Newest Perennial Food Plot Blend
Imperial Whitetail Vision Includes Imperial Whitetail Clover, WINA-100 Chicory and WINA-210 Kale
f you missed the announcement in the previous issue of the Whitetail News, make sure you don’t miss out on new Imperial Whitetail Vision this fall. Vision, the Whitetail Institute’s newest perennial food plot product, is a unique blend of perennial and annual forage components that provides unsurpassed attraction the first fall and continuing perennial performance for years. One reason Whitetail Institute food plot products continue to lead the industry is the continuous effort it puts into scientific research, development and real-world testing — and not just with potential new products. The Whitetail Institute puts the same effort into making sure its existing products are the best they can be. Vision, which replaces Double-Cross in the Whitetail Institute’s perennial forage lineup, is a prime example of this process of evolution. The idea behind Double-Cross was to develop a food plot product that could provide the multi-year performance of perennials and the increased fall tonnage and attraction of annuals the first year. That was accomplished by Double-Cross’s blend of Imperial Whitetail Clover and Whitetail Institute annual brassicas, a formula that proved successful.
Vision shares that design idea but with a substantial performance improvement through the addition of new clovers, WINA-100 perennial forage chicory and WINA-210 Forage Kale. The Imperial Whitetail Clover and Whitetail Institute chicory components of Vision provide abundant protein year-round for antler growth and overall herd health and can last up to five years from one planting. Whitetail Institute kale increases first-year attraction and tonnage even further and provides essential carbohydrates deer need during fall and winter. Imperial Whitetail Clover, WINA-100 perennial forage chicory and WINA-210 kale are only available in Whitetail Institute products.
Perennial Forage Components Vision features the latest Whitetail Institute proprietary clover varieties. These varieties, which are included in Imperial Whitetail Clover, bring the same superior attraction and high protein content to Vision on a year-round basis. WINA-100 perennial forage chicory is included in Vision for several reasons, the most important of which is its attractiveness to deer. Unlike other chicories, which can get leathery and waxy as they mature, WINA-100 chicory stays tender and palatable to deer. By offering Imperial Whitetail Clover and WINA-100 chicory, initial and multi-year attraction is boosted even more by offering deer a variety of food sources in one food plot perennially. WINA-100 chicory is also extremely high in protein, and its roots can extend several feet deep into the soil, a characteristic that helps make Vision even more drought-tolerant.
Annual Forage Component WINA-210 Kale, another proprietary Whitetail Institute forage component of Vision, is the most attractive kale variety the Whitetail Institute has tested. WINA-210 was developed by selecting candidate kale varieties and then repeating cycles of isolating those that best exhibited rapid emergence and attractiveness to deer. At the end of each cycle, only the offspring that best exhibited these traits went on for more testing. The result, WINA-210 kale, has proven through Whitetail Institute testing to establish and grow quickly, and provide superior attraction. And like other brassicas, WINA-210 kale gets even sweeter as the first frosts of fall increase their sugar content. Vision is designed for sites with soil that is loam, light clay or heavier and that receive at least four hours of filtered or indirect sunlight a day. For more information about new Imperial Whitetail Vision, visit whitetailinstitute.com, or call the Whitetail Institute at (800) 688-3030. ^
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