Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
I know we all can't afford to be choosing beggars when it comes to rain, but if it was more than 3/4" of rain in the forecast, I would hold off on that app of urea. You will end up losing a bunch through leaching.
RR Beets Flopped
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I know we all can't afford to be choosing beggars when it comes to rain, but if it was more than 3/4" of rain in the forecast, I would hold off on that app of urea. You will end up losing a bunch through leaching.
williams111
5 year old buck +
Can anyone share their source for RR or Liberty Ready Beet seed? Its likely to late for planting here in zone 5 for this year, but I would like to find some for next year.
Thanks
Thanks
S.T.Fanatic
5 year old buck +
I wish you luck. Someone on here was generous enough to give me some. I sent some of that to another person on here. Before that I had a guy who was able to get some from a beet farmer in Western Minnesota but that connection isn't working out anymore. I would like to plant a 1/2 acre of them every year but cant find the seed either.
williams111
5 year old buck +
Ya that is all I am looking to try is 1/2 acre. I dont live to far from Welter Seed and Honey, they carry a ton of different seed. I have told them if they would stock the RR Beet seed that I think there would be a market for it for food plots. Apparently they checked on it and they would have to order an entire pallet and they dont think they could sell that much. I know a lot of people use them for food-plot seed, especially here in Iowa. I think if more people would show interest/suggest it they would be more apt to try a pallet.
S.T.Fanatic
5 year old buck +
It isn't legal to plant RR sugar beets for food plots thus the reason seed is near impossible to come by.
roymunson
5 year old buck +
Smokers have their weed guy, here on habitat talk, some folks have their "RR beet seed guy"
I got some this spring, but I don't know that it'll be available next year.
They're cool to grow from what I've heard, but from strictly a tonnage per acre and a hunting perspective, i'm guessing you'd probably do just as well with a purple top turnip.
I got some this spring, but I don't know that it'll be available next year.
They're cool to grow from what I've heard, but from strictly a tonnage per acre and a hunting perspective, i'm guessing you'd probably do just as well with a purple top turnip.
S.T.Fanatic
5 year old buck +
If you have your fertility, population, and planting date optimal you can hit 50+ TONS per acre. The recorded record is 68 tons per acre of actual beets.
roymunson
5 year old buck +
that's a lot of beets. I don't think I"ll get that done this year
williams111
5 year old buck +
I have been doing PTT for the last couple years. I have been seeing everyone's posts here about the sugar beets and wanted to give them a try. The deer dont seem to hit my PTT's until really late winter, usually after season is over. When I was doing some research I thought I read that they lifted the restriction on planting RR Beets for a food plot? In the same token I cant remember what I did yesterday 
WTNUT
5 year old buck +
S.T.Fanatic
5 year old buck +
If they didn’t fill out (a plant per square foot) I hope you over seeded them with something else. Also for the most sugar production beets should be starved of N at the end of their growth cycle.
Nice pic Nitro. Deer by me don’t hit much for plots until snow and single digits hit.
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Nice pic Nitro. Deer by me don’t hit much for plots until snow and single digits hit.
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S.T.Fanatic
5 year old buck +
No beets at all or just sparse?
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roymunson
5 year old buck +
About 6 of them in the 2 acres.. probably an exageration, but there was nothing growing. What did, hadn't put on bulbs as of last week. I'm sure it was something I did, but I'm moving on.
