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FOOD PLOTS & WILDFLOWERS

Crooked Bend Dec 13, 2023

No Till Food Plots for Whitetail Deer

Planting food plot seed for deer and turkey with no till sowing methods is effective, productive, sustainable and super easy.

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Crooked Bend Mar 22, 2023

Why is Soil Health Important

The health of your soil food web is critical to the overall success of plant production, forage and crop. Clover is a super powerful plant that can help to improve your soil health conditions and bring your soil’s ecosystem back to life.

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Crooked Bend Feb 8, 2023

Snow Seeding Sowing Clover Seeds

Snow seeding clover seeds is a great way to get an earlier jump on the growing season. This will produce the earliest possible foliage for spring turkey hunting.

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Crooked Bend Dec 13, 2022

The Best Fall Food Plot for Deer

A mix of brassica, clover and cereal grain food plot seed containing purple top turnip, crimson clover, tillage radish, winter wheat, & cereal grain rye is the ultimate no till food plot for deer.

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Crooked Bend Jun 23, 2022

Let’s Talk About Some Birds and The Bees

Planting Crooked Bend's Birds & The Bees Mix will not only attract beneficial insects to your food plots like pollinators but it will also work as a natural barrier to help conceal your approach and exit to your hunting location. This mixture of plants also creates incredible nesting grounds, bedding areas and natural cover.

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Crooked Bend Mar 17, 2022

Michigan Food Plots

Michigan has a great opportunity to plant frost seed food plots, spring food plots and fall time food plots for wildlife like whitetail deer, turkey and pheasants. The shortened growing season can be capitalized on when you properly plan your planting of your wildlife food plot seed.

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Crooked Bend Feb 8, 2022

No-Equipment No-Till No-Problem

This planting technique requires minimal equipment, is easy enough for beginners to execute and produces results that experienced farmers are surprised and inspired by!

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Crooked Bend Mar 22, 2021

The Good the Bad and the Rye

Cereal grain rye is a powerful plant that has the ability to improve your soil food webs health, even when it is in an extremely poor condition. Our Last Resort Blend features this powerful plant along with other cereal grains which provide your herd with a preferred high quality food source, even in the harshest conditions!

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Crooked Bend Mar 7, 2021

Setting Your Roots to a Proper Foundation with a Spring Green Up

Frost seeding clover is a great way to get an early jump on your planting and growing season!

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Crooked Bend Sep 10, 2020

Eat Your Radishes

Radishes are a powerhouse plant when it comes to whitetail deer food plots, here is why.

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Crooked Bend Aug 25, 2020

Don’t Take The Bait

Baiting and growing food plots are not the same thing! Here is a quick breakdown of why.

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Crooked Bend Jul 26, 2020

Chill The Till

So many people end up having their food plots ran over by intrusive weeds and have no idea why. In most cases, the root cause of this can be pointed back to improper food plot seed bed preparation when tilling/disking has been involved. This article will explain why we are against this traditional method of planting and why we always recommend using a no-till method. Remember, tilling isn't killing (unless you are talking about wiping out earthworms!)

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