Yes, spending time with GOD is so so beneficial and important ! GOD Bless !!!!!!!
@lancebrinkley5637 Жыл бұрын
I don't know about everyone else. I can't even afford a tractor to come out, let alone heavy equipment.😂 All I have is a 4 wheeler, backpack sprayer and shoulder slinger. It takes a while, but I get it done. I'm finding my own ways to get Dr. Grants methods. I've just about got it down. Thank you for all the advice.
@TrIckInGKinG17 Жыл бұрын
Im in the same boat. No family farm, no heavy equipment, just a love for the hunt and trying to figure out how to manage weeds because theres not alot of info ive came across to start food ploting. Hoping to find ways myself to get something going on my 6 acres. Best of luck you this season 🤘
@GrowingDeerTV Жыл бұрын
Lance - I started with 13 acres. That's one reason we often show how we use hand tools and I still use them every year!
@Isaacmantx Жыл бұрын
Dr. Woods, I hope this reaches you; As focused as you are on soil biome, I am surprised you haven't looked into a Johnson-Su compost amendment. The field trials have been astounding. It seems that when we have mechanical disturbance of the soil, it shifts from a predominantly fungal biome to a bacterial one. The Johnson-Su compost method is a fungal focused process that attempts to restore that balance. My favorite results from it are a farm in Australia that simply sprayed an extract in the furrow when they planted. After harvesting their small grains, a native grass that hadn't been documented in the entire 30 years they farmed that land sprouted along each furrow, at a density that made it seem like it was intentionally planted....
@GrowingDeerTV Жыл бұрын
Johnson-Su is a great process for those that can do it!
@goodold9 Жыл бұрын
While the burn piles no doubt release nutrients, you could also be seeing the benefit of the charcoal leftover from the burning, which works to hold moisture and nutrients. With your work in fire, I would love to see a test of bio char/slash and char as opposed to burn and perhaps creating terra preta soil as the indigenous cultures of the amazon have done for their soils. I love all the experimentation that you do.
@chilloutdude3617 Жыл бұрын
Biochar is good stuff
@GrowingDeerTV Жыл бұрын
BioChar can work but we cover our piles with dirt - so the charcoal isn't a factor here.
@JayN4GO Жыл бұрын
My field was this exactly. I started with rye. Then buckwheat and wheat to get those roots and the soil loosened up. It sure has life now. Just need a drill.
@jesse4530 Жыл бұрын
Man I really appreciate how you really try to stay as till/fertilizer/herbacide free as possible. One note, for small kill plots you can totally fertilize with natural stuff too. There are plenty of liquid fertilizers that are totally chemical free.
@dustybowhunter Жыл бұрын
Could you name a few, id like to try them?
@severson42 Жыл бұрын
@@dustybowhunterlook up garden like a Viking. He teaches you how to make your own. I sprayed the liquid chicken manure one last week and will check it this weekend!
@sonsofthunder3100 Жыл бұрын
Have summer plots growing. Being reminded of these frost dates for planting is helpful. I need to wait a little later to plant my fall forage blends. Average frost for my area is up to a week into November. Great video! Great information!
@Isaacmantx Жыл бұрын
Yep, first frost for the nearest national weather station in my area is November 7th... That puts Sept 8th as my starting planting date.
@dam54 Жыл бұрын
Amen brother
@DavidHarperMusic Жыл бұрын
Excellent, thanks Grant!
@thomasgartner3104 Жыл бұрын
There is truth to this. I deal with Northern Michigan Jack pine central. I'd call it a step above beach sand. I just planted my second fall blend. Decided to pull some of the milo to see. 1 inch of dark soil sticking to the roots. I shook it good too. Can definitely see its still lacking structure, and it's not quite to the chocolate cake color yet, but boy am I impressed with the progress made already.
@GrowingDeerTV Жыл бұрын
Great work!
@john51mer8 ай бұрын
Dr. Woods, I am very fascinated with you video's. I started doing doing the regeneration of my soil here in the mountains of South Carolina. After watching more of you video's i have now expanded on it. I have 60 acres of all hardwoods. Originally i didnt want to cut any trees, but my land is a oak dessert. I have a logging crew starting the cutting process. My question is what is your recommendation on the amount of trees to leave/acre? As the cut i am expaning my food plots to 1-2 acre spots with chestnut trees making 2 rows down the middle. Do you think 6 spots are enough? Last question i am going to frost plant in a few weeks should i only plant clover and chickory, or what else? I really dont want to plot all plots in this. Thank you for any reply and God Bless You. Keep up the great work and info
@GrowingDeerTV7 ай бұрын
I attended Clemson and used to hunt above Walhalla! To encourage native grasses and forbs to grow, they need at least 30% to 50% sunlight daily - so remove enough trees to open the forest canopy for 30 - 50% of the sun's light to reach the soil. How much food and cover to create depends on your objectives and the habitat on the neighboring properties. Chicory doesn't do well when planted using the frost seeding method. Many clovers work great with that method!
@alanwhite483911 ай бұрын
After applying herbicide, and allowing vegetation to die, a flail mower would evenly distribute the duff similar to a crimper. Right?
