SMALL BROADCAST SOYBEAN FOOD PLOT...HOW TO DO IT!!!

This video shows how I plant soybeans in small food plots with nothing more than a disk. Many folks say you can't plant soybeans for deer in small food plots because the deer will overgraze them. I show you exactly how I've done this for years.

[@nailsbeats]

Beautiful no BS video, right to the point and showing all the steps. Best on the web because you are not selling, you are teaching your experience

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Thanks for the support, I really appreciate it! Thanks for watching

[@martinneumann9345]

Broadcast spread and rototill at shallow depth. Works great for me

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Yes sir, I’ve done it that way before as well! Biggest thing about that for me is making sure we don’t have any hard packing rains in the forecast that will crust over and break the beans next as they are coming though! Thanks for watching

[@RedlineOutdoors]

That was my first field to hunt for a velvet. Big memories were made there

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Yes sir!! Your very first set! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@rfb7117]

Wes....I just did the same thing...just waiting for rain. The only difference is I don't plant the beans for food, but for green manure to help the fertility of the food plot and reduce erosion. I get the beans that are last years beans for a reduced cost. They have lost some fertility, but planting them heavier helps overcome that. I plant my fall food plots directly into them in August usually after lightly discing. Keep up the good work, Bob

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Bob, thanks for commenting and watching! I will be doing something similar in this plot. I haven’t figured out exactly yet but more than likely I’m gonna plant a clover Trial and use cereal rye as the nurse crop. Y’all got any rain chances in the forecast?

[@rfb7117]

Got a tenth yesterday and another tenth today. Not much, but we thank the Lord for anything. None of the beans planted 2 weeks ago have come up yet with no rain.

[@rfb7117]

I also sprayed with Dicamba before planting and only waited bout 2 weeks....we will see if that affects the plants. Not a problem a we will just wait and plant something else.

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

@@rfb7117 maybe you will get a good one soon! We got 3/10 Sunday, but every bit of it was gone by the next day. Hard to get caught up with rain in June, July, and august.

[@dcranch4820]

Ive been doing this for many years as well. I always try to time my planting before a rain. Also i shoot for broadcasting my beans the last week in June. The latest ive planted is the 4th of july. I dont disk after but i either use a atv drag or if i have time ill use my cultipacker. On occasion i have just broadcasted on top of the ground ive disced if heavy rain is forecasted. Ive had good luck with this method and agree 100% with your method!! Thanks for sharing!

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Thank you for sharing your experience! Sounds like you have a great method down that is working well for you! Good luck with the plots, and thanks for watching!

[@lancebrinkley5637]

I agree with over seeding in small plots. Them deer can EAT some groceries!

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Yes sir! They eat a bunch and prefer a variety of things. Thanks for watching and commenting!!

[@stevenmoss2152]

Im thinking about broadcasting some smaller plots and mixing sunflowers in with them to hopefully take some pressure off the beans until they get up.

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

They do like young sunflowers as well. How small of plots are you talking about?

[@jeffstamps5159]

good ideal im going try it

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Good luck, thanks for watching

[@craigpeterson5779]

I have found the same thing, my deer will walk past a clay pea to eat a soybean. But clay peas do help offer cover for the soybeans, and then later on in August, the deer will eat the clay peas too. You can also mix in sunn hemp, and the deer will wear that out too!

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Craig thanks for watching and commenting, I really appreciate it! Sounds like a good combination there for a early season plot…with soybeans, clay peas and sun hemp be hard for a deer to stay away. Thanks

[@DroseMr]

Awesome🎉

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Thanks for watching

[@bowman8316]

Great info 👍🏼👍🏼🌧☘

[@bowman8316]

Thank you !!

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

@@bowman8316 thanks for watching and commenting!

[@carltonbailey3498]

I have a Johnson grass invasion big time, may try spraying it a time or two before planting the beans, as well as after they get somewhat established? any suggestions?

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Are you planting soybeans that are roundup resistant?? Does the Johnson grass die when spraying with roundup?

[@royguidry1311]

Wes, would you do the same thing with corn in a small field if you were broadcasting them?

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

How small of a field are we talking about? I would stay away with a really small field, to many animals trying to get after it before it gets to the point where it benefits deer. But yes generally the principles are the same, just have to be 100% sure that you don’t plant corn to thick. Soybeans can take it, especially where there is plenty of deer to keep it grazed down, but corn can’t be to thick or it won’t make anything.

[@bowman8316]

Great question thanks

[@jefferymorgan8135]

Any pics of how this plot did ? Im really wanting to try this ! My question is do you think i could get away with doing a few different plots on 1/2 plots using your 1 acre recipe cut in half ? Big fan here ! Lookong forward to hearing back !

