Beets And Greens Food Plot
Beets sweets is a unique mix of sweet low growing sugar beets and brassicas.
Beets and greens food plot. A black tail god sent. Food plot greens deer greens turnips radish kale and brassicas food plot greens provide excellent cool seasoson forage for whitetail deer. The frost tolerant foliage will stay green well into the fall. Getting ready to plant in september and you can bet the food plots will contain beets and greens.
We plant tons of food plots over 15 acres of beans and corn but we make sure to always have beets and greens closest to the box blinds we hunt. This mix is a favorite of deer creek s food plot growers. Sugar beets can reach maturity in 90 to 100 days and grow best when daytime temperatures are between 60 to 75 degrees and nighttime temperatures between 40 to 50 degrees. Aug 1 sept 15 mountain valleys.
Growing sugar beets isn t rocket science but there are a few proven tips that if followed will lead you to success. Many varieties of the brassica family are commonly consumed by humans. Best food plot for deer september november. In most cases when used just for food plots most pest problems can be ignored.
Purple top turnips provide additional extended season forage. This recipe can easily be doubled tripled or expanded to whatever amount you need without adding very much to the preparation time. 45 sugar beet 20 swiss chard 20 purple top turnip 10 kale. Roasted beet pieces nestled among their sauteed greens makes a beautiful delicious side dish.
Normal planting of d. July 1 sept 1. Sugar beets can be planted in late spring in the north or early spring in more southern locations. Aug 15 sept 30 southern piedmont.
Turnip greens rape and kale are a few of the most common deer greens varieties. A hearty feast of sugary leaves stems and roots. If you ve successfully grown food plots and you want to improve your skills by moving on to a slightly tougher. If yellow beets are available double the recipe using a bunch of red and a bunch of yellow they re gorgeous.
If you ve never planted a food plot before we recommend that you read our guide on beginning a food plot. Beets greens food plot seed beets greens beets greens is a diverse forage blend that grows quickly providing massive amounts of forage to attract deer and provide them with a variety of food options from the fall through the winter. Attractive variety the nature of beets greens forage components maximizes attraction by offering a.