@GrowingDeerTV11 ай бұрын
Why mow if using a herbicide? The vegetation will dry out and shrink - it won't provide much mulch. Mowing at that point seems to only serve to add compaction to the soil.
@HicktownHunting Жыл бұрын
Have you completely moved away from Summer soybeans and then planting a fall/winter mix in the beans to drill beans through again next spring?
@Isaacmantx Жыл бұрын
He has... His only mention of soybeans since switching from the "buffalo system" to "The Release process" has been in reference to a heavily weed pressured field. He mentioned recommending to the landowner using a round-up ready soybean and a couple gly applications to gain control of the weed pressure, and then fully adopting the high diversity rotation of "The Release Process".
@GrowingDeerTV Жыл бұрын
I don't plant pure stands of beans and haven't in a few years. In many food plots, deer consume all the beans and only weeds grow. Beans are too expensive for a one month crop.
@kellylocklear9756 Жыл бұрын
Dr.Woods I am thankful for your passion and your faith. Alot of your clips I never comment on but I appreciate all the time and efforts you put out there for guys like me to learn. This will be my first fall with the genesis drill. I planted the Summer blend this summer. Do i need to crimp after i drill the fall blend? The summer blend is about 3ft to 4ft and i am concerned its to thick to not crimp. Your thoughts?
@GrowingDeerTV Жыл бұрын
Kelly - I drill through the summer crop to plant the fall forage. Drilling often knocks down about 1/2 of the forage which allows enough light for the fall crop to grow and leaves food to keep deer feeding there daily.
@C3USA Жыл бұрын
Grant, why does tilling cause unwanted weeds but fire causes good native browse? Are there other methods besides fire that can stimulate the native seed bank and not the unwanted weeds?
@GrowingDeerTV Жыл бұрын
Good question! Fire is usually used in native habitat. That soil hasn't been disturbed and there likely aren't many seeds from unwanted species. Disking/tilling churns several inches of soil and has a much better chance of bring up seeds from species that are unwanted. Tilling also kills many of the beneficial species such as earthworms, microbes, etc.
@josephstephens3852 Жыл бұрын
Dr. Grant, I'm creating the hidey hole for plots. I've weedeated the vegetation down, waited a week or so and herbicided the new growth. I plan to broadcast Green Cover hidey hole blend later August early September. My question is, do I need to fertilize this first crop? I live in west central Alabama.
@GrowingDeerTV Жыл бұрын
Joseph - There will be a better kill if you spray first. Glyphosate works on leaf surface area. Once the weeds are cut, there's not much surface area for the herbicide to hit.
@davidhardin7437 Жыл бұрын
I believe Dr Grant covered that when he said that you may need to add 10-10-10 . Go to about the 9 minute mark and check it out. And as Dr Grant has stated the plants must be growing and have leaves to take in the herbicide. So let the weeds grow and spray them as late as you can before you need to plant.
@dustybowhunter Жыл бұрын
Im trying to build the soil in my small food plots and mainly trying to attract deer in the fall, I’ve tried to use the release process in the summer but the deer eat most of the young plants and my plot ends up turning into weeds. Is there any summer blend i could use that the deer wont eat but will also build my soil?
@GrowingDeerTV Жыл бұрын
Dusty - Green Cover will have a new blend for just this mission next spring!
@brandonyoung7760 Жыл бұрын
What state is this plot in? Just curious because your frost date is before mine but I was thinking y'all were further down south than me. Great video
@SpringfieldGuy Жыл бұрын
Southwest Missouri
@brandonyoung7760 Жыл бұрын
@SpringfieldGuy ok I'm in north western Kentucky and 60 days back from my frost date is August 21st. I was thinking they was way down south in Mississippi or something. 😂
@GrowingDeerTV Жыл бұрын
We are near Branson, Missouri
@tomslayer4693 Жыл бұрын
I know discing is the old way of planting but can this process be done without a drill?
@GrowingDeerTV Жыл бұрын
I use hand tools in every year in my smaller, hard to reach plots. I often use prescribed fire to remove weeds and create the seed bed.
@mitchellnorris1813 Жыл бұрын
I would love to do my dove plots without tillage. Got any advice?
@GrowingDeerTV Жыл бұрын
Mitchell - Doves love bare dirt so this process likely won't work well for dove fields.
@fergystuff Жыл бұрын
What is the name of your new plot?
@GrowingDeerTV Жыл бұрын
We currently call it Big Pond - but they may not stick.
@stoney8760 Жыл бұрын
Wish you would focus on small Hunting Club abilities. We can't spend the kind of money you have.
@GrowingDeerTV Жыл бұрын
We have several videos on using hand tools that work anywhere!
@stoney8760 Жыл бұрын
@@GrowingDeerTV We have hand tools, tractors for the most part, ATV'S and other tools. The big thing is we don't have thousands of dollars to spend on a lot of the projects you show and for the most part, we don't own the land, we lease it. We need advice with these limitations considered. I'm talking about hundreds of hunting clubs and thousands of hunters. Your advice is very important to us!