In today’s video, we discuss our newest product for food plots, Milo.
This is a great option for later in the fall/ early winter for carbohydrates for deer. We discuss planting options and strategies to get the best results for your Milo food plot.
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I've been planting it in mid July with my fall blend and it's working very well. Sorghum grows fast with hot temps. Winter peas crawl up the milo. I mix in a small amount of hybrid sorghum for some height. Very good video.
When I’ve planted Milo I’ve had the best deer attraction when I planted in mid May(TN) and matured in August. Stuff I’ve planted later and matured late, didn’t seem to get touched.
How did it stand up to snow cover?
Now we can see about Milo cause you just got the delivery!!!💪💪💪💪
Great info John. The food plot you showed looks like mine in NY Adirondack mountains. I swear for every rock I pick 5 more grow
What fertilizers do you put down for the Milo
Perfect timing i have been searching the internet to plant milo in central and northern wisconsin this season. Now I know where I am going to get it.
Great video John. If I were to broad cast 1/2 acre of milo with plans to interseed greens, what amount of milo seed would you recommend? Do you think with no rows (broadcast, not drilled), the interseeding will do as well as it would in North South row planted Milo? (my guess would be no given the more random shade pattern). I'll have to watch this vid again and pay closer attention to the herbicides you mention. If Milo is planted in June, does the pre-emergent keep weed pressure down such that I could still plant a light rate of clover and brassicas in early August (perhaps followed with cereal rye overseeding in early Sept?)
I just made my first seed order from you and added Milo because of this video. I have a small section of corn field that won't produce so I'll try milo this year in that spot. Also will trh some wet clover in some low areas fhat dhe corn fails in yearly
Is the new Milo up on your web page now?
The fact that bears and coons will leave it alone is a huge deal for me. I need an internal screen/structure for my plot and I have struggled with corn big time. Tried a shorter milo and the deer ate it, but a 4-5' plant would be better. Thanks for the video, John.
How many years in a row can you plant milo on the same ground?
Planted 8 acres of Milo last year. As soon as it headed out the deer ate it all. In two weeks, it was gone. They even knocked your screening down to get to the heads. The deer stayed in the field all day long until it was gone.
The plant back period is 4 months 4 brassicas & winter rye/wheat/oats, according to the label, did u plant back earlier?
Great information! Thanks for sharing
Your product introduction timing is perfect. I planed to plant milo in one of my northwest Ohio plots this spring. I hadn’t been able to locate any reliable seeds until now. Thank you. Knowing personally how good your other products grow I’m sure this milo will accomplish what I am aiming to do.
Good video John. Do u have to drill milo?I have a problem with pig weed In one of my Fields.Do u think if I plant that in the spring it may help keep out the pig weed in August?
I can attest to the bear damage, I've seen 3 cubs destroy a large part of a corn field in 1/2 an hour just playing in it…
Great video John! I liked the in field segment showing the results. Very excited to give your mix a try on my property and client’s properties for bedding and food!🏹🦌
Any testing in northern lower mi? I want to try this or corn for a later season food source
What about a clover mixed with Milo?
Can you still add other grains and green when you broadcast? I do not have a drill or drill seeder
Deer will even eat it as it’s growing the leaves and 6-8” tall but not enough to wipe it out. They love it at first then leave it alone until it heads out and deer and turkey will feed on the seeds all the time in deer season and really on cold fronts. I’m in Arkansas in pine farm land in foothills so I’m Rocky and crap soil so if I can grow it’s just like your saying! I love youR mix and timing ideas as well and believe all you said. I’m gonna order some of your seed. Been hearing about you since WHS years ago. I’ve been using Milo types and (wgf) for a few years now and spread it a couple diff times in the late spring to summer to fall and try to have it around plot edges and then little patches of it and then randomly stalks here and there in with clover and radish and rye plots and I get diff stages and heights. When I spray with glyphosate in August / September, it seems that I knock seeds where they can grow or it’s old non germination seeds But I’ll have new stalks all over where the ones I sprayed are dying and get some growth in sept and Oct til Nov. another huge plus is in April you will have that crimson clover layer with tons of Milo seeds.
Yeah to my fellow plotters like he said avoid screening that has milo in it cause as the deer get in there to eat they smash down the Sudan grass etc and your screen gets flattened
We used Milo as the basis for pheasant cover when we were running pheasant hunts on our farms back in the 90's and 2000's.. come late October, and through late December, bird hunters would be kicking out deer left and right. The deer would bed in it and eat the seed heads clean, as you showed in this video. It was the most powerful draw food source for mature bucks coming out of the rut in late November here in west central Wisconsin when all the ag fields were combined clean by the farmers. Great Video, John!
I grew 5 acres Milo in south west wi worked great. Can’t grow corn any more to many deer. I over seeds with cereal rye.Clover rye fruit trees Milo my go to
Used Milo for the first time a couple years ago and deer loved it. Also served as good fawning cover. I ended up rolling some of it over and seeding cereal rye for additional food and worked exceptionally well.
I think it would work great here in northwest Montana. I’m in a big woods setting.