Spring Food Plots

PRE-ORDER NOW!!!                WE GET IT IN ONLY IN THE SPRING AND THATS IT. WE SHIP YOUR ORDER LAST OF APRIL FIRST OF MAY  PLUS WE SOLD OUT LAST YR.      grows 12 to 15 feet tall. Three years to full maturity. create STRUCTURE inside your switch grass bedding area. BORDERS ALONG food plots. BLEND IN YOUR HUNTING BLIND CREATE SECURE ENTRY AND EXITS TO AND FROM HUNTING SPOTS WE RECAMEND at least 3 ROWS minimum for SATISFACTORY to have complete screening and privacy. Lots of our customers have used this product around their home, campsites, privacy between housing and much more.  QUICK ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS: 1.) How will it do in wet areas that flood?   Answer – Not good – this product does not like wet feet.   Consider Real World Switchgrass 2.) How much sunlight do I need?   Answer – Think of Real Worlds Giant Miscanthus as you would corn. Giant Miscanthus and corn require the very same growing conditions.  Both needs full sunlight, adequate rainfall, and freedom of competition from trees, weeds, etc. 3.) Can I dig up and replant rhizomes and transplant to other areas? Answer -NO! The Giant Miscanthus that Real World sells is a patented cultivar and protected by patent laws. Real World works closely with and under the supervision of the patent holder who requires us to report any sales over a certain volume. This is no different than the patented technology in the agricultural seed industry where harvested grain seed cannot be replanted. 4.) How many Real World Giant Miscanthus Rhizomes do I need?  Answer –   ABOUT REAL WORLD GIANT MISCANTHUS: For years our customers have been asking us if Real World was ever going to come out with a plot screen product. We tested a lot of different annual plant species but they all fell short (pun intended) of earning the Real World label. While some looked great while growing and early in the fall, they would all fall over once the plants died. We refused to sell a product that we knew would ultimately not do what was expected of it. Real World Wildlife Products president Don Higgins first planted miscanthus grass on his farm several years ago and was so impressed with what he saw and the potential that this plant offers the wildlife land manager that he put in considerable time and effort learning more about this extremely tall grass. When he discovered that there are different varieties of miscanthus he arranged for the Real World team to visit different university, corporate and private test plots around the country. After looking at numerous miscanthus cultivars the Real World team focused on one specific variety that they felt would be the very best for screening and other habitat applications. They then negotiated with the patent holder of this specific variety and ultimately signed a contract to market it. MAKE NO MISTAKE, REAL WORLD GIANT MISCANTHUS IS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER MISCANTHUS! It gets as tall as any other miscanthus but has more leaf for better screening. Dare to Compare! What is miscanthus? Miscanthus is a woody perennial grass native to Asia that typically grows to heights of 12’ plus. It produces bamboo-like stalks which average 3/8” in diameter. It is a non-invasive grass that does NOT produce viable seeds. Because of the huge yields it produces per acre, miscanthus is used primarily for bio-fuel production. Miscanthus is a cold hardy grass that grows rapidly, has low nutrient requirements and has few pests or diseases. How is miscanthus propagated (grown)?   How should I store my miscanthus rhizomes? We strongly encourage you to have your planting site ready and plant your rhizomes as soon as possible after receiving them. Rhizomes can be stored for 2-4 weeks in a refrigerated storage unit. The colder temperatures keeps the rhizomes dormant and slows the growth. Do not put rhizomes in the freezer. Using  Real World Giant Miscanthus on my property? Miscanthus rhizomes should be planted in the spring once the soil can be worked.  A well-tilled bed does help the roots establish quicker, but is not necessary. The rhizomes should be planted 4” deep and spaced 18” apart in rows that are spaced 18”-24” apart. Remember, every year these plants will expand approximately 4″ in each direction. Good results can be achieved on a wide range of soils but the key is moisture. Adequate moisture and 60° ground temperature will promote good growth.  Miscanthus can tolerate a wide range of soil pH but performance is best between 5.5 and 7.5 pH. Sandy soils only yield well if rainfall is adequate due to its dry nature. Weed control is important during establishment. Do not worry as much about grass competition, but more so with broadleaf weeds during the first year of establishment. Most common corn herbicides will be fine to use on miscanthus – Dual, Atrazine, 2,4-D etc. It is a good idea to spray a herbicide like atrazine right after planting your rhizomes in a weed-free seed bed.  How should I store my miscanthus rhizomes? We strongly encourage you to have your planting site ready and plant your rhizomes as soon as possible after receiving them. Rhizomes can be stored for 2-4 weeks in a refrigerated storage unit. The colder temperatures keeps the rhizomes dormant and slows the growth. Do not put rhizomes in the freezer. Miscanthus is established by planting pieces of root called “rhizomes’. Since it is sterile and it must be propagated by rhizome division rather than by seed. The rhizomes are planted about 4″ deep and spaced 18” apart and in rows that are spaced 18”-24” apart. Each plant will spread 4”-6” per year and fill in the rows to create a dense hedge. For a good screen plant 3-5 rows What kind of growth should I expect from my Real World Giant Miscanthus? The first year each individual rhizome should produce 1-3 stalks that will be anywhere from 1’-8’ tall depending on location, soil and weather conditions. The second year you should see 5-7 stalks from each plant that will be anywhere from 4’-12’ tall. By year three each cluster’s should be approximately 14″ diameter with about 20-25 stalks and 10’-12’ tall. After this the individual clusters will start growing into each other and filling in any gaps. These figures are an “average” and you may see better or worse results based on your location, weather and soil type. By year three you should have great screening cover although it can be very adequate before that. How do I maintain my miscanthus and should I fertilize? Fertilizer demands are low but a modest fertilizer application about a month after planting will promote growth in both rhizomes and stalks. For fertilizer simply use a generic triple-12 or triple-15 fertilizer.  After the first year, only small quantities of nutrients will be needed every two to four years to help maintain good yields. Apply follow-up applications of fertilizer in late winter or early spring. If possible, burn your miscanthus every 2-3 years in the early spring. This will get rid of the old thatch and help control and weeds or tree saplings that may be starting. It will also stimulate the growth of your miscanthus and keep your stand going strong. Mowing is another option but not nearly as good as burning. How can I create the best screen possible on my hunting property? For years Real World customers have been using Real World switchgrass to create screening cover. Now with Real World Giant Miscanthus you can combine the two tall grasses to create the ultimate screen. Start the fall before you intend to plant by creating a 12’-15’ wide seed bed where you want your screen. In late winter, frost seed Real World switchgrass into your seed-bed at a rate of no more than 4# per acre. As early as possible in the spring, plant 3 rows of Real World Giant Miscanthus in this same seed-bed. Plant the first row of miscanthus right down the middle of the seed bed and then a row 2’-3’ on each side of the middle row. Control weeds the first year by using an application of atrazine at a rate of 1-quart per acre as early as possible in the spring. If broadleaf weeds become an issue later in the summer, spray with 2-4D. Once established you will have the very best screen possible outside of a solid wall.  

