🌱 Whitetail Institute PowerPlant – 25 lb

This is one of the best spring/summer food plots out there—but it’s totally different from your fall stuff.

✅ Basic info

• Bag: 25 lb

• Coverage: ~¾ to 1 acre

• Type: spring/summer annual

• Purpose: grow a TON of high‑protein food + cover

🌿 What’s in it

This is a heavy-duty protein mix, not just grass or grain:

• Forage soybeans

• Iron & clay cowpeas (peas)

• Sunflowers

• Sunn hemp (and other structure plants)

👉 The key idea:

• Beans + peas = food

• Sunflowers/hemp = support + height

🦌 What it does (this is why people use it)

💪 1. Massive protein production

• Up to ~30–38% protein

• Feeds deer during:

  • antler growth

  • fawning

  • summer stress

🌱 2. HUGE growth / tonnage

• Produces a ton of forage (way more than typical plots)

• Vining plants climb and spread → maximize yield

🛡️ 3. Handles heavy grazing

• Designed so deer can’t wipe it out early

• Keeps growing even when hit hard

🌲 4. Creates cover + bedding

• Can grow 5–6 feet tall

• Provides:

  • security cover

  • bedding areas

👉 This is HUGE for holding deer on your property

📅 When to plant (Michigan)

• Late spring → early summer

• Typical window:

  • May → June

👉 Must have:

• Soil temps 65°F+

• No risk of frost

🌱 How to plant (simple version)

1. Disk/till soil (good seedbed)

2. Lime & fertilize if possible

3. Broadcast seed

4. Cover:

   • about ½ inch deep max

5. Plant before rain

🟢 Best places to plant it

✅ Ideal spots:

• Big open fields (½ acre+)

• Good sunlight areas

• Decent soil

❌ NOT good for:

• Small kill plots

• Woods / shady areas

• stand locations

👉 This is a big plot / nutrition plot

🔥 Killer strategy with PowerPlant

Spring:

• Plant PowerPlant

👉 Deer eat all summer
👉 Builds antlers + herd health

Late summer (this is the trick 👇)

• Broadcast:

  • oats

  • peas

  • brassicas

RIGHT INTO standing PowerPlant

👉 That gives you:

• Food from May → December

• Cover all the way through season

💡 Pro tips (this matters a lot)

• Needs sun → won’t work in woods

• Bigger plots = better (prevents overgrazing)

• Don’t plant too early → frost kills it

• If deer numbers are high:

  • plant heavier than recommended

👍 Bottom line

PowerPlant = summer food + cover powerhouse

• Builds big bucks ✔

• Keeps does/fawns healthy ✔

• Holds deer on your land ✔

👉 BUT:

• It’s not a kill plot

• It’s a foundation for your entire property