DEER & WILDLIFE FOOD PLOT SEEDS

DEER AND WILDLIFE
FOOD PLOT SEEDS

PERENIALS LEGUMES

SPRING
ANNUALS

SUMMER
ANNUALS

BRASSICAS

GRASSES

PERENIALS LEGUMES

Alfalfa

High-yielding, fast recovery. Deeper crown to tolerate hoof traffic.

Fall Dormancy: 4.0
Disease Rating: 29/30
Our recommended seeding rate for straight stands of Alfalfa is 18-22 lbs/acre.

Seeding Dates: March 15th - April 30th / August 1st - September 30th

Alice White Clover

Alice is a medium-height, large leaved clover developed for exceptional yields of palatable, high quality, high protein forage. Vigorous spring and summer growth makes it a good choice for cutting or grazing management. Alice has greater stolon density than most ladino types, allowing for better persistence under intensive, continuous grazing. Very popular!

Alice is pre-inoculated with Rhizobium bacteria for best nitrogen fixation.

Seeding Dates: March 15th - April 30th / August 1st - September 30th

Medium Red Clover

A low cost legume cover crop that can be used similarly to the 3-way clover mix. Red clover is fast starting and shade tolerant. Good source of nitrogen, soil builder and weed suppressor; attracts beneficials. Makes a good forage.

Inoculate with clover inoculant for best results.

Seeding Dates: March 15th - April 30th / August 1st - September 30th

Renovation White Clover

Renovation was bred for increased stolon density utilizing a combination of long-living Southern Plain ecotypes and disease resistant ladino types. The result is increased persistence, even under grazing. Increased stolon density also makes it ideal for erosion control and long term conservation.

Seeding Dates: March 15th - April 30th / August 1st - September 30th

Alsike Clover

Alsike clover is adapted to cool, moist acidic soils and can tolerate more flooding than other clovers. Flower heads are pink or white and smaller than those of red clover. Blooms continue throughout the season, making it suitable for hay over an extended window. (Not for horses.) Excellent winter-hardiness, intolerant of drought and extreme heat. Alsike clover has a branched root system that penetrates deep into the subsoil. Good regrowth after cutting. Less shade tolerant than other clovers. Recommended seeding rate: 6-8 lbs/A.

Alsike must be inoculated with clover inoculant before planting for best results.

Seeding Dates: March 15th - April 30th / August 1st - September 30th

Bull Trefoil

A forage with great stress and grazing tolerance with good yield as well. This legume has excellent forage quality with non-bloating characteristics. Great winterhardiness as well!

SPRING ANNUALS

Crimson Clover

A high quality winter annual that can be used for both forage (usually in combination with a small grain or annual ryegrass) or as a nitrogen fixing cover crop. Will be ready for plow down in Lancaster in early May. Adapted to warmer parts of Pennsylvania and south. Crimson clover also has a beautiful crimson colored flower. Plant by September 1st for best results in Lancaster, PA. Ready to plow down 2 to 3 weeks earlier in spring than hairy vetch. Recommended seeding rate: 15-25 lbs/A.

Must be inoculated with clover inoculant for best nitrogen fixation.

Seeding Dates: March 15th - April 30th / August 1st - September 30th

Yellow Sweet Blossom Clover

A biennial clover that develops a strong, deep tap root that can break hard pans and handles drought well. As a legume, it also fixes nitrogen. Sweet clover will grow in a wide range of soils but pH, as with most legumes, should be close to neutral (>6.5).

Recommended seeding rate: 15-25 lbs/A.

Yellow blossom sweetclover is pre-inoculated with Rhizobium bacteria for best nitrogen fixation.

Seeding Dates: March 15th - April 30th / August 1st - September 30th

Ray's Crazy Spring Mix

A diverse, 8 species cover crop mixes small grains, legumes and brassicas. This mix is designed with rapid growth and soil health in mind. This can be used as a short term cover crop, as soil building transition crop to renovate depleted soils, and a grazing mix.

Excellent for wildlife food plots!

Seeding Dates: March 15th - May 15th

4010 Peas

High quality purple flower forage pea. Can be planted in spring or fall. Small seed size. Good to mix with spring oats, spring triticale, or spring barley for high quality, highly digestible feed. Recommended seeding rate: 80-100 lbs/A.

Also available in Certified Organic.

Great for wildlife food plots!

