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No Till Food Plots - So Easy

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Fixation Balansa - absolute workhorse of a clover and in both our annual clover mix and carbon load.

This clover is being browsed heavily - yet it continues to grow and fix nitrogen.

The white on the roots is nodulation that shows N fixation is occurring.

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My BIL helping spread some Vitalize Seed ☘️ 🥬 🌾 (clover, chicory, oats).

We use this blower to spread the seed. We will then come back in Fall and spray off the grasses/oats with clethodim.

We will then use the Clover+ to overseed into this plot also in the Fall.

This 1-2 clover/chicory punch will absolutely leave us with a clean and loaded perennial clover field - that will last years and continue to help us to reduce the pressure on our core destination plots - those are planted in our NitroBoost and Carbon Load.

Shoot more deer
Or
Grow and make more food
Sometimes do both!
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Here at Vitalize Seed, we are passionate about Soil and, of course, seeds! However, when managing whitetails and habitats, our vision goes far beyond the former listing.

We often discuss the importance of running chainsaws to increase data collection, whether through exclusion fences, camera surveys, or other methods.

We believe in planting more food, making more food (with a saw or RX fire), or harvesting more—sometimes all three.

That is to say, the observational analysis that is done is never done. Every year, we must review our findings and continue measuring, changing, and adapting our implementation strategies to ensure we hit our hunting, soil, and habitat goals.

On this farm, we have noticed that various species are being eaten and eaten hard. This browse pressure includes everything from BEECH (a typically undesirable species in this region of the US) to extremely heavy feeding on our Carbon-Load food plots and everything in between. Identifying which species are typically browsed in your area vs. those that are not can help determine your current density and available top-quality nutrition ratio.

By identifying non-target species that have shown preference, not in a singular location, but across several acres, combined with the above data points, we can gather substantial information to determine where our time is spent.

On this farm, we are adding more Vitalize Clovers 1-2 punch on every trail and open area that we cannot access with the tractor and additional food plots in Nitroboost and Carbon Load.

We are also running saws to the maximum of our physical wherewithal, and that time will allow. Lastly, we will increase doe harvest significantly from last year to reduce the social and nutritional stress that is bound to occur at this population density on the landscape despite the previous and ample habitat work.

These observations were not the case just 2-4 years ago. This plan is forever evolving, and I hope you find it interesting how we go about our data collection and habitat plan.

Get outside and enjoy the outdoors!
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Albert
 
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