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Product = 25 LB. Bag = One Acre For those land managers looking to attract more than just deer to their plots, Real World offers our Upland Game Blend. This mix contains sunflowers, soybeans, sorghum and millet. It is a great product for attracting pheasants, quail, turkeys, rabbits, song birds and a wide variety of wildlife. It is also a great product for deer and can be used to create edges in other plots or diversify your plantings to provide a wider variety of food sources for the game on your property.   Upland Game Blend – Planting Instructions Planting Date – Plant Real Worlds Upland Game Blend in the late spring or early summer, the same time you would plant soybeans. Site Prep – Start by spraying your plot in the spring to kill any vegetation. When it is time to plant, prepare a good seedbed by disking or tilling the ground so that it is primarily free of bigger dirt-clods. The soil does not need to be worked into a power-fine consistency but just free of large clods. Planting – Due to the different sizes of seed within the Upland Game Blend, broadcasting the seed is the only good way to plant it. After broadcasting the seed onto the worked ground, cover it by dragging the plot or disking it very lightly. The goal is to get the seed covered with about 1-inch of soil. Make sure the seed is not more than 1 ½ inches deep. If some of the seed is exposed on top of the ground, it can still grow as long as it gets adequate moisture. Note – Due to the variety of plant species within the Upland Game Blend there is no herbicide that can be sprayed on the plot. A few weeds within a plot of Upland Game Blend is not a big deal as deer will browse on most weed species to some degree and weed seeds provide good food for birds.

