Chad Hauenstein
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Anyone have any experience with appin turips? Our deer love brassica greens and i am looking get more top then a ppt provides.
Appin turnip
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Planted some two years ago and was a bit disappointed in how slowly they grew. Wasn't the best weather though... so perhaps not a fair test.
I'd say if you try them, plant a few weeks earlier than you normally would, just in case.
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I'd say if you try them, plant a few weeks earlier than you normally would, just in case.
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Dennis Duffy
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Go with ground hog radishes! Deer love em from start to finish!
Chad Hauenstein
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Thanks for the input guys. I just like to experiment with varities to see what does best for us. We have 5 acres to plant brassica so i am going to give appin and pasja a try. The rest will go into a ppt, der, gh mix.
Do us all a favor and mark which brassica is planted where and take/post pics.
Thanks, and good luck!!!
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j-bird
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I planted them once. They did seem to produce more leaf matter than the PTT I planted and very little tuber. So if that is what you want I would suggest trying them on a limited basis first to see if they do what you are after. Most folks like the tuber as it lasts longer into the winter. Nothing wrong with trying different things. Do some trial plots of different brassica and monitor how the deer react to them and how and when. Obviously let us know how things turn out!
Chad Hauenstein
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I will be happy to take some pictures and show progress of everything we plant. J-bird, thanks for letting me know the differences you saw when planing them. The goal is to see if we can get more leaf forage from appin. Last year was the first year we carried top growth into rifle season and it made a big difference in how many deer we saw. I would like to carry a little more into the season this year.
Bullwinkle
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Winfred kicked tail to rape last year in my trials.
I've changed to Winfred in all my brassica plots
I've changed to Winfred in all my brassica plots
Chad Hauenstein
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This is what makes these trials so interesting. Eberyones experience is a little different. We planted a 1/2 acre of winfred and clover last year in the hope that winfred would hold green tops longer. The deer loved winfred and the was a tie for the the first brassica heavily browsed along with ground hogs.
The only drawback i saw with winfred was that it grew slower than othe brassicas and give us the tonnage we wanted.
The positive to the slow growth was it was a great cover crop for our clover.
Bullwinkle
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Interesting
I accidentally planted 1/2 acre GHR literally 50 yards from this Winfred plot. I'll let you know how this plays out. I planted the GHR for soil aeration not food plots
I planted the Winfred 2-3 weeks early. I don't know if I'll be able to give you a good assessment on tonnage. It got hit so hard last year I really can't tell you anything about tonnage
George
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But there are disadvantages, I have never had problems with the other three brassicas reseeding as aggressively as did appin when I tried them, they turned into weeds for 2-3 years in my food plot.
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Chad Hauenstein
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Thanks for the warning on appin reseeding. I am interested in knowing if your appin bolted in the fall or survived the winter? We won't be planting until July 28th at the earliest so that puts our growing season around 62-70 days at the most. Our deer have always started feeding on brassica around 5-6 weeks of growth so i doubt they will let them bolt.
I understand what you are saying about how there may not be a worthwile advantages compaired to ppt. Part of this is to try something different and part is to see if we can improve on what we are already doing.
Chad Hauenstein
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Quick update. We planted today so with a little rain we should get some comparable results with appin vs purple tops.
Our planting process was pretty straightforward. We sprayed six weeks ago. Disced three weeks ago. Today, we sprayed, fertlized, packed, seeded, and packed again.
Appin and ptt, der, radish mix were planted side by side. PH is 5.9. Fert was applied at the rate of 80-40-40 pre acre.
In total we planted 3.85 acres of ptt, der, radish, .5 appin, .5 pasja, and finally .85 acres of a winfred clover mix.
Ill keep you posted on how everything grows.
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Our planting process was