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Hancock’s Quail Seed Mix provides both seed and cover for quail.
Product Information
- Application or Use: Pasture, Food Plot, Cover Crop
- Germination Time: 7 - 14 days, under optimal conditions
- Growing Locations: Warm Season, Transition Zone, Cool Season
- Height: 1 - 5 feet
- Sunlight Requirements: 8+ hours, full sun for best results
- Advantages: Excellent source of nutrition and cover for Quail.
- When to Plant: Recommended Planting Time is Spring and Summer when night time temperatures are consistently 65+ degrees.
We added millets to the mix to add variety and cover for the legumes. The millet will also serve as a summer feed for quail and help restrict grasses while the Sesame and Sorghum slowly begin to grow.
Mixture:
Hancock’s Quail Seed Mix contains:
- Brown Top Millet
- Dove Proso Millet
- German Foxtail Millet
- WGF Sorghum
- Partridge Peas
- Alyce Clover
- Aeschynomene
- Sesame
**Varieties may vary depending on availability**
*Product packaging may appear different than what is pictured.
Hancock’s Quail Seed Mix food plot should be planted any time after the last chance of frost in the spring, through the summer. Quail food plots should not only include seed producing species but also cover.
Quail are more likely to utilize your food plot if they feel comfortable. Try not to plant food plots for quail in the wide open, if possible. Planting around heavy cover, trees, short pines, and palmetto flats will result in more food plot activity from your quail.
Remove all old vegetation to prepare a clean seedbed by means of a disc. Drag area to loosen and level any hard or uneven spots if necessary. Apply a slow-release starter fertilizer at the recommended rate of 250 lbs. per acre. Fertilize three times a year for best results.
Broadcast seed at recommended rate. Drag or roll lightly to cover the seed no more than 1/4 in. below surface. If you are overseeding an existing area, it is pertinent to mow existing grass low and incorporate seed 1/4 in. into soil for best results. Apply irrigation for approximately 30 minutes each evening until soil is damp, and germination has occurred. Irrigate newly-seeded areas every other day until the sprout reaches 6 in., then water recommended three times a week if needed.
Instructions
When choosing to start a new lawn, remove old vegetation by using a de-thatcher, power rake or tiller to kill the existing vegetation. Rake or drag the area to remove debris and dead grass for a clean area. Ensure the soil is leveled and loosened to allow the seed to have good soil contact once spread on a clean seed bed.
If you have an area with heavy weed coverage, we recommend starting fresh by killing and removing the existing vegetation. If you choose to use chemicals, herbicides or fertilizers, you must check with the product's manufacturer prior to planting new seed to ensure the proper waiting period.
When overseeding an existing area, mow your lawn at the lowest setting and bag the clippingsx. Rake or drag any areas that have dead thatch or debris.