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Real World Soybeans: 50 Lb. Bag = One Acre Many experienced land managers consider soybeans to be the best crop to grow in their plots. Soybeans can provide a high quality food source to the deer on your property for the majority of the year. Deer will start browsing on soybeans as soon as they germinate and continue feeding on them through the entire growing season. Once the soybean plants have matured, deer will feed off the soybean grain inside the pods. Forage Soybeans? Dare to Compare! All soybeans are not the same however. Forage soybeans have been hyped as something special for deer plots but testing has proven that forage soybeans do not have the same level of protein and other key nutrients as Real World soybeans. This has been shown in multiple side-by-side tests where tissue samples were analyzed at independent labs. Furthermore forage soybeans do not have the grain production of Real World soybeans, in fact forage soybeans have a longer growing season and in some areas they will not even mature and produce any grain at all. If you are planting forage soybeans in your food plots we challenge you to buy one bag of Real World soybeans and plant them side-by-side. There is no better way to see first-hand which soybean is best on your property. Don’t you really want to be planting the best? Dare to Compare! Real World's Northern Soybean Blendincludes three different soybean varieties with maturities ranging from 2.0 to 3.4 and are better for wildlife food plots than other soybeans for these reasons: They produce a tremendous amount of forage and grain to feed your deer throughout the entire hunting season. Forage soybeans often die and provide nothing after the first frost. They are shatter resistant, meaning the soybean grain will stay within the pods where deer can readily consume it. Real World soybeans are also “glyphosate tolerant” meaning that you can spray glyphosate herbicide right over the top of your soybean plots to keep them weed free. Glyphosate is an easy-to-acquire, over-the-counter herbicide that will kill weeds but not harm your Real World soybean plants.

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Antler King’s RED ZONE is a food plot mixed designed to offer all serious whitetail hunters a way to increase their chances of scoring on a trophy buck no matter what season they hunt! Red Zone is comprised of 2 varieties of forage and grain soybeans, a variety of forage peas, a variety of buckwheat and more! Red Zone will mature at different periods throughout the year, offering a food plot the deer will crave during the spring, summer, fall and winter. If you can only plant one food plot this year, you need to plant RED ZONE! WHY RED ZONE? Planted in the Spring, Summer or Fall Red Zone provides a high quality “smorgasbord” to offer your deer a highly nutritious food plot all 12 months of the year. The special varieties of grain and forage soybeans are great Spring, Summer and Fall food sources. If the deer allow the grain soybeans to mature they will also provide critical protein and energy well into the Fall and Winter. The two varieties of grain and forage peas will provide great all season forage and are a palatable early season protein and energy source. Typically once the peas in Red Zone flower, deer will systematically eliminate them from the entire food plot. If they are allowed to mature the grain peas will climb the taller sunflower stalks and provide great late season protein and energy sources. Buckwheat and Sunflower seeds complete the Red Zone food plot mix and will both offer great early season food sources. Buckwheat is a warm season annual and will be one of the first plants consumed in the Red Zone mix. whereas at full maturity sunflower seeds provide great late season energy sources for deer and game birds. NUTRITION: The wide variety of plant species in Red Zone provide your deer herd the protein, energy and nutrition they need on a year round basis, making this mix a great food plot to plant in the Spring, Summer or early Fall. The leafy greens of the forage beans and peas can produce 30% protein and provide critical nutrition during the Spring and Summer to help maximize bone, body and antler growth. If they reach maturity grain soybeans provide over 30% protein and are great energy providers, due to their high oil content…it’s easy to see why soybeans are such an effective year round deer attractant as deer crave what they need to survive. At maturity the peas will vine up the Sunflower stalks and offer your deer herd great protein and energy sources in the winter months. Buckwheat and Sunflower seeds offer great nutrition as well providing 15-25% protein in their early stages of development and if they reach maturity Sunflower seeds can offer a great late season energy source for your resident deer and birds. Contains high protein forage and grain soybeans, high protein forage peas, succulent buckwheat and sunflowers. High protein food plot in spring and summer. High energy food plot for fall and winter. Can be planted May thru August in the northern U.S. and March thru September in the southern U.S. When planting in the fall plant at least 60 days before the first expected frost. Best planted with a drill, but if a drill is not available, broadcast the seeds and then drag them into the soil. Available in 20 lb. bag which plants 1/2 acre. Shipping Note: Product direct ships from the manufacturer. Please allow 9-12 days for shipping.  Click to Learn Tips for Food Plot Success

