re: How much seed per acre food plot

Hate to hijack a thread but see some good knowledge in here. I have planted buck busters/turnips the past two years. My buddy with the tractor moved north so I’m out on equipment and I already have minimal time. We used to spray and bushhog. Then disc and plant. I have a way to borrow a 4 wheeler disc if needed.

However, I’m on a pipeline and the growth is noticeably thicker with different vegetation than what’s around so I figured from re seeding on soil that’s been fertilized recently years. So here’s the question. The pipeline usually gets bush hogged by a management company in September. Is there potential to plant and get anything after they cut without breaking soil? Or would I be better off just disc after they cut and plant/drag?

In Starks La and used to plant Labor Day weekend so I’m already way behind usual but life happens.

I also plant a pipeline. I usually just disc without mowing and also use an atv disc. Takes a little longer, but I’d have to drive hours out of the way to pick up a tractor and my time is usually limited. I just disc up well and pull an old set of bed springs to level it off and then spread the seed and fertilizer. It’s always come out good.

As far as being late to plant, I wait until October a day or 2 before predicted rain. The first few weeks of the season I’m hunting over bare dirt, but by middle of November it looks great.

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In Starks La and used to plant Labor Day weekend so I’m already way behind usual but life happens.

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That far south you can plant into November. I am way north of you, and won’t start for several weeks, end of September/first of october.

You can “throw and mow”. I have never done it but I am sure there is lots of info on the internet. Wheat will germinate and grow a little in the bed of a truck or trailer after it gets wet. I bet you could spray and mow your plot, spread your seed and fertilizer before a rain, and grow a huntable greenfield.

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You could be right, but I don’t see how you would know or even guess what their percentages could be. There is a reason they don’t list the percentages.

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But they do list the percentages, right on the tag , here is a good illustration

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You could be right, but I don’t see how you would know or even guess what their percentages could be. There is a reason they don’t list the percentages.

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I have a pretty good guess because if you look at all the different brands of mixes, they are all fairly close. The grains (wheat/oats/triticale/rye) make up the bulk of it, and then the clover/rape/peas/chicory is 5-20% of the blend.

Like I said, if 50# will truly plant an acre, it needs to be super heavy on rape and clover. If so, I don’t want it anyway. Clover is great. It is great for the deer. But it really grows best the following spring, not in the winter when you are hunting over it. And as noted earlier, I dislike rape in general, though I will throw a pound in just to have something different. But if you plant a field heavy in rape you will have a shitty field come January. And, if there is a ton of clover/rape mixed in; there is no way to cover your grain seed without covering your clover and rape way to deep to germinate. You are wasting a ton of money on that rape and clover. You want to cover your grain seed at least an inch, no more than 1-5-2 inches. You want to cover clover and rape a 1/2” deep or less. Top sowing works just fine too.

So no, I cannot tell you exactly what buckbusters percentages are. But I would bet it is majority wheat/triicale/rye (with more wheat than anything) and 3-10# of clover and rape.

ETA: I just saw someone posted the mix, but it is too grainy for me to make out. Would anyone be gracious enough to list the “ingredients” by percentage? I am curious how it compares to the WMS blends. I admit, while I mix the bulk of my seed with “generic”, I do buy several bags of WMS Mississippi Blend to mix in on our better/bigger/prettier fields.

So if I squint I think I see their “fall seed mix” is:

Wheat: 24% (12 pounds)
Triticale: 21% (10.5 pounds)
Rye: 21% (10.5 pounds)
Winter peas: 25% (12.5 pounds)
Clover: 2.7% (1.35 pounds)
Rape: 5.7% (2.85 pounds)

Definitely plant two bags/acre.

Can you post a link to that forum’s thread?

Can you post pics of the fields through the season and post them here?

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But they do list the percentages, right on the tag , here is a good illustration

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It wasn’t listed under “Seed Blend” in the link that was posted , so I figured it didn’t list them at all.

I figured wrong.

What is your preferred blend?