🌱 Whitetail Institute Revive – 12.25 lb

👉 It’s a soil-building / “reset” crop

✅ Basic info

• Size: 12.25 lb

• Coverage: ~¼ acre

• Type: spring annual rotation crop

• Main purpose: improve your soil for future food plots

🌿 What’s in it

• Buckwheat

• WINA‑62 Sorghum (special variety)

👉 These are chosen for soil health, not deer feeding

🧠 What Revive actually does

Think of it like this:

Revive = a “soil fixer,” not a hunting plot

It helps:

• ✅ Break up hard / compacted soil

• ✅ Add organic matter

• ✅ Pull nutrients up from deeper soil

• ✅ Improve fertility for next crop

• ✅ Suppress weeds

🦌 Do deer use it?

• They may browse it a little

• BUT…

👉 It is NOT designed to attract deer like oats, peas, etc.

📅 When to plant (Michigan)

• Spring only

• Typical window:

  • Late April → June

• Must wait until:

  • Soil temp = 65°F+

👉 Don’t plant it in fall — it’s not built for that

🌱 How to use it (correct way)

Step-by-step strategy

Year rotation example:

Year 1 (Fall):

• Plant:

  • Oats / Destination / Peas

Spring (Year 2):

• Plant:

  • ✅ Revive

Fall (Year 2):

• Plant food plot again

  • Better growth ✔

  • Higher yield ✔

  • More attraction ✔

🔄 When you should use Revive

✅ Good situations:

• Soil is worn out

• Plots haven’t produced well

• Heavy weeds or compaction

• Been planting same spot for years

• Want long-term improvement

❌ NOT for:

• Kill plots

• Hunting season attraction

• Small woods spots

👉 This won’t help you shoot a deer this fall

🔥 Your current setup (important)

You’ve got:

• Conceal

• Oats Plus

• Destination

• Winter Peas

• Secret Spot

• BowStand

👉 Those are all fall attraction / hunting seeds

Revive fits like this:

• Spring soil prep tool

• NOT part of your fall hunting layout

💡 Smart way to use EVERYTHING

If you want max results:

Spring:

• Plant Revive (¼ acre sections)

Late summer → Fall:

• Plant your attraction mix:

  • Oats + Destination + Peas

In woods:

• Secret Spot + BowStand

👉 This gives you:

• Better soil

• Thicker plots

• More deer usage

👍 Bottom line

• Revive = soil improvement crop

• Not for hunting directly

• Makes ALL your other plots grow better

👉 Think of it as:

“fertilizer + soil builder grown from seed”