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Antler King’s ® JOLT Foliar Fertilizer is easy to use - just mix with water and spray over any food plot after plants are at least 3 inches tall. With conventional dry granular fertilizer, you have to pray that it will rain to dissolve the granular fertilizer and wash it down to the roots of the plants. Without a timely rain, you risk the granular fertilizer burning the plants your trying to help grow. With JOLT, you can optimize your plots potential for maximum tonnage. By spraying the JOLT solution onto the stem and leaves of the plants, it is similar to spoon feeding the plant, an efficient and readily available fertilizer. Economical and efficient way to maximize the tons of succulent forage you produce on your food plots. Wait until plants are at least 3 inches tall for first application. Spray JOLT weekly, bi-weekly or monthly – based on desired results. Can be sprayed on natural vegetation such as fruit bearing trees, honeysuckle and other plants that are either natural food sources or provide wildlife cover. Easy to use, just mix with water and spray. 32 oz. bottle will cover a 2 acre plot or can be applied four times on a 1/2 acre plot. Shipping Note: Product direct ships from the manufacturer. Please allow 9-12 days for shipping.  Click to Learn Tips for Food Plot Success

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PLOT MAX may be the biggest and most revolutionary product to hit the food plot industry in a long time. PLOT MAX is a humic based, organic liquid carbon product that is mixed with water and sprayed on new or existing food plots. Food plots grown on soils sprayed with PLOT MAX are less subject to stress such as drought and are healthier which results in higher yields. The higher yields will mean more forage available for the deer and less over-browsing on smaller food plots! Lastly, PLOT MAX has shown to increase the pH level in the soil, which can improve fertilizer efficiency and the overall nutritional quality of food plots. PLOT MAX can be applied with most sprayers such as a backpack or ATV sprayer. Maximize your food plot performance this year with Antler King's PLOT MAX. For best results apply in the spring and the fall on all new and existing food plots. Available in 1/2 or 5 acre container. Our customers expect results and to get those results, we use a spring and fall application of PLOT MAX on every plot we plant. What a FANTASTIC product! - Nick Jost, Custom Food Plots, Schofield, WI Can be sprayed anytime Spring or Fall. Can be sprayed on established plots or prior to planting new food plots. Will increase the pH level in the soil, improving fertilizer efficiency and overall nutritional quality. PLOT MAX will optimize germination, root development, growth and moisture retention through improved soil conditions. Increase available organic matter by almost 20%. Increase the amount of minerals and nutrients in the soil by over 50%. May be mixed with contact weed killers such as Round-Up, so with one pass you can apply PLOT MAX and kill the weeds. Available in 1/2 or 5 acre container. Shipping Note: Product direct ships from the manufacturer. Please allow 9-12 days for shipping.  Click to Learn Tips for Food Plot Success

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The Antler King brand Radish is a member of the brassica family and is cold-tolerant, easy to establish, fast-growing and provides a fantastic warm and cold season food source for whitetail deer. The greens of the Radish are packed with protein (20-30%) and vitamins and will produce plenty of tonnage, while the long white tap root can grow to be 24-30 and will provide energy-rich nutrients for your deer and natural tillage in deeply compacted soils. Radishes are extremely versatile and will grow in a wide variety of soil types, conditions, and environments, making them a favorite across the U.S. Like other brassicas, a hard frost will create a molecular change resulting in increased sugar content of the leaves and taproot and will increase deer activity and consumption. Radishes can be planted in the Spring (once soil temps are above 50) or in the late Summer (July-October) and work as a great Fall and Winter food source in the Southern US and a Summer, Fall and Winter food source in the North, Northeast, and Midwest. Radishes prefer a soil pH of between 5.5-7.0, can grow well in dry, sandy and rocky conditions and can be planted on their own or mixed with grains or other brassicas. pH tolerant and can grow in pH range 5.5-7.0 Easy to establish and fast growing Drought and weather tolerant 1 lb. covers approximately 1/10 acre 15-30% protein depending on soil quality High-Energy tap root when the weather gets cold Plant seeds 1/4=1/2 - or less 13-13-13 or 19-19-19 at 200-300 lbs. per acre Shipping Note: Product direct ships from the manufacturer. Please allow 9-12 days for shipping.  Click to Learn Tips for Food Plot Success

