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Attract Wildlife Improve Our Environment |
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Kester's Wild Game Food Nurseries INC |
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Game Bird Food Plots |
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Kester’s Soybean Mix |
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This bean was developed by Kester's specifically for Wildlife purposes. It is one of the very best small-sized beans for Quail, Pheasant, Dove and Turkey. It has a small greenish-brown seed about 1/8 inch in diameter. It is easily eaten by Quail and Doves. Because of its climbing characteristics, it is mixed with 10% WG.F. Sorghum and 90% Kester's Soybeans. Will also climb up on other weeds, making it good winter feed. Matures in 85 days. Plant 25 pounds per acre drilled, 35 pounds per acre broadcast. |
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Kester’s Game Bird Mix |
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This new mix was developed by Kester’s for our customers who raise pheasant or quail or for those who want to attract these game birds. It is a mixture of short sorghums and millets that grow 3 to 4 feet tall. Provides a thick cover and has excellent stand ability for the winter. Can be sprayed to control broad leaf weeds. Contains: W.G.F. Sorghum, Early Dwarf Milo, Dwarf Pearl Millet, Golden German Millet, Siberian Millet, White Proso Millet. Matures in 80 to 90 days. Plant 8 to 10 pounds per acre. Price List |
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Kester’s Short Mix |
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A mixture of 15 varieties of short annuals. Grows 2 to 4 ½ feet tall. Easy to walk through and see over. A Good mix for Game Farms. Easy to see birds that are flushed. Alternating Tall Mix and Short Mix strips is an excellent planting system for large fields. Seeds mature in 65 to 90 days. Contains Wild Game Food Sorghum, Millets, Beans, Peas, Buckwheat. Plant 15 to 25 pounds per acre. Price List |
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Kester’s Pea & Bean Mix |
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Mixture of several varieties of peas and beans 3/16 inch to 1/4 inch in diameter. Highly palatable to Upland Game Birds. Deer and Rabbit also like the foliage. Because of the small sized peas, this mix is especially valuable as a Quail feed. Contains: Kester’s Soybeans, Austrian Winter Peas, Iron Clay Peas, Catjang Peas, Red Ripper Peas. Plant 40 to 50 pounds per acre. Price List |
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Most people are more interested in planting perennials because they only have to make the planting one time. However, annuals should not be overlooked. Annuals are fast growing and will provide an immediate food source for wildlife. Game birds seldom range over more than a square mile. If there is no food for them on your property, they have no other alternative than to leave in search food, it's a matter of preservation. Cover or natural hiding places |
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to these birds is just as important as your (home or apartment) is to you. It is a place from their natural enemies. So if you can provide as much natural food and cover for game birds they will have a better chance for survival and you have created the ideal habitat for them. Our annual mixes (Tall or Short Mix) will also provide some late fall and winter feeding as the seed will stay on the stalks after snow cover. Some will stand up and some will lay down after a heavy snow. Our food mixes can be planted in strips and patches along the edges of woods, near ponds or steams, along fence lines and near areas |
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· Native grass are great habitat for wildlife · Long lasting stands of perennial grasses · Drought tolerant and can handle diverse soils |
