How I Plant Food Plots Into Bad Soils

If you find yourself where the soil quality isn't that great, it's still a really good idea to plant food plots. Those food plots may not be as good as someone else's but they'll still be the best food attraction in the area.

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[TheBack]

Great information. I tried my hand at making food plots last fall and my inexperience and lack of proper equipment hurt my pocket. What advice would you give to someone who is in the rocky Missouri Ozark area? My soil samples say only my potassium in low. The other 2 were in the mid to good range.

[karma]

Good video I do it also then get some dikon or tillage radish in there after a year or 2 they till the ground great. For your viewers don't mix the winter rye grain with the brassicas. Around here farmers are doing allot of cover cropping so our local seed stores get allot in

[bowhunterloco]

Thank you for this video it was very helpful, just curious what you would recommend for a similar type of area but further south, Southern Missouri to be specific. Rocky, poor soil quality, and sometimes very hot and dry. Tons of great potential that's why it reminds me of the area you talk about in your video, but I'm just curious what alternatives to winter rye and buckwheat you would use down here? I've been told clover, but not sure. I do have good equipment and plenty of access. Thanks in advance

[Sandwichking-hikes]

I am desperately trying to improve my soil in my food plot area, it was bulldozed years ago with hard pan clay and erosion so no top soil. Was that way when I purchased. Getting a bit of growth but I figure will take a couple years building up more and more growth each year.

[MichiganRick]

Sounds like a Jeff Sturgis video...word for word....

[rfb]

Do you prefer to spray the buckwheat with RU standing or after you have cultipacked it?

[jeffpepin]

Do you recommend this same process for an established food plot that had brassicas and winter rye in last year. Should I be planting buckwheat in the summer? Soil ph was good last year but that’s with years of amending

[stevegermain]

I have been subscribed a little while and really like the content, six and a half minutes dancing around the chemical issue at the beginning of the video was a bit much for me