Food Plots Too late for radishes?

[drrxnupe]

When is it too late to plant radishes? I bought 50# but have yet had a chance to get them in the ground.

 

[muddyboots]

60 days before frost. The deer are absolutely hammering mine. I thought they were soppossed to wait until frost to eat them. Not so!

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Look up your average first frost date. 60 days is good, I prefer 75 days. For me that means August 1st - 15th on average but Im sure Im higher elevation than you. What can you get away with though? I really dont know. I have decent size vegetative growth after 4 weeks but not much bulbs until longer than that. You can always save your seed.

Heres a good link... http://davesgarden.com/guides/freeze-frost-dates/

 

[drrxnupe]

The risk of frost in my area begins October 30th. I may just go ahead and sow half just to see what happens.

 

[turf08]

We sow these every year as a cover crop. You have plenty of time for them to make a lot of foliage. The bulbs may not be very large due to the frost coming soon, but the deer love the foliage anyways. Good luck

 

[primos32]

Your fine. Go ahead and plant them

 

[RedDawg]

I got mine in on 9/7 and 9/14 with a first frost date of about 10/25 in my area. Hope I have enough time. I know I was a bit late but life and weather sometimes get in the way

 

[drrxnupe]

I got mine in the ground on 9/20. As an added bonus, I got a chance to drill them. My buddy just so happened to have rented the seed drill from the local Soil & Water Conservation District. On his way to take it back, he came thru and we drilled ~4 acres of rye, oats, ladino, and radishes.

I am accustomed to broadcasting so I buy my quantity of seed accordingly. But because I drilled, I had so much seed leftover.

 

[firedog]

any quick tips on how to sow them? I have never tried radishes before but I have heard good things about them.

 

[drrxnupe]

any quick tips on how to sow them? I have never tried radishes before but I have heard good things about them.

Before getting access to a drill, I had planned on broadcasting radishes and urea into a field sprayed with gly. Afterwards, bush hog the dead stuff on top of the seeds.

 

[drrxnupe]

Here's the plot...so far so good. It doesn't look like the deer have touched them though.