BuckGro | BuckGro Roundup Ready Sugarbeets | Sugarbeet Seed

When you plant BuckGro® Sugarbeet Seed in your food plot you're sure to attract deer and hold them. Naturally sweet sugarbeets are the ultimate deer attraction. BuckGro® Sugarbeet Seed is also Roundup Ready® so controlling weeds in your BuckGro® food plot is easy. Simply spray Roundup® agricultural herbicide - killing the weeds and leaving healthy beets.

BuckGro® Roundup Ready® Sugarbeets Sugarbeets are an exciting addition to any wildlife food plot. The ease of which to grow and manage this highly desirable crop is now simplified with the introduction of BuckGro Roundup Ready® sugarbeets. BuckGro sugarbeets contain the patented Roundup Ready gene, making the plant resistant to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup® herbicide. This new technology is now available to wildlife food plot managers making the growing of sugarbeets “Sweet and Easy!”
Seed Description	Planting
BuckGro Roundup Ready sugarbeet seeds are round, highly processed and have a pellet-like coating material encompassing the seed to enhance plantability. Seed is treated with two different fungicides to protect young seedlings from soil-borne diseases. BuckGro seed is packaged in a convenient, re-sealable zippered pouch containing approximately 25,000 seeds, or enough to plant ½ acre. Locating your food plot There are many possibilities to raise sugarbeets on most hunting land. Keep in mind that sugarbeets like sun. Small attraction food plots can be achieved within wooded areas provided there is some light penetration. Open fields, plots along wooded areas, or fertile ground adjacent to swamps can also be ideal locations. Soil type, drainage, available moisture, and nutrients are key components to consider when deciding on a location. Sugarbeets grow best under loamy clay soils, although sandier soils will still work. Just remember that sugarbeet roots can reach down over 6 feet, taking up moisture and nutrients, making some of the most marginal locations suitable choices for growing sugarbeets.	Lightly drag soil to prepare a firm seedbed. Common methods for planting: Broadcast seeder: Most common method of planting. Broadcast 50,000 seeds per acre at a depth of less than 2 inches. Seeds should be spaced 8-10 inches apart. Lightly incorporate seed using a drag, chain link fence, or similar tool. Use an ATV with a roller, chain link fence, or simply rake to firm up the seed bed to ensure good seed to soil contact Corn/sugarbeet row crop planters: Plant sugarbeets 1-1 ½ inches deep. In-row seed spacing of 5-6 inches. Plastic plates are available to plant sugarbeets for most planters. Contact your BuckGro dealer for proper plate size recommendations. Grain drill: This method can work with some modifications. Holes will need to be plugged to allow 6 inch plant spacing. Twelve inch or wider row spacing should work fine. Be careful not to seed sugarbeets greater than 2 inches deep. Contact your BuckGro dealer for further planting instructions. Expect sugarbeet seedlings to emerge within 10-15 days after planting. As with all crops, there may be some loss from frost, wind, heavy rains, insects, heat, and of course deer and rabbits if they find seeds and seedlings.