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TROPHY CLOVER MIX is a mixture of 4 perennial varieties of clover, a unique variety of chicory and a variety of rapeseed that is Antler King’s ® hardiest and longest lasting perennial mix. Trophy Clover Mix can be planted in the Spring or Fall and provide your deer herd a 30% protein diet during the Spring, Summer and Fall. If you are looking for a food plot to give the deer what they need, when they need it, this is it! WHY TROPHY CLOVER MIX? Because it is a hardy perennial, Trophy Clover Mix can last 6 years on a single planting! Offering high protein food sources like those found in Trophy Clover Mix are critical to your herd during Spring, Summer and Fall as protein will provide the driving force behind body, bone and antler growth. More protein=Bigger Bucks and Healthier Deer. The hand selected varieties of Clover and Chicory were chosen specifically because they are highly nutritious, palatable, digestible and attract more deer and turkeys than generic clover varieties. At maturity Trophy Clover Mix can grow 2-3 feet tall and provide up to 10 tons of high protein forage per acre. For best maintenance practice, mow trophy clover down to 6-8″ once it has reached 24″ tall or begins to flower, as flowers indicate maturity. Trophy Clover Mix provides it’s highest level of protein, digestibility and nutrition when it is growing, so mowing will increase attraction. The variety of Rapeseed found in Trophy Clover Mix is present as a cover crop to help the small clovers establish themselves in year one (as Trophy Clover can grow roots as long as 24-30″), provide shade during a hot dry Summer and act as late season forage in the first year. NUTRITION:Trophy Clover Mix is a very important part of your deer management program because it can provide 30% protein all Spring and Summer to help maximize your herd’s potential…bucks, does and fawns all require high levels of protein during the “growing season” to survive and thrive. While the 4 varieties of clover and 1 variety of chicory provide high protein and important minerals for many years they aren’t the only plants offering high quality nutrition to your deer herd. The leafy greens in this special rape variety can provide 15-20% protein and as the weather turns cold it will convert it’s stored up starches into sweet high energy sugars, triggering maturity and increased consumption in the colder months. The plant varieties in Trophy Clover Mix offer your deer herd a year round food source that will grow and thrive well into the winter months and will green up early in the Spring offering your deer herd the optimum nutrition they need all year long. Trophy Clover Mix should be the foundation of your deer and land management program. We recommend planting 1/2 of your available food plots in a long lasting, high protein perennial like Trophy Clover Mix. The highest protein and tonnage producing clover and chicory perennial mix on the market. Provides up to 10 tons of 30% forage per acre. Great food plot for deer and turkeys. Lasts up to 6 years. Treated with Antler King’s ® Ultra Coat Orange for higher germination rates and increased forage yield. Plant TROPHY CLOVER seeds less than 1/4″ deep. Recommended starter fertilizer is 5-10-30 or 9-23-30 or 6-24-24 at 250lbs. per acre. Use 0-0-60 after plot is established. pH should be between 6.2-7.0. Available in 1/2 acre, 3 acre and 6 acre sizes. Shipping Note: Product direct ships from the manufacturer. Please allow 9-12 days for shipping.  Click to Learn Tips for Food Plot Success

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Product = 50 LB. Bag = One Acre Some food plot seed companies claim that their oats are the best on the market and have been developed after years of continual research. Real World prefers to educate you with simple truths. We have planted our Whitetail Forage Oats right next to the other oats on the market and could not tell a bit of difference at any point in the testing and neither could the deer feeding in those side-by-side plots. We are pretty confident that most of the oats being sold to whitetail food-plotters are all the same. The difference is in price. When comparing oats, be sure to note the quantity in each bag. Keep in mind that these winter hardy oats are not the same as typical “spring oats” commonly sold in local feed and seed stores. Real World's Whitetail Forage Oats come in 50 lb. bags, enough to plant one acre when top-dressed with another product such as Plot Topper. If planting a pure stand of Whitetail Forage Oats, use at least 50 lbs. per acre.

