The second step to growing the best food plots that saves money, protects the soil, conserves moisture, reduces weeds, and provides natural fertilizer and many more benefits! See this vital step to growing killer plots!
This food plot system does a great job of suppressing almost all weeds without the use of herbicide and lets your food plot grow. It’s a move to more natural, organic food plot crops for white-tailed deer and other wildlife on your hunting property. Using regenerative agriculture practices is a smart move for anyone interested in wildlife management/conservation and soil or water conservation. This is a more natural process that is better for the environment! Watch this video to learn more.
Crimping over after a food plot is planted is the best way to control weeds and provide natural fertilizer for the next crops.
More food plot videos here, https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQYBop7_Gt_FqPNC_krQLN-znbKM6cWs4
Are you trying to find out more information on food plots? Check out the answers from Dr. Grant Woods at this website – you’ll also find many blog posts on growing food plots and deer hunting, https://www.growingdeer.tv/ask/?g=1
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do you take any off your planter to be able to plant through standing crops
Who makes a good crimper that you can pull behind a side by side. Really enjoy your videos on planting
Most will have to broadcast before crimping. Will that work as well?
Awesome video
Dr. Woods, if I don't have a no till drill can I broadcast the blend of seeds before crimping and achieve the same results?
I made a foot crimper like you have but still disc the big plot too much to walk and crimp
I really, REALLY enjoy your videos! I also appreciate you always mentioning God in your videos and encouraging others to seek Him. Be Blessed!
Your plots are looking great Grant. The clover in some of our hay fields really got tall this year, I probably should have crimped it right after we drilled in the Timothy in those fields. It is challenging to ted and rake hay without disturbing the mulch layer and end up with it in the bales, definitely easier with row crops and food plots. We baled our first hay of this year today, it was a nice stand of orchard grass that we overseeded with Timothy a couple weeks ago. Looking to harvest the timothy with the second cutting the first part of july. Keeping the ground covered at all times makes a big difference with weed suppression. Looking forward to seeing your plots grow with the new crop.
Great video
The thing most folks are not going to like is the cost of a pretty big tractor, crimper, no till drill and a barn to store it in when not in use. Fertilizer isn’t cheap but equipment is high as a giraffe’s ass.
If you are only dedicating 3-5% of your farm to food plots seems like burning and improving your timber stands for wildlife would be the place to concentrate the efforts.
I love the concept. But the issue I have is being an average guy I don't have a big tractor, drill and crimper. So I think the plan is out of my league.
Do you recommend using the crimping processes with a field full of weeds??? Currently have a plot with some clover and weeds. I wanna broadcast the summer blend and then crimp the weeds. But would you recommend spraying the weeds first, then broadcast a week later and then crimp?
Need a good crimper for an ATV/UTV. Packermaxx is great packer, but I am not so sure on the crimper. Thoughts?
I just crimped my 2 ac food plot by having my neighbor turn in his cattle and sheep at just the right time for two days of grazing and then back off. Not only could they not have crimped it any better, but they fertilized as well!
I dont have a crimper, and can't justify buying one. But I do have a cultipacker. It seems to me like it would do the same thing do you agree
Is there an optimal size/width of a crimper to use. I have 45hp and 80 hp tractors, but the 10 foot crimper is pretty heavy and somewhat wide for our wetter/ narrow roads to some of food plots. Average is about 3-5 acres. Thank you for your great work helping the sportsman who are not farmers! God bless and stay healthy to you and your family and team!😎🇺🇸👍
How long after you notill your Summer Blend cover do you come back and crimp.
I am in Georgia.
So I wonder, if I have a crimper can I simply sow the seeds of a food plot blend in the tall grass then crimp and hope for good results? Anyone? 🙂
You never covered why the flat roller would not work in the place of a crimper. I understand it would not break the stem in multiple places, but it will break the stem at the base which should kill it.
Dr. woods, do you add any water to the Goliath when you crimp?
Excited about roller crimping this year. Had a fantastic stand of rye that was broadcasted into fall plots. Planted summer release into the rye then crimped. Turned out terrible as the mares tail was everywhere within my plot and while the milo was coming up good the other species were struggling. Green Cover was no help with advice….so I'm back to spraying and drilling. Great idea in concept but almost impossible for the average hunter/land manager.
For those of us starting our journey, is there a specific order in which tractor implements you would start with? For instance is a roller more beneficial than a no till? Don't quite have the funds to start off with everything all at once, so any help from your experience would be appreciated. Love the videos thank you for helping us improve our lands
Mr. Grant Woods I am located in Michigan and watch you regularlydue to my love for whitetails. With that being said, I have a question unrelated to whitetail. My question for you ""Do you think your system or the "Buffalo" system could help the west and they're ever worsening drought?"" I am worried if we can't fix the drought problem in the west all of us will pay the price, particularly my kids. Thank you for you thoughts.
Grant do you have a video that shows start to finish how to do this in my cow pasture. Its just natural grasses and we do have it bailed and sell so it must be good enough to sell as hay or whatever you wanna call it. Getting ready to retire to Oklahoma on our property in several years and cant wait to transform some of the pasture to good deer food plots. I have approx 60 acres of just pasture and nice grass in it. Do you spray for weeds first and then no drill till and then crimp or can I just crimp whats there and then no drill till over with the seeds I want to plant? I know probably dumb questions but I'm just learning. I will look at some more of your videos. Thanks
One thing Mr. Woods you are forgetting to mention is that the drill you are using cost around $20,000. My $800 set of discs and drag still will do the job and produce results.
I would like a rotation that benefits both deer and pheasants. I could drill sorghum into winter rye, crimp it, and I think that would work well but what about the next year? Seems I’d have to work the ground to plant rye again.
I love the taste of roundup in the morning
Crimping works well with certain soil types and seeds but it's not the best for everything.
Could you crimp hayfields at the end of the year when winter hits or before winter hits to achieve creating the same natural mulch?
I love Ward Labs and also love what your doing. Great meaningful video and Praise the Lord on High for letting us steward His Land.
In the Alabama area, who sells these roller/crimpers?
Good news for people getting into food plots! You only need about $150,000 dollars to buy equipment to do this!
I’m glad this works in some areas but all these no till guys fail to mention that this process dosent work in all soils. Try this down south in red clay. It dosent work on my souls which is heavy heavy loam with high clay content. And the soil here is healthy and yields well