Radishes and Turnips

[releehweoj]

Started hitting our turnip bulbs hard 2 weeks ago

 

[KILLNTM]

Looks like they've been enjoying them. Today I noticed mine are starting to hit the turnip tops but there's no sign of them trying the bulbs yet.

 

[Canuck5]

I'm becoming a bigger fan of purple top turnips, all the time! I think it's taken our deer 3 years to really figure them out, but they have been hit hard. Deer still in them now.

 

[SRShunter]

Started hitting our turnip bulbs hard 2 weeks agoView attachment 953071

I swear it's like I'm looking at my own dirt and foodplot there

 

[KILLNTM]

Mine still haven't fooled with the bulbs, but I'm just glad they're eating the tops.

 

[SRShunter]

I know at our place they have hammered the turnips. Not so much on the radishes, talking about the bulbs. They have ate the tops off of both

 

[nrh0011]

What did you guys do for establishment? Cultipack ,broadcast, then cultipack again??

 

[KILLNTM]

I cultipacked then drilled using the small seed box on the drill. I may have used the cultipacker after drilling, but I don’t remember. Sometimes I do it before and after but sometimes I just drill and call it good.

 

[GeorgeShu]

For the past three years I have used the “throw and mow” method for seeding. I have decided to stop all tillage and go with a no till system. I cannot justifying the cost of a no till drill, thus the throw and mow technique. So far so good. I try to seed and mow just prior to a rain event to make sure the seeds find their way down to Mother Earth.
Been satisfied with the results and the critters have not complained yet. Win Win!
Oh, and I have saved a lot of time and money by not tilling.
Hopefully my soil biology has improved as a result.