Plant Brassicas Earlier for more Tonnage - Donât wait till Mid August
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 8. 09. 2024
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There is a lot of information online about food plots and specifically Brassica food plots. Many people say that you should wait until mid August to plant Brassicas so they are tender and attractive to deer during hunting season. Depending on where youâre located Brassica needs to be planted at different times. Roughly 60-90 days before the first frost. In the Midwest and north east the correct time would be anywhere is from mid July to early August. If you plant earlier you will get more tonnage but if you plant later you will get a lot less tonnage in your food plot.
As you see in this video waist high, thick stem, big leaf Brassicas are being consumed by the deer unlike what you may find online that they become too woody and too big for deer to be attracted to them when planted early. You want to be able to grow and provide as much food for the deer when going into the fall/winter as possible that is why you should plant in July not August if you are in the Midwest and north east.
It all depends on rain if itâs a dry July then you may have to wait till August though. Getting a good rain after planting is very important in Brassica food plots because the seeds are so small and dry out easily on the top of the surface.ïżŒ
Here in MIchigan, planting in July or August can be tricky. Many times, a rain that crosses Wisconsin will dissipate over Lake Michigan or shortly after reaching shore. Watching the radar as a huge rain in Wisconsin turns into nothing still 150 miles west of my food plots in MIchigan's Thumb is terrible. But waiting until September for the good soaking rains leaves a shorter growing window.
This year has been a little different. I planted brassicas in mid-July and they've received enough rain from weather patterns and pop-up thunderstorms to flourish. I'm well ahead of usual and I should be about the only game in town after the beans and corn come off the surrounding fields.
My brasssicas came from Grandpa Ray's in Wisconsin.
Here in Maine we plant end of July weather permitting adjustments made for rain to germinate
I generally plant the bulk of my brassicas end of July or early Aug.
Looks like a great food plot. I wish I would have planted mine a few weeks earlier
Thanks, antler kings Honey Hole and Whitetail institute Wintergreens are my favorite blends.
Totally agree with planting mid to late July weather permitting
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I plant mine in Southern Michigan around August 1 every year...60 days to maturity makes them prime going into the archery opener.
I aim to get mine planted in late July early Aug but sometimes Iâll plant a few in mid July if thereâs good moisture to make sure I have enough time to get everything planted. I donât like waiting until mid august.
I planted yesterday here in the Tip of the Mitt
Always did start early in my little backyard garden sometimes can get 2 harvests if there's a milder entry to winter. Smaller and sweeter still lots of turnip greensđ
Ok, YOU win the Blue ribbon for HUGE brassicas. When it comes to planting food plots definitely do what works for you and stick with it or change things up if they don't work. When are your over seeding Winter Rye vids coming out?
Your totally right about stick with what works when it comes to food plots.
I seeded some winter rye in some of my plots this year but wont be having a video on it.
I agree totally. Lapratt agrees as well.
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âGuys if you want big Brassicas then guys you have to plant earlier.â Tony Lapratt. His favorite word is âguysâ LOL
If there is a reason I plant brassicas early in Tennessee, is the rain. Everyone says to plant them in September here and I always plant early to mid August because September/October are our driest months of the year. Had I waited, I would only have dead seed laying on the ground this year. We had the same drought a lot of the country had this year and I have a fantastic fall plot. I timed the planting with rain and then got lucky a couple times with enough rain to get it established. I worried a little here in later September into October as it started to dry up, but we got a touch of rain and perked it back up, finally! I will forever plant in August when rain is forecasted pretty well.
Yes, getting a good rain after planting Brassicas is crucial. Otherwise youâll end up with spotty germination if you donât get a rain within 3 to 7 days after planting. There was a couple stretches this year where my brassicas got a little dry looking but then a rain perked them right back up like you said.
AUGUST is find for Brassica, don't plant them in July in the south.
He is up north he needs to plant in July.
@@carrollsanders9376 Yeah I understand where he is. What I am saying is you cant follow planting by a date. Sometimes you have to go early and follow the rain. The rain/moisture will be far more important than the calendar date.
@@georgehelzer7569 Absolutely, just pointing out his conditions.
@@carrollsanders9376I just planted brassica the on Tuesday here in east Tennessee. I already have sprouts coming up. With this rain lately I feel like I timed it perfect
Man your deer density must be crazy....I planted honey hole last year for the first time deer never touched it until feb. 1st
Yeah itâs pretty good, not as high as some areas in the county. Last year from summer-February I had pics of 41 different bucks. Obviously some of those were coming from 1-2 miles away.
