How To Plant Sunflower Food Plots

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If broadcasting plant about 60 to 70 pounds per acre.

How to plant sunflower food plots. Once mature thousands of birds came in and wiped out the seeds. Deer went nuts for the emerging shoots. Do you want to plant the best field for dove hunting.

We destroyed the sunflower food plot to plant a kill plot. Per acre or 1 lb. To plant sunflowers I use a John Deere 7000 series planter with finger pickup corn meters.

According to Real Tree if you want to plant sunflower seeds for food plots you can start it with a soil test. The most important thing to remember is to plant after the cold weather subsides and soil temperatures have reached adequate levels. I only plant a acre so my technique is pretty basic.

Good seed-to-soil contact is key. If drilling plant approximately 40 to 50 pounds per acre. For your information it is hard to grow sunflowers without adequate soil nutrients.

Then if drilling you need to spray and bush hog. Sunflower seedlings simply cant compete with heavy weed pressure as seen in the photo below. We dove hunt this plot just before deer season and have a great time.

Videos you watch may be added to the TVs watch history and influence TV recommendations. The problem with adding sunflowers to other food plot crops like the brassicas is that sunflowers in any exposed area need to be shoulder to shoulder with other sunflowers so that they support each other and the wind doesnt break the stalks and lay them down. Also doves are ground feeders and seem to prefer feeding on bare dirt.

Weeds Sunflowers and doves dont like heavy weed pressure in food plots. On a new food plot or if following corn 80lbs of total N will be adequate for growing a good crop of sunflowers in your food plot. I think the second week of May is the official date to get them in the ground for Labor Day.

In this video we will show you h. If your food plots need to be limed it is important to consider that it takes about 6 months or more for lime to begin raising the soil pH so it needs to be applied well in advance if possible. 8 to 10 lbs an acre if drilling in rows.

Mow burn disc broadcast and cultipack. Sunflowers are good for the soil and buildin. Spray for weeds a week or two prior to breaking ground.

A food plot or if wildlife completely consume the food plot during the season it is needed then you need to plant additional acreage and implement additional habitat management such as forest management old-feld management or moist-soil management and you. Weve pulled soil samples 2 years ago and it needed lime. Spray bush hog and disc if broadcasting.

Dont plant too thick as too many plants will grow and competition will result in a lesser plot. No phoshorous is recommended for sunflowers but. Keep this in mind as you plan activities.

So Ive been tryin to plant sunflowers in one of our food plots for years with no success. Spray and bush hog if drilling. Deer love sunflowers but the problem is so does everything else.

Sunflowers and wheat are the top crops to plant for a dove food plot. Sunflowers seeds run approximately 25 per 10 pounds of seed. But dont plant them too late either.

Plant no deeper than 12 in soil. You want the plant to mature before the first frost of fall hits the area. I have grown sunflowers exclusively for a deer plot.

Caring for Sunflower Plants 1 Keep soil around young plants moist. If you opt out of a soil test you can spread roughly 200 pounds of 10-10-10 or 13-13-13 per acre. I simply broadcasted a 50 lb bag of black oil sunflower seed bought from Lenards.

Keep the soil moist but not soaking wet until the sprouts emerge from the soil. Once youre in the clear begin putting seed to soil. If broadcasting plant about 25 pounds per acre.

This plot is about 1 12 acres. Chaneylake is the flower guru around here. If following soybeans a good application rate would be 40-50lbs of total N.

Easy to plant and no maintenance required. This limits competition and makes disking much quicker and easier. Planting Time For Sunflower Food Plots Plant April - June at a rate of 40 lbs.

Sunflower Food Plots Such As This One At Hendrickson Marsh In Southeast Story County Are Planted By The Iowa Department Of Natural R Outdoor Food Plot Plants