SOOOO excited about this experiment! Thank you for always listening to your friends and viewers and giving us no-BS feedback! Excited to follow along with this and the fact that you're going to run it for a few cycles!

Love your videos! I’ve been planting the release process for four years now in Kansas and Nebraska. My Kansas farm has 28 acres in 13 plots. It’s all on a section of land so they are reasonably close. Some plots look great some are so/so. It’s crazy how certain seeds go crazy in a few plots and no so much in other plots. No fertilizer and minimal spray used.

I plant 80% of my plots in south Alabama with the no-till summer and fall release system. It works as clamed. It keeps quality food available year round, suppresses weeds and reduces the need for fertilizer. I do add what the soil test calls for, but it without question has reduced the amount of fertilizer needed. I do though protect my fields which aren't more than an acre each with the solar electric fence due to high deer density with no ag around me. I've been doing it 3 years and plan to continue.

I like your plan and have given a lot of thought too this in the past. Having 2 or three strips of different crops in each plot can work. For mixed seeds, I like to strip (screen) out the larger seeds which I spread first, then roll the plot. This gives me a little better depth on the seeds. Then I put the small seeds down and roll again. Makes it a lot harder for the squirrels, chipmunks, turkeys, and songbirds to take your seed. My 2 cents. Good luck and I look forward to your follow up videos.

Thought I'd leave our experience here! This is our first year trying a blend very similar. May 1st planted 6 acres on ground that had been worked. May 6th no-tilled 6 acres into standing wheat/crimson and then rolled to terminate. Rain within 24 hours of planting each time! We do have high pressure and located just south of Murray. They have one-by-one wiped certain plants out starting with the soybeans, then the forage beans and buckwheat, then the sun flowers and cow peas! Not much left but Millo, millet and some rapeseed. I am interested in the food value here BUT highly intent on building soil quality. Now there are no legumes left to provide the much needed nitrogen for milo and millet. Will need a major rethink for next year!

Very interesting

I always enjoy your videos Wes.

Looks like if you 're planting that for the deer to eat from the onset, its going to be a really brief success. But if you were wanting it to grow and mature, it'll most likely be a bust? That's the problem planting a plot of "deer salad" mixed with a hefty side of "grass". Appreciate the effort to enlighten and educate all of us--thanks Plot Professor!!

Happy dads day! If your not a dad, your dad is lol. Steve here in lake city fl. I did take last Monday and spent the day replanting food plots. Very little grew from early May planting, one tiny plot near bottom had some ,but it was lip high lol. Rain stayed south. Feet. But we only got one inch. Turkeys and deer love eating the seed. Lol. Will try again in late Aug. done for the summer more dollar mulch. Keep up the great videos

I broadcast a "game bird mix" with similar ingredients to yours into my clover plot with rye. I first rolled over it with the mower deck down but not mowing to smush everything down and then mowed over it. Been about two weeks now with ample moisture and I dont see any of it coming through the rye straw and clover. Clover came back in full flower though 👍

Thanks Wes, seems like to many things can go wrong, I won’t be trying unless they outlaw round up.

I wonder if you would have lightly dragged it, might have had better germ on the beans and sunflowers.

I hope it works well

I just planted whitetail institute power plant and it sounds like the same seed. it turns into good bedding in the fall so weeds not a problem, its not my main food source. Can't wait to see what u get.

can you post a pic of that utv sprayer pvc boom it looked like you had on that utv? that looks like it is perfect for windy days and distance from boom to ground.

The purpose of this system is eliminating fertilizer and herbicide. Give it a couple years to shine. Ive been using for a couple years and Im happy with the money and time savings.

Hey there Wes, great stuff as usual. Curious to know what HP your tractor is and or is required for that 6 row planter you use? Do you have a 'favorite' or preferred planter or drill based on size of plot and access etc? that might be a good video content and would def educate a 3 year rookie land mgr like me :)

I got zero Sunflowers last year with it too . Trying again this year with slightly diff plan spin on the summer release

I never had beans last more than a week lol. Tryed over seeding, the now thing that kinda works. Spray tall weeds and grasses. Then case beans into it. Deer might leave it alone a bit longer. I have pretty good luck with sweet potatoes. Deer love them and under good condition feed deer all summer. They vine and grow everywhere. Usually once planted keep comming back year after year in north fl

How does one get to your seed store?

Get ready for a butt load of grass and weeds. 😂You already know this. Anything with Cowpeas are a deer repellent for me. lol

Can I hunt there Wes

Anytime a man has a 5min start of sponsorships. Getting ready for the manure to get spread so to speak lol

You planted it wrong your supposed to no till drill it into Rye or Buckwheat, after crimping it. It's designed to be a no till no Herbicide food plot, there is nothing you can spray on it to prevent weeds a Mulch is required to reduce weeds. I have tried it, but, not a fan. Cowpeas will improve the soil better followed in August by brassicas.