Your plot looks amazing. I wish mine looked like that!
I think those advertisements for planting in August are for âmiddleâ states like Iowa which are a much longer growing season than the northern half of Wisconsin.
I suppose yeah they do have a little longer growing season there. But people that saw deer donât eat woody big brassicas are totally wrong. You need to have as much food going into the winter as possible.
Man you can really grow some food plots!
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That being a first year plot really helped. The first two years or so you donât need to fertilize and whatever you plant grows amazing. By the third and fourth year the soil is pretty drained and will need some fertilizer.
That field has been grass and weeds for at least 10 years now, no crop planted on it for a while.
I plant mine July 15th every year in western WI and would not go any later. I spread it a little thicker than most people as I find the deer prefer the smaller more tender plants and bulbs later on.
It all depends on rain but yeah I like to definitely get most if not all my Brassicas in from mid July to late July.
That's interesting. I live in Northern California in what is basically a rainforest and all Brassicas, including most cultivars and weeds, will grow here at any time of year. Right now it is in the 40s at night and the 50s during the day and it probably will be for the next month or so, and a longer list I can type of "Brassicas" are in numerous stages of growth in my yard. Including Brussel sprouts that are growing out of and overtaking one of the few patches of "lawn" I have, a grassy walkway between two raised beds. Do you just plant fields of vegetables, never water and let the rain do it, never pull weeds, and just come back and harvest everything? I like your method of farming.
Technically this isnât farming. This is planting a Brassica Blend to attract deer to an area. The deer consume these brassica varieties and turnips and radishes throughout the winter and benefits the deer by giving them a quality food source throughout the winter.
I didnât have to pull any weeds or any weed control other than tilling the ground the day I planted. This is a first year plot and that is why thereâs not that many annual weeds. In the following years I can expect more weeds to come in.
Purple tops are good to eat I would like to have a bunch of those!!
I have taken a bite of them. They basically like a Kalarabi. I can see why the deer like them but I donât LOL đ
Wow!,,,
They stuff is Huge Great job.Has the coon been eating a lot of your corn?
No, thankfully for the coons have been staying out of most of my corn
HUUGGGEEEE
You must have planted a longer maturing variety. I tried this the last 2 years and after 70ish days the plants all looked diseased/dead? Was hoping formyour results
What manufacturer /blend did you plant?
This plot has 3 mixes. The stuff closer to the rd is the Northwoods Whitetails sweet fest brassica blend. That blend has a lot of brassicas that go out to seed even if planted a week later. I donât like that blend that much anymore. The rest of the plot is Antler Kings Honey Hole and Whitetail Instituteâs Wintergreens. Those are my favorite blends. Tillage radish mixed with those 2 as well.
Could you rate your Brassica blends from best to worst?
My two favorite Brassica blends are antler kings honey hole, and Whitetail Institute winter greens.
The areas of this plot where there is a lot of very tall Brassicas going out to seed is the Northwoods Whitetail sweet Feast Brassica Blend which I do not like much anymore. Planted it last year and had some leftover seed I used this year. I donât like how that one variety of Brassica, probably 10 to 20% of the mix goes out to seed and gets 4 to 5 feet tall and deer donât really eat those tall brassicas. seems like a waste. Plus the Northwoods Blend does not have a seed coating so when broadcasting seed it is really hard to see how much is coming out. Whereas other Brassica blends have seed coating and itâs A lot easier to tell how thick youâre spreading seed.
Those are the three brassica blends Iâve planted in the last couple years. I havenât tried much other than that. Iâve tried a few other Whitetail Institute blends but winter greens is the best.
What seed blend did you go with
I planted 3 blends in this plot. Antler Kings Honey Hole, Whitetail Instituteâs Wintergreens, and Northwoods Whitetails Sweet Feast Brassica Blend. I mixed Tillage Radish with honey hole and wintergreens because itâs not included in those blends.
You planted that and all you can do is shed hunt it?
Yeah. Iâm just happy to have another great spot to shed hunt 300+ acres.
@@wisconsinwhitetail9744 I get it, but thatâs a lot of food that the hunters Iâm sure take advantage of. I planted last year in the drought and the deer smashed the plots before November. đ€Šđ»ââïžđ€·đ»ââïž
@@tidecoys me and my dad are good friends of the guy thatâs owns it and they obviously hunt there.