Summer CRUSH®
Overview
Deer LOVE diversity, at all times of the year. Give your herd the nutrients they need to be healthy and grow BIG antlers with Summer CRUSH®. This blend has a mix of high-quality summer forages that will keep deer utilizing your plot throughout the entire growing season. It’s the best of both worlds in terms of attraction and nutrition. Plant this in areas where you struggle to get soybeans to maturity due to over-browsing by deer. If planting in high deer densities (above 50 deer/sq mile), we recommend doubling the seeding rate to 90 lbs per acre. This is a great way to feed deer throughout the summer, and when you are ready to plant your fall blend, you won’t have to add as much fertilizer because of the nitrogen fixation this blend offers.
For best results, plant after the threat of frost has passed. Summer CRUSH has a long planting window and can be planted into June in the Northern US and into July in the Southern US. We suggest planting to a depth of 1 inch. If broadcast seeding, make sure to cover up seeds so they are not left exposed on top of the soil.
Time planting so there is a good soaking rain within 10 days of planting. This will ensure timely germination and prevent seed loss to turkeys and other birds. We recommend having soil pH between 6.0-7.5 for this product. Without a soil test, we recommend putting 300 lbs of 13-13-13 per acre.
CRUSH® Seeds of Science® Summer CRUSH® contains a carefully selected mix of 8 different seed varieties, each with varying maturity levels to provide a widely diversified blend that remains attractive to whitetails throughout the entire growing season! This mix contains Buckwheat, Cowpeas, Faba Bean, Field Peas, Forage Peas, Mung Beans, Forage Soybeans, Cereal Grains, Radishes, Brassicas, and Peredovik Sunflower giving deer a smorgasbord buffet to choose from spring, summer, fall, or winter. Due to its amazing ability to handle summer browse pressure extremely well, this blend is perfect for properties that do not have enough acreage to accommodate a single stand of soybeans. Summer CRUSH® produces copious amounts of forage with big succulent Broad-Leafs, providing your deer herd with ample amounts of highly nutritious protein forage throughout the summer right into the hunting season. This summer mix also provides a fantastic cover crop to broadcast your brassicas and grains into for a super late-season stand!! Not only does this blend offer great forage and nutrition, but this premium legume mix puts nitrogen back into the dirt readying the soil for fall-planted blends. Thanks to a flexible planting schedule, Summer CRUSH® can be planted in the north or south creating a spring, summer, fall, or winter plot to attract, hold, and grow whitetails all season long!
Blend Contents: Buckwheat, Cowpeas, Faba Bean, Field Peas, Forage Peas, Mung Beans, Forage Soybeans, Cereal Grains, Radishes, Brassicas, Peredovik Sunflower
Plant in: Spring/Summer
Annual
For best results, plant when forecast calls for rain within 10 days of planting.
Specifications
- Coverage: 11 lb. bag plants ¼ acre; 45 lb. bag plants plants 1 acre
- Bag sizes available: 11 lbs., 45 lbs.
- Bag dimensions: 11 lbs.: 9”x6”x14.5”; 45 lbs.: 34”x15”x3.5”
- Included in package: peas, mung beans, sunflowers, soybeans, cereal grain, buckwheat, cowpeas, faba beans, and Daikon radish