🌱 Whitetail Institute Sunn Hemp – 7 lb

This one is kind of a hybrid between PowerPlant and Revive—it feeds deer and improves your soil at the same time.

✅ Basic info

• Size: 7 lb

• Coverage: ~¼ acre

• Type: warm-season annual (spring/summer)

• Main use:

  • ✅ summer forage + cover

  • ✅ soil builder

🌿 What it is

• A legume plant (sunn hemp)

• Not marijuana (no THC)

👉 It’s grown specifically for:

• food plots

• cover crops

• soil improvement

🦌 What it does (this is why it’s popular)

💪 1. High-protein summer food

• About 25–30% protein

• Good for:

  • antler growth

  • does/fawns

👉 Similar role to:

• soybeans

• peas

🌱 2. FAST growth

• Grows:

  • 4–6 ft in Michigan

• Can grow an inch per day

👉 You get:

• quick green plot

• fast attraction

🌲 3. Creates cover

• Thick, tall stand = secure bedding area

• Deer feel safe → more daylight movement

🌾 4. Major soil boost

• Adds 100+ lbs nitrogen per acre

• Improves:

  • poor soil

  • compaction

  • organic matter

👉 Works kinda like Revive… but faster AND edible

🛡️ 5. Handles pressure

• Keeps growing after browsing

• Dense growth helps prevent wipe‑out

📅 When to plant (Michigan)

• Late spring → early summer

• Window:

  • May → June

👉 Must have:

• Soil temps 65°F+

• At least 8–12 weeks frost-free

🌱 How to plant

1. Light till or expose soil

2. Broadcast seed

3. Cover lightly (¼–½")

4. Plant before rain

👉 Easier than beans

🟢 Best uses

✅ GREAT for:

• Small–medium summer plots

• Poor soil

• Adding nitrogen

• Screening (visual barriers)

• Mixing with other crops

❌ NOT ideal for:

• Fall-only hunting plots

• heavy shade

🔥 Best way to use Sunn Hemp (killer setups)

OPTION 1 — Mix it with PowerPlant

👉 This is gold

• Adds extra nitrogen

• Improves growth of beans/peas

• Makes plot even thicker and taller

OPTION 2 — Run it as a “cheap PowerPlant”

• Plant straight sunn hemp in smaller plots

• Still get:

  • protein

  • cover

  • soil improvement

OPTION 3 — Use as transition crop

• Spring:

  • plant Sunn Hemp

• Late summer:

  • overseed with oats/peas

👉 Gives you:

• early + mid + late season food

OPTION 4 — Screen your stand

• Plant strips along edges

• Creates:

  • visual barrier

  • hidden entry/exit routes

💡 Pro tips

• Mow or knock it down in late summer → plant fall crop right into it

• Works well on poor ground where beans struggle

• Mix with clover or peas for better variety

👍 Bottom line

Sunn Hemp = one of the most underrated plots you can plant

• Feeds deer ✔

• Builds soil ✔

• Creates cover ✔

• Easy to grow ✔

👉 If PowerPlant is the big field king…
👉 Sunn Hemp is the versatile do-everything plant