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Are you asking if you can do that on 1/2 acre plots? Sorry just wanting to make sure I understand what your asking Thanks for the support! Appreciate you watching and commenting

[@jefferymorgan8135]

Yes ! In your Opinion do you think 1/2 is to small for your soybean system of overseeding ? I do have a good many deer ! I've been planting Buckwheat in the summer I just wanted to do somthing different this year !

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

1/2 acre is pretty small for a soybean food plot. I had 2 plots of beans last year and both were less than 1 acre and they did good. But we have a bunch of ag around and I waited until on into summer before planting them. So the deer had already found summer soybeans elsewhere and were content there. I wouldn’t try a half acre plot in soybeans in the middle of the woods with no ag around. If I wanted soybeans instead of the buck wheat I’d plant a variety of legumes, soybeans, peas, lab-lab, etc and just make a point to keep the deer off of it for a 2-3 week period to get it established. Even then they are still likely to keep it ate up without a fence around it in high density deer areas without ag around

[@jefferymorgan8135]

That's what I was a afraid of ! Lol. I have no ag except for a few neighbors around me doing food plots ! Thank you for getting back ! I've learned alot from your channel !

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Your welcome! Glad you’re enjoying the channel! I sure appreciate you watching

[@whitetailsup760]

Hey buddy I planted iron clay peas they won’t hit them to end of summer but let me tell u Wes it’s vinee it’s hard to disk up I had to spray and burn I’ll never plant them again

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Whew!!! That sounds tough if you had to spray and burn! I wasn’t super impressed with them as of yet… I want to get summer inventory of all my bucks on my plots, so I prefer alfalfa or soybeans! Something that the deer cant resist and with a really strong pulling power. Thanks for watching!

[@carrollsanders9376]

@@DIYfoodplotpro that's why you use cowpeas in a Mix with Labb Labb or Soybeans, even adding sunflower or sunhemp too the mix, cowpeas work best no tilled in a Mix, and they are not extremely attractive until Temps get into the 90s and Hundreds. The root on a cowpea will grow 20ft deep and if you mow them they will last until the first frost. Because the root will result resprout you do have to spray to get rid of them use 24d one pint to the acre, and you can replant in 14 days.

[@bryanfontaine9627]

If the seeds just need to be covered, could you use a cultipacker instead?

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Yes sir! Anyway you can get them covered will be fine. A cultipacker works well. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@scottking4035]

im in Hopkins county Kentucky where can you get eagle seed forage beans

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Hey neighbor! I’ve not been able to source them locally….i had to buy them online and have them shipped in. Thanks for watching

[@cayutacreekoutdoors485]

Do you cultipack after disking for the final time?

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

I’ve done it both ways…for me it just depends on what type of shape the ground is in. This time I did not cultipack. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@user-ft3oc7ks9z]

How much seed/acre? Thanks! I’ve planted small soybean plots before, broadcasted, but they were eaten to the ground.

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Hey I think that plot was 560,000 seeds an acre…but I can’t remember, if i remember correctly I said in the video somewhere. Thanks for watching and commenting

[@user-ft3oc7ks9z]

@@DIYfoodplotpro wow, thanks! I plant 15-20 acres a year. I’ve removed soybeans completely for this reason. Worth a try. Do you find the beans produce pods this way? It’s cold where I am. Pods are critical of n late season - big advantage over neighboring plots.

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

No very few will produce pods, the deer keep them are down to the ground….important to note that I wasn’t trying to get them to produce pods, I plant mine for high quality summer food. I’ve got a video on soybeans/lab-lab that I plant later in the summer, and I’ve had better luck getting those beans to produce pods.

[@CentralMississippiWhitetail]

Just replanted mine after I killed them. On accident.. No drill this time, just sprayed, broadcast, disked in and harrowed

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Oh man! Accidentally put the wrong chemical in? Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@CentralMississippiWhitetail]

@@DIYfoodplotpro I wish it was accidental. The bean didn’t have the technology in it that I thought.

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

@@CentralMississippiWhitetail oh gotcha. That happens man, at least it’s early enough to replant them back and still do well

[@bamafever92]

What kind of soy beans do you recommend planting?

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

That depends on what type of problem weeds you are fighting. If you don’t have any, go with a straight roundup ready ag soybean.

[@brentsparrow3928]

E3 soybeans offer you more options for weed control.

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Yes sir! You’re exactly right! Thanks for watching

[@aarongoeppner413]

TEAM 500k soybeans!!!!

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Heck yah buddy!!! We gonna get some soybeans up! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@bowman8316]

👍🏼🤣🤣👍🏼

[@nicschaalma3508]

Why don’t you just fence the plot ? It’s easy. And works.

[@DIYfoodplotpro]

Hey Nic, thanks for watching and commenting, I really appreciate it! I’ve never done any fencing, I just plant them thick and then I don’t have to to do any fencing. If I was wanting the beans to get big and eat the actual beans in the pods, I would fence it, but all I’m looking for is high quality food all summer long.