Seeding Rates

[Hotspot]

Hello,
I am attempting my first food plot (2019 season). There is a well known food plotter (dbltree) who says he mixed his larger seeds and broadcasts them all together. Yet his seed rates varied for each larger seed (Rye, Oats, & Peas) How do you get the ratio of each seed correct in the hopper when mixing?

Hope this isn't a dumb question. Remember, I am new at all of this.

 

[S.T.Fanatic]

What is your mix going to be? What is your method of soil prep going to be?

 

[MickT]

Mix them as best you can before you load the hopper then plant. If it’s a little uneven you’ll never know and neither will the deer.


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[Rit]

You need the full seeding recommendations per acre for each forage that you plan to plant. Then you determine the % of each forage that you want your mix to contain. Then it’s simple math from there.

If the Winter Rye seeding rate is 100 lbs/acre and you want it to be 25% of your mix you would seed it at 25lbs/acre. Things like brassicas or clover has a much lower full seeding rate per acre. Again it is basic math of the % of each forage you want in your mix based off full seeding rates.

 

[yoderjac]

Hello,
I am attempting my first food plot (2019 season). There is a well known food plotter (dbltree) who says he mixed his larger seeds and broadcasts them all together. Yet his seed rates varied for each larger seed (Rye, Oats, & Peas) How do you get the ratio of each seed correct in the hopper when mixing?

Hope this isn't a dumb question. Remember, I am new at all of this.

Folk usually express a mix as lbs/ac of each seed or percentages of each seed and a seeding rate for the overall mix. Either way it simple math. If it is expressed as lbs/ac, you simply measure the size of your field and use that for the acreage. So if the seed rate of one component is 100 lbs/ac and you have a quarter acre field you add 25 lbs to the hopper. If the seed rate of the next component is 50 lbs/ac you add 12 1/2 lbs of it to the hopper.

If the mix is specified as percentages and an overall lbs/ac rate, simply multiply the overall rate by the percentage of each component. For example, if the first component is 10% of the mix and the overall rate is 20 lbs/ac, then you would add 2 lbs (10% * 20) per acre. You now have a lbs/ac rate for each component and can do what I said in the previous paragraph based on the size of your field.

Thanks,

Jack

 

[scott44]

Paul's mixes were just a starting point for many, he tried different ratios of seed and these were his starting points that worked for him. You'll have to play with them and get a mix that works for you. Paul's numbers were per acre so you'll have to figure out how big your plot is and go from there. I mix mine in a a wheelbarrow and put it in plastic totes to take back and plant.

 

[4wanderingeyes]

If all else fails, wing it, and see what happens. You can also plant strips, and see which the deer prefer, then mix them together next year.

 

[mglenn005]

Greencoverseed.com


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