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[Skeeter]

Have y’all considered a biological product? I’ve enjoyed this product so far!!

Have you tried any other biological products, either commercial or homemade? If so, how did they compare to what you are using now?

 

[Buckhunter10]

Have you tried any other biological products, either commercial or homemade? If so, how did they compare to what you are using now?

Ive tried a bunch!! I think the best has been this and/or some fish emulsions. I’ve tried some compost emulsions and haven’t noticed a huge crop response. I also tried another myco inoculant that’s popular on Amazon. I put it in my tomato holes - I didn’t see the root or above ground biomass response.

All biologicals intrigue me! I just think of it as an insurance policy - rather than a yield driver. That’s why I’ll use them every other planting or so as a seed coat.

Hope this helps a bit!!

 

[Skeeter]

Ive tried a bunch!! I think the best has been this and/or some fish emulsions. I’ve tried some compost emulsions and haven’t noticed a huge crop response. I also tried another myco inoculant that’s popular on Amazon. I put it in my tomato holes - I didn’t see the root or above ground biomass response.

All biologicals intrigue me! I just think of it as an insurance policy - rather than a yield driver. That’s why I’ll use them every other planting or so as a seed coat.

Hope this helps a bit!!

I agree, they're an element of a system, not the whole system. I asked because I usually take more of the hippie approach of trying to roughly follow best practices. Then just using on everything instead of running controls. Unfortunately, that style doesn't leave me with any good comparisons, but things seem to grow well if the rains come. I also see evidence of increasing fungal populations so I assume good things are happening.

With the fish emulsion, are you using that as part of a seed treatment, foliar, soil drench or some combination of these? Is there a difference between emulsion and hydrolysate for these purposes that you know of?

As always, thanks for your responses. I do find them quite helpful.

 

[Buckhunter10]

I agree, they're an element of a system, not the whole system. I asked because I usually take more of the hippie approach of trying to roughly follow best practices. Then just using on everything instead of running controls. Unfortunately, that style doesn't leave me with any good comparisons, but things seem to grow well if the rains come. I also see evidence of increasing fungal populations so I assume good things are happening.

With the fish emulsion, are you using that as part of a seed treatment, foliar, soil drench or some combination of these? Is there a difference between emulsion and hydrolysate for these purposes that you know of?

As always, thanks for your responses. I do find them quite helpful.

I used the fish as mostly foliar. I’m not well versed enough on the specifics to answer the differences between them!

 

[Buckhunter10]

Before you dump fertilizer down - you might want to consider how they move in the soil.

As always - I hope this helps!

 

[Buckhunter10]

How does lime work?

 

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Understanding what Carbon to Nitrogen ratios mean for soils!

 

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[Brian662]

Are you killing the smart weed with something other than gly? Curious about soil residual negatively effecting the carbon load if using more than gly.

 

[Buckhunter10]

Are you killing the smart weed with something other than gly? Curious about soil residual negatively effecting the carbon load if using more than gly.

No. Just gly. Not a lot but some, plus some fescue. Gly should set it back. This field wasn’t sprayed last Fall so the weeds took over a bit after the drought we had, and increasing deer numbers. Although the NB did really well- a little reset should really help out.

 

[Buckhunter10]

Quick strategy we use to help reduce browse pressure.

 

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Little update on a throw and grow plot

 

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[Buckhunter10]

Building a quality deer herd - takes time. There is no single action but a multitude of actions that can and will impact the health, quantity and quality of the local deer. These can have inverse relationships if we only focus on one of the three. We must balance all three relative to our lands carrying capacity.

Over the years we have absolutely maximized our soils and food-plot quality with our Vitalize Seed mixes.

We have also managed timber - which has resulted in better fawn recruitment!

In a few years - despite our harvesting - we’ve seen deer numbers explode.

Being good soil and deer managers is forever fluid. We must adapt, question, learn, try new things, and do our best to quantify it all.

Decisions made based of quantified data are decisions that are well thought out, and far increase our likelihood of the success we are working to achieve.

Plant more food. Shoot more does. Many farms….do both!

-Albert

 

[Buckhunter10]

Let’s talk legumes

 

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Quick video on how to read a soil test -

 

[Buckhunter10]

Seeding depth

 

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