Hancock's Buck Tale Oats are a new, improved variety of oats over the Buck Forage Oats and have a great potential for forage, grain, conservation tillage, and wildlife in the southeast USA. Buck Tale Oats have a dual use – performing well in both grain and forage trials. **Buck Tale Oats are treated with insecticides for storage purposes** Product Information Application or Use: Cattle Forage, Livestock Grazing, Cover Crop, Erosion Control, Hay Production, Food Plot Germination Time: 5 - 7 days, under optimal conditions Growing Locations: Warm Season, Transition Zone, Cool Season Height: 2 - 3 feet Sunlight Requirements: 8+ hours, full sun for best results Advantages: Winter hardy, a drought resistant oat designed to provide more tender growth for a longer interval of time. When to Plant: Recommended planting time is fall and winter when night time temperatures are consistently below 65 degrees.   Product Details New and improved variety Quick, weed-suppressing biomass Early-season vigorous growth Low-cost, reliable fall cover Very early maturing   Product Information Oats are an extremely attractive addition to any food plot that is grown in the cooler months. This is also a popular choice for hunters that like to plant cereal grains such as grain rye. Deer can visit plots of oats for a larger amount of time but the first two months after germination are the most attractive time for deer. Oats planted in food plots for deer can be planted with legumes such as clover or peas and brassicas such as turnips, radish, kale or rape. Oats are a cool-season annual grass that is a cost effective, reliable fall cover crop and has been used for many years. Oats are quite an adaptable and affordable crop that provides many benefits to farmers. Some of these benefits include: forage, weed suppression, erosion control, etc. Oats prefer soils that are well drained and moderate fertility. Oats also grow best when the soil pH is 4.5-6. For maximum cover crop benefit, oats should be planted six to ten weeks prior to any frost. Oats mature in approximately 60 days, and they can help prevent soil erosion in the short planting windows. Oat may prove especially valuable as a winter-long cover. Typically, oats winterkill with hard frosts and then they leave a thick residue. This provides a great soil-protecting mulch and insulator if planted with an overwintering crop like Alfalfa. *Product packaging may appear different than what is pictured.