🌱 Whitetail Institute Winter‑Greens – 3 lb

This one is a pure late-season killer — even stronger for cold weather than Beets & Greens.

✅ Basic info

• Bag: 3 lb

• Coverage: ~½ acre

• Type: Fall annual brassica blend

• Purpose: late-season attraction & winter survival food

🌿 What it is

• A blend of cold‑season brassicas (WINA types)

• Includes some Tall Tine turnip for extra attraction

👉 Key difference:

• Mostly leafy brassicas

• NOT focused on big beet bulbs like Beets & Greens

🦌 What it does (why it’s elite)

❄️ 1. BUILT for late season

• Designed specifically for:

  • late fall

  • winter hunting

👉 When everything else is dead… 👉 This is still green and getting hammered

🧊 2. Handles extreme cold

• Survives:

  • frost

  • deep cold

  • even snow

👉 Stays standing above snow so deer can find it

🌱 3. Fast and reliable

• Establishes quickly

• Grows even in:

  • drought

  • poor conditions

👉 Very forgiving seed

🍃 4. SUPER attractive leaves

• “Lettuce-type” brassicas deer love

• Often:

  • eaten before frost

  • then explodes after frost

⚡ 5. High-energy winter food

• Provides:

  • carbs + energy

• Critical after:

  • rut weight loss

  • food shortages

👉 Keeps deer coming back daily

📅 When to plant (Michigan)

• Late July → early September

• Ideal:

  • early August

👉 Needs:

• ~60 days of growth before frost (perfect timing for MI)

🌱 How to plant

1. Disk/till soil

2. Broadcast seed

3. Cover lightly:

   • ~¼" deep

4. Add fertilizer (helps a lot)

🟢 Best uses

✅ PERFECT for:

• Late-season stand sites

• Kill plots

• Backup food when everything else is gone

• Small high-pressure hunting spots

❌ NOT best for:

• big root crop production

• long-term soil building

🔥 Best way to use it (this is where it shines)

OPTION 1 — Kill plot near your stand

• Plant ½ acre or less

• Hunt edge

👉 This is deadly in:

• November

• December

• late bow / gun season

💡 Pro tips

• Frost = makes it sweeter

• Don’t plant too early (can get mature/less attractive)

• Works great in small hidden plots

• Handles browsing pressure very well

👍 Bottom line

Winter-Greens = late-season hammer

• Survives harsh cold ✔

• Stays visible above snow ✔

• Highly attractive brassica leaves ✔

• Perfect for kill plots ✔