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We may have found a sorghum that will still stand well into the winter. I tried a variety last year and it was still standing this April after a tough Upper Michigan winter. Anxious to see how it does this year.

Sligh We only do conventional. RR beets are a no no in food plots (Monsanto’s words, not mine). If they were cleared for plots, I could sell a lot of them. But for a late season plot, they are pretty impressive.

We now use a combo of 2 different hybrid Sorghums and a bit of Egyptian Wheat in our screens. I am not a big fan of food in screens, so I stay away from the food type sorghum and sunn hemp. We also have Egyptian Wheat if anyone is looking. www.northwoodswhitetails.com

They absolutely destroy them up here in Upper Michigan. I would love to see what a 5 acre plot of them would produce in December. Conventional beets are a chore to grow, but deer love them in our region.

Count me in. I talked with Jesse a few months ago and I thought it was $300 a year if I remember correctly.

Ours have taken a beating for the last 3 weeks. It’s amazing to watch the deer decimate a large plot in a short period.

Paul’s strip planting seems to be tough to beat. Look through his grain thread and he talked about summer droughts and how he delt with them.

Last 1000 pounds of cereal grains going into the ground in Upper Michigan today. Deer love this portion of the dbltree mix up here.

Started on the grain rotation this weekend. Tilled under the oats/berseem clovers for the radish/red clover/ oats/peas/rye part. Deer will be eating well soon. A week old oat/white clover planting has browsing on it already.

Mowed the rye/red clover today. 4 foot tall rye full of deer beds. I had my dad ride ahead of me to bump the fawns out of the way. One month before tilling it all under for brassica.

I look at this thread once or twice a year. The information here is as good as it gets for plotters. I have been doing this rotation in Upper Michigan for a few years now and it is by far the best food plot for year round attraction I have ever seen. So, last week I tilled under last years...

I did a plot similar to yours. I hit the grass with round up in late July. 2 weeks later I spread brassica seed, urea and 19-19-19, then flattened the entire plot with a lawn roller. Turned out to be one of the best brassica plots I ever had.

We just started puttting in our brasssica strips in this week. We are now in our 2nd year of Pauls (dbltree) rotation and the red clover/rye plowdown was great. Spread 200 lbs of 6-20-30 and 200 lbs of urea ( per acre) ,tilled in the green manure, packed the plot, seeded at 7 pounds per acre...

If you know exactly where the lots are going, start mowing and spraying this fall. I would read through the DBl Tree threads on grain, brassica and clover and stick with his three level planting system.

We have all our pea/rye/radish/red clover part of the Dbl tree mix planted for a few weeks now. Couldn't get any inoculant for the peas. They are doing great two weeks after planting. Both AWP and forage peas.

I planted mine in late June in Upper Michigan trying to get ahead of the deer browsing. They came up great but the deer are hitting them already.

We have lowered our brassica rates as well. Went from 8 pounds per acre to 6.5 pounds per acre with better results. Bigger turnips/radishes. The stuff needs room to grow, and the small seeds are real easy to overseed.

20 for clover and Egyptian wheat All else is around $35. Coming from 2 different suppliers

The deer hit our brassica hard up here in upper Michigan around early September, even without frost. I had some leftover seed from last year, so I planted it last week just to see how they take to it.

Sorry for the self promotion, but if you need to order online, I have a small seed business geared mainly what Paul has taught in his planting threads. Small quantities are no problem and two days shipping to Iowa and surrounding areas. Located in upper Michigan. Just an option if needed...