Food Plot Question

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premixed

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Premixes are 100% designed to charge you more. There's functionally no benefit to it.

If you have a small area and you need something simple, then sure.

But 100# of wheat, 10# of white clover and 15# of red clover per acre has been popular forever because it works.

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if they would do better if I drag the bed springs over them again after spreading.

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Yes.

My 2c would be to drag in your wheat and cover it. Then come back and plant your fine seeds like clover and not worry about covering them. They do better on fluffy ground if you let the rain plant them.

If you have a culti packer then that would be the best of all

I purchased 4 different seed blends, mixed them all together, and planted that.

As a whole my “mix” has
Red clover
Balansa clover
Chicory
Ethiopian cabbage
Hunters turnip
Purple top turnip
Hybrid brassica
Daikon radish
Collards
Oats
Wheat

ETA: to actually answer your question, I recommend the bluffs blend 10 way

Buck Busters is a fantastic seed. I’ve used so many over the years, but for me BB’s is the closest thing I’ve found to Biologic in terms of germination success and just plant vigor when coming out of the ground.

Check out Gatlin as well for blends . Good seed, great prices, and great people. They are in Bogue Chitto , Ms , about 1/2 a mile west of I-55.

Of course we planted last weekend and rain looks nonexistent for next week or 2

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Maybe a dumb question, but do the wheat seeds need to be covered? I’ve disked and leveled the dirt the last few years, spread the seed and the plots have done well. Just wondering if they would do better if I drag the bed springs over them again after spreading.

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They may do better, but we never have dragged a plot. After tilling or discing, I usually plant wheat and oats with some turnips, rape and clover mixed in. After we spread the seed, we then broadcast fertilizer over the top of it which involves running a 4wheeler with a pulled spreader over the plots several times. That seems to always do the job and we get a good stand of green.