Looking to diversify your food plot program with the perfect blend of protein and energy?
Beet Down offers a special variety of sugar beet designed to provide tons of nutrient rich forage in the early season and extreme attraction as temperatures drop in the late season.
Beet Down is best planted on its own and produces a hardy crop that can adapt to a variety of growing conditions. Planted in the spring or early summer, Beet Down matures in 90 to 100 days and can produce 10 to 15 tons of forage per acre under optimal growing conditions. While it does not handle competition well, once established it provides high protein leafy greens for early season attraction and highly digestible taproots packed with energy for late season feeding.
Cold weather helps increase the sugar content in the taproots and boosts late season attraction, but expect Beet Down to provide strong draw throughout the fall. When planting Beet Down, ensure your pH is within the desired range of 6.2 to 7.0 and create a clean, well prepared seedbed free of competition and debris.
We utilize a special coating on all Beet Down seeds to improve germination and yield, allowing you to maximize forage production and attractiveness to deer. Due to its slower germination and longer maturity window, it is highly recommended to plant Beet Down as a standalone product. When done correctly, it is hard to beat the nutrition and attraction of sugar beets.
Coating color may differ from pictures above. Differences in color will not affect performance.
1 Jug (2 lbs) = 1/4 acre
Plant Varieties
Domain brand sugar beets, coated for improved germination and yield
Planting Guide
Seed Type: Annual
Location: Full or partial sun, open areas, well drained
pH Range: 6.2 – 7.0 (Elbow Grease can help raise pH if needed)
Soil Type: Well drained, dark rich
Tilling: Tilled, plowed, disked, or hand raked soil
Fertilizer: Use recommendation from soil test or a combined 2–3 gallons of Crank’d and Freight Train per acre
Seed Depth: 1/4 inch or less
Seed Rate: 8 lbs per acre
Planting Dates
North: May – July
Central: May – August
South: June – September