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5 lb. Jug = 1/2 Acre | 10 lb. Bag = 1 AcreRWWP Clover & Chicory contains only the very best varieties found in our test plots. We started by planting every clover variety we could find side-by-side and letting the deer tell us which ones they preferred. Chicory makes a great companion crop with clover and makes up 3% of the total blend. Chicory is packed with protein and drought hardy. The particular variety of chicory we use was the most attractive variety in our testing. Clover produces tons of forage throughout the year and is a staple for the serious land manger looking to produce the most forage he can for his herd. This blend is also great for fire breaks, access lanes, logging roads, and slightly shaded small plots that can be maintained through mowing.In 2017, Real World President, Don Higgins, accidentally discovered a specific variety of perennial red clover. Deer were leaving his highly managed whitetail mecca to browse in a neighbor’s hay field. Real World did some digging to find out which variety it was and then had our field testers across the country test the variety for themselves. After seeing similar results, we added it to our clover & chicory blend. We already felt that RWWP Clover & Chicory could hold its own against anything on the market but now we have made it even better.As with all Real World products, there are no cheap filler seeds or excess seed coating in this blend. We also only use perennial clover where most companies mix in annuals. With more seed of the varieties proven to be preferred by whitetails in our tests, we challenge you to plant this blend next to any other clover blend on the market. Real World prefers to educate our customers about reading seed tags in order to buy the best quality products possible. Check out the comparison below of what we offer compared to our leading competitor offers for one acre of clover. The difference is unbelievable!RWWP Clover & ChicoryFor one acre:10 lbs. – 6% inert matter = 9.4 lbs. of seed9.4 lbs. of seed x 90% germination = 8.46 lbs. of good seed | 100% of this seed is perennialLeading Competitor’s CloverFor one acre:8 lbs. – 34% inert matter = 5.28 lbs. of seed5.28 lbs. of seed x 80% germination = 4.224 lbs. of good seed | ½ of this seed is perennial and ½ are annuals

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Real World Soybeans: 50 LB. Bag = One Acre Many experienced land managers consider soybeans to be the best crop to grow in their plots. Soybeans can provide a high quality food source to the deer on your property for the majority of the year. Deer will start browsing on soybeans as soon as they germinate and continue feeding on them through the entire growing season. Once the soybean plants have matured, deer will feed off the soybean grain inside the pods. Forage Soybeans? Dare to Compare! All soybeans are not the same however. Forage soybeans have been hyped as something special for deer plots but testing has proven that forage soybeans do not have the same level of protein and other key nutrients as Real World soybeans. This has been shown in multiple side-by-side tests where tissue samples were analyzed at independent labs. Furthermore, forage soybeans do not have the grain production of Real World soybeans, in fact forage soybeans have a longer growing season and in some areas they will not even mature and produce any grain at all. If you are planting forage soybeans in your food plots we challenge you to buy one bag of Real World soybeans and plant them side-by-side. There is no better way to see first-hand which soybean is best on your property. Don’t you really want to be planting the best? Dare to Compare! Real World's new “Generation-2” soybeans is a blend of four different soybean varieties with maturities ranging from 4.0 to 5.4 and are better for wildlife food plots than other soybeans for these reasons: They produce a tremendous amount of forage and grain to feed your deer throughout the entire hunting season. Forage soybeans often die and provide nothing after the first frost. They are shatter resistant, meaning the soybean grain will stay within the pods where deer can readily consume it. They are higher in oil content than most other soybean varieties. High-oil soybeans are more attractive to hungry whitetails and provide higher levels of important nutrients. Real Worlds Generation-2 soybeans are available in our “regular blend” at this time. We still sell the same great northern variety that we have in the past for customers in more northern regions. Real World soybeans are also “glyphosate tolerant” meaning that you can spray glyphosate herbicide right over the top of your soybean plots to keep them weed free. Glyphosate is an easy-to-acquire, over-the-counter herbicide that will kill weeds but not harm your Real World soybean plants.

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