I always plants a few 7 top turnips on each piece, but those are mostly for me!
I have great success with purple top turnips and daikon radishes but they won't touch rape! I have a plot that the rape is more like an invasive weed that I can't kill. It was in that green cover seed winter blend I planted in 2021 and it won't die!, deer won't eat it, bugs don't seem to care much for it. I hate to nuke the plot cause I do have a good stand of balansa clover in itI came to my own conclusion that the sugar content in the greens likely peaks immediately after the first hard frost, making it somewhat attractive. After that here deer just wouldn't touch it. I heard so many stories of deer digging up purple top turnips, they rotted in my plots. The mixes I tried for the most part were custom mixes from a grower in Wisconsin that had proven results all over the country. He was shocked that the deer weren't hammering my plots. Only commercial brassicas mix I ever tried was a biologic product. Pretty well the same results.
How much of each for 3/4 to acre plotsFor my thin, poor soils, Buckwheat (as a candy attractant until the first freeze), Austrian Winter Peas, Wheat, and Crimson Clover. Deer start hitting it as soon as the Buckwheat comes up, and they're still using it in March.
Should I spray and til the lime or can I lime now before I touch the field. It's been mowed once this yearSoil test NOW. Lime asap per pH results of soil test.
This fall, bushhog 2nd week of Aug, then burn down 3rd week of Aug. Drill a mix of grain (wheat, rye, or oats), plus a brassica (turnip, radish, or rape), plus a clover (crimson or balansa) just before a good rain event anytime from last of Aug thruearly Oct. Throw in a bit of buckwheat if you like. If disking prior to planting, a rain event is even more critical, as well as either dragging or cultipacking after seeding. Fertilize after plants just come up and you know you got good germination.
Because I broadcast and then drag (although I'll be switching to cultipacking this year), my seeding rates are high. The standard seeding rates for drilling seed need to be increased by 50% for broadcast seeding. However, when using multiple seed species, cut the poundage per acre by 1/3 for each species when mixing two species. Cut the poundage by half for each species if using 3 or more species.How much of each for 3/4 to acre plots
Just lime, no need to till it in or spray now. Small, difficult to access plots are going to need a LOT of pelletized lime. I limed my clover plot that I can't get the ag lime buggy into 4x over the past 3 years. But I was starting with a pH of 5.5.Should I spray and til the lime or can I lime now before I touch the field. It's been mowed once this year
I use the deer gro plot boost and plot start in ky gonna try it on that plot in east tenn this year tooJust lime, no need to till it in or spray now. Small, difficult to access plots are going to need a LOT of pelletized lime. I limed my clover plot that I can't get the ag lime buggy into 4x over the past 3 years. But I was starting with a pH of 5.5.
The problem with those soluables is that they are even more short lived than pelletized lime. IF you are going to be planting that plot annually, better off to do what it takes to get the pH above 6.I use the deer gro plot boost and plot start in ky gonna try it on that plot in east tenn this year too
Exactly. The neutralizing effect of the liquid lime products is gone in a couple months, if that.The problem with those soluables is that they are even more short lived than pelletized lime. IF you are going to be planting that plot annually, better off to do what it takes to get the pH above 6.
Absolutely. Reaction time and duration (inversely proportional) are all based on particle size. The smaller the particle, the faster it works but the shorter the duration. Liquid lime works the fastest, followed by quick lime, then pelletized lime, then ag lime. But the slowest acting - ag lime - is the longest lasting.Prefect thanks a lot guys. Would I be ok to spray it with that then throw Pelletized lime at the same time since it takes longer