Seeding Dates: March - April

Reeves Forage Oat

A medium maturity, taller, high yielding oat variety. Good overall disease resistance. Earlier than Jerry Oats for fast forage or grain.

Recommended seeding rate: 95-130 lb/A; 80-100 lb/A for cover crop.

Great for wildlife food plots!

Seeding Dates: March - April

Merit Hairy Vetch

HIGH YIELDS, WIDE ADAPTATION, AND EARLY MATURITY
AU Merit was bred by Auburn University specifically for high forage and biomass production and early flowering. The result is a variety which exhibits high forage yields (up to 12% higher than common hairy vetch), early maturity, good disease resistance, excellent seedling vigor and tolerance to a wide range of soil types.

A winter-hardy winter annual legume that has the potential to produce 200 lbs of free nitrogen. Burn off or till into the soil after flower for a significant amount of free nitrogen. It can also be rolled down as a weed-suppressing mulch in organic no-till systems. Best used in mixtures.

Recommended seeding rate: 25-30 lbs/A.

Inoculate with pea/vetch inoculant for best growth and nitrogen fixation.

Seeding Dates: March 15th - April 30th / August 1st - September 30th

HyTon Triticale

A new KingFisher variety with strong seedling vigor, high yields, & excellent quality. Very strong prostrate fall & winter growth suppresses weeds & gives superior soil coverage. Wide seeding window and medium height.

SUMMER ANNUALS

Rays Crazy Summer Mix

A 7-way grass/legume/brassica mix for cover crop and/or forage. This versatile warm-season cover crop mixes a diverse variety of stress-tolerant summer annuals—cowpea, sorghum-sudans, pearl millet, radish, forage brassica and sunflower—that can be used as a short-term cover crop, a soil-building transition crop to renovate depleted soils, a beef cattle grazing mix, or some combination of these. It also contains several blooming species that, if left to grow and flower, will attract beneficial species. The mix is beneficial for both no-till and conventional-till soils.

Ray’s Crazy Mix is excellent for farmland reclamation, renovation, or when transitioning forest or brush-land land back into production. For vegetable growers it is also a good short season summer cover crop to build soil organic matter and contribute fertility in selected beds or fields. In a high tunnel or green house setting, Ray’s Crazy Mix can remediate soils during the summer months and to build soil organic matter, without extensive tillage. Recommended seeding rate: 40-60 lbs/A.

Inoculate with peanut inoculant for best legume nitrogen fixation.

Great for wildlife food plots!

Seeding Dates: Ground Temp 60° and warming - August 1st

Iron & Clay Peas

Productive heat tolerant vining summer-annual legume, excellent drought resistance, low fertility and a range of soils. If left to bloom it attracts many beneficial insects that prey on other pests. Slow to start, so it does well in mixes with other quicker growing species, especially those that are rigid and erect-growing that can serve as a trellis to support its growth (for example, summer grasses like millet and sudangrass). Works well as a forage, especially in a mix. Same as black-eyed peas (dry beans that can be used for human consumption). Recommended seeding rate: 40-60 lbs/A.

Inoculate with peanut inoculant for best results.

Seeding Dates: Ground Temp 60° and warming - August 1st

Titan Forage Soybean RR

Group 7 Roundup Ready forage soybean, Great for wildlife food plots!

Seeding Dates: April 15th - June 30th

Buckwheat

True “smother crop” since it grows a thick canopy quickly and out-competes summer weeds. Buckwheat is the perfect crop to fill in the rotational window between spring and summer or early fall crops. It can reseed itself if not managed closely, but easy to kill (seedlings also readily frost-kill). Good addition of broadleaves, especially for a mostly grass-based rotation. Fibrous root system, loosens up and conditions soil, makes organic phosphorous available. If left through bloom, it will attract pollinators.

Recommended seeding rate: 50-70 lbs/A.

Seeding Dates: March - July

Peredovik-Sunflowers

Black sunflower can grow from 2 to 5 feet high forming small heads full of black seed high in oil content. The seed makes excellent feed for all game birds, especially doves. The plants are highly preferred by deer when they are young and still growing. It takes about 110 days for seed to mature from germination.

BRASSICAS

Barkant Turnip

Barkant is a vigorous summer/autumn turnip from Holland. It is extremely high yielding and bred specifically for increased leaf growth. The highest concentration of protein and yield is in the leaf. The tankard shaped bulb offers good accessibility. It’s suitable for milking, lamb fattening, ewe flushing or hog rearing. It can be grazed about 2 times.

Recommended seeding rate: 3-5 lbs/A.

Seeding Dates: March - April / August - October 15th

T-Raptor Hybrid

A turnip-like hybrid that is super for multiple grazings (no bulb). T-Raptor is a cross between a turnip and a rape. Excellent late summer supplemental feed source.

Recommended seeding rate: 3-5 lbs/A.

Seeding Dates: April 1st - August 15th

Barsica RAPE

Barsica rape (Brassica napus) is a fast maturing single or multi-graze forage crop that can be sown for summer, autumn or winter feed. It has higher protein and dry matter content than turnips. It can be sown from early spring to late summer depending on its use. While typically planted in a pure stand, it can be sown in combination with other forages. For summer feed, it can be planted with millet or other summer annuals. For winter feed, it can be planted with annual or Italian ryegrasses.

Key Features of Barsica Rape
Excellent multiple graze forage with high tonnage
Extends grazing season
Can overwinter, unlike many brassicas
Good in combination with cool season annual or summer annual grasses
Excellent feed values, highly palatable and nutritious
Great source of protein and energy
Anti-parasitic properties, enhancing animal health
Barsica is a true biennial and flowers the year following seeding, keeping it in a vegetative state longer for best forage quality.

Seeding Dates: March 15th - September 30th

Forbs Feast Chicory

Forb Feast Chicory is a high quality, reduced bolting chicory blend. Reduced bolting means better feed value throughout the season. Leafiness of Forb Feast is impressive. It is an excellent source of digestible energy, protein and minerals. In addition, chicory has been shown to have key anti-parasitic properties in small ruminants.

Forb Feast has proven itself in livestock and wildlife programs. Its deep taproot lends persistence and production in extreme heat and moisture stress. It also exhibits winter-hardiness. Forb Feast is ideal as a component in a mixture with both warm and cool season grasses and legumes. Recommended seeding rate: 2-5 lb/A.

Seeding Dates: March 15th - April 30th / August 1st - October 15th

Daikon Radish

Deep tap root growth, penetrates soil, improves tilth, scavenges and bio-accumulates nitrogen, calcium, sulfur and magnesium from lower soil levels and moves them up to upper soil profile, weed suppressor, suppresses nematodes. Plant early spring as a quick weed suppressor or break crop.

Recommended seeding rate: 12-14 lbs/A; 2-5 lbs/A in mixes.

Seeding Dates: March 15th - August 30th

GRASSES

Water Saver Turf Pro

This high quality tall fescue blend performs very well for home lawns, commercial landscapes, greenbelts, park and recreation, and low maintenance turf areas. Water Saver Pro contains varieties with medium textured leaves, dark green color, and very good disease resistance. Once established its deep root system proves strong drought resistance and heat tolerance. This blend is well adapted to all areas of tall fescue adaptation and use.

Seeding Dates: March 15th - May 15th / August 1st - September 30th

Annual Ryegrass Lawn

Lowboy is a turf-type annual ryegrass for cover crop use only. It is a cold-tolerant, weed suppressing crop that has an extensive root system and is easy to terminate. Lowboy is ideal for building soil in grain, tobacco, or vegetable rotations.

Annual ryegrass can be overseeded into corn or soybeans or other vegetable crops. Ryegrass has an extensive root system that holds the soil in place, preventing erosion. It’s an excellent nitrogen scavenger and grows organic matter deep into the soil with root biomass. The dense root system improves water infiltration and builds soil tilth. If mixed with legumes it establishes quickly and acts as a nurse crop, which improves early season weed control and helps the legumes over-winter.

Recommended seeding rate: 15-20 lbs/A.

Seeding Dates: Spring

Mara Ryegrass

Mara is an intermediate maturity, diploid perennial ryegrass with high yields. Mara has exceptional winterhardiness, and exhibits more tolerance to heat and drought than traditional perennial ryegrasses. Mara establishes quickly, exhibits rapid regrowth and easily forms a dense sward.

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FOOD PLOT SEEDS

PERENIALS LEGUMES

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BRASSICAS

GRASSES

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DEER AND WILDLIFE FOOD PLOT SEEDS

PERENIALS LEGUMES

SPRING ANNUALS

SUMMER ANNUALS

BRASSICAS

GRASSES

PERENIALS LEGUMES

SPRING ANNUALS

SUMMER ANNUALS

BRASSICAS

GRASSES

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