What I can't believe is how variable deer usage of brassicas is... on my farms in TN, they love the tops of diakon early and the roots late. Deer don't touch turnips I planted before. I have a friend in the MS delta that the deer prefer purple top turnips over almost everything else. Here in south MS, they seem to lightly browse the tops of turnips, but don't touch the bulbs. I don't know why this is, but suspect in places where deer use is above average that there is some micronutrient in the soil sequestered in the root the deer need/ desire in that particular locale. Regardless, it's still good for your soil to include them in a blend even if the deer don't touch them. Just be careful using the ones not killed by a hard freeze allowing them to bolt/ seed the following spring. Then they become a weed in your summer crop.
It seems that we always manage to receive some wild mustard seed in our turnips and radishes or in our small grains. That does not deter me from planting these.
