me. Buckwheat was coming up nice two weeks ago.

This was a very good video. I will be rewatching this. I’m wondering which variety of crimson clover you used.

Being a visual learner, the timeline graphic was the perfect addition. Q - Can one start the process in the fall instead of spring/summer if it's too late to plant s/s?

Use The Genesis to no-till the buckwheat into the standing rye, then crimp the rye down.

Everyone of these guys right or wrong just plays follow the leader!!!!

Notice the rye grass he has highlighted is annual and not a perennial , it's not the stuff you would have in a lawn or a grain rye he is talking about three different things not two.

Great video! I recently bought a no till drill and am trying to convert my food plots to no till. Your method seems great for fall plots (planted in early August). However, have you figured out how to plant cover crops with beans or corn as a food plot? I suppose I could broadcast rye when the beans mature in September (and hope it grows). Corn seems even more tricky because it doesn't mature until October and I can't figure out how to plant a cover crop into the corn. Thanks!

Great video!

Great thinking.

For me I guess it’s roll and spray the wheat and rye. I can’t walk the food plot though because I’m in west texas and we have too many rattle snakes. Any additional tips for a guy in the heat of west texas? I was considering mixing buckwheat and lab lab for summer. Wheat and rye in fall but not sure what to do about spring. I’d like to also attract turkey and feed our resident quail as much as possible too. Lastly will leaving some of the wheat and rye for fall be good for a dove food plot? Mow strips down in early September?

Can you just leave rye to go to seed and let deer use it as bedding and cover for deer and other animals?

Quick question, What would be the best process if all I wanted to do was have fresh winter rye each year and not add much of anything else to it. Mow it down once it’s matured then disc and re-plant? I have all the equipment to easily disc each year. I’m very new to this and look for any advice. Great video!!

Love the video lots of information just a question I do have is I have about an acre or winter rye coming up amazing I live in Northern Michigan lower peninsula and my rye is already knee high or higher from my planting last year I would like to keep it for years to come when is the best time to get it worked back into the grown to re seed itself and do I need to mow it first or just till it in?

I like it, but that looks like big expensive equipment. Drill and tractor yikes!

Is there a substitute for Buckwheat during the summer? the deer kept mine eaten down to the ground. it was 4ft tall in my test fence so I know it was over browsed.

Update on the field where u rode in a bucket in front of tractor. Thanks for sharing the seed mix and timing. You ever add peas to the buckwheat or other seeds?

Who has this seed mix already premixed? Was this think on doing this in southwest wi this year.

Uncle Buck?? Is that you lol!

Can this be done without spraying chemicals?

Been wanting to try this year , few questions 1st there is nothing in the field to plant into can I put out rye grain ( new to me ) and get a stand tall that I can plant into , spray and weedeater cut down on top of seeds . Or is it to late to try this year NE Arkansas , it's been in the 90s and little rain > Tring for early Sept .planting if we got rain .

Is it possible to move away from Roundup over time?

Randy, did the cultipacker from your one client work effectly to crimp the rye and buckwheat? How did it compare to the use of a crimper crimper? thanks, Bob

Looks expensive?

Thanks Randy. The Cultipaker has a crimper attachment, would it work to roll down and terminate the rye?

Geez ROUND UP LIQUID FERTILIZER Why bother with no till?

Sorry to say, but that tractor, crimper, and no-till Genesis drill do not look like "Without Big Equipment."

Can you spread the buckwheat into the rye then crimp? And spray?

Jeff Sturgis in his infinite wisdom (just ask him) would highly disagree with you here.

Annual rye is grass not a cereal rye

Planting a field that deer come to eat from and then shooting one of them is the same as setting out bait and then hunting. Both require no skill and should be illegal

Good ideas except skip the cancer producing poison roundup.

Roundup 😵‍💫👎😡😖

I hope they don't eat those deer, otherwise that kid might have a cancer before his 50's!