planting beets from seed Sugar Beet Seed – Hancock Seed

planting beets from seed Sugar Beet Seed – Hancock SeedSugar beets are a good addition to your food plot; not a single source food plot. Sugar Beets grow well mixed in with many other food plot selections. Sugar beets provide plenty of energy to deer in the fall (Sugar Beet root are 25 to 30% fructose or sugar). The energy is converted to fat stores in the body of the deer. ~~~ Sugar beets are a good addition to your food plot; not a single source food plot. Sugar Beets grow well mixed in with many other

Sugar beets are a good addition to your food plot; not a single source food plot. Sugar Beets grow well mixed in with many other food plot selections. Sugar beets provide plenty of energy to deer in the fall (Sugar Beet root are 25 to 30% fructose or sugar). The energy is converted to fat stores in the body of the deer. 

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Sugar beets are a good addition to your food plot; not a single source food plot. Sugar Beets grow well mixed in with many other food plot selections. Sugar beets provide plenty of energy to deer in the fall (Sugar Beet root are 25 to 30% fructose or sugar). The energy is converted to fat stores in the body of the deer. 

Product Information

• Application or Use: Food Plot, Cover Crop
• Germination Time: 7 - 14 days, under optimal conditions
• Growing Locations: Warm Season, Transition Zone, Cool Season
• Height: Up to 12 inches
• Sunlight Requirements: 6 - 8 hours
• Advantages: Provides high amounts of energy and protein to wildlife in Fall.
• When to Plant: Recommended planting time is spring, fall and winter when night time temperatures are consistently below 65 degrees.

Product Detail

• Good for food plots
• Highly palatable
• Solid food source for deer
• Grown for sugar production
• Adapted to a wide range of soils

Product Information

Sugar Beets have recently become a popular new addition to food plots for deer. Remember: Deer are browsers, and naturally enjoy variety in the wild, and a food plot should provide variety. Sugar beets have been commercially grown for sugar production for many, many years but only recently been used as an addition to food plots.

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Sugarbeets may be planted anytime, as long as the nighttime soil temperature is 60 degrees or above.  

Spring Planting: March 15th through June in the South 
                          April 1st through June in the Transition Zone

Fall Planting: September 1st through October 30th in the South
                      July 15th through August 30th in the Transition Zone

Prepare a good seed bed with a disc harrow or plow. Drag the area with chain link fence or large pipe to smooth and level the surface.

Spread 100 lbs. of 16-4-8 or equivalent fertilizer per acre. Spread 10 lbs. of Sugar Beet seed per acre, or 5 lbs. per acre if mixing with greens, Turnips, Kale, Daikon Radish, Alyce Clover, Joint Vetch or other food plot seed.

Drag the fertilizer and seed in with chain drag to lightly cover the seed up to 1/2 in. deep. Germination may take a few weeks if it doesn't rain, and covering the seed is necessary to keep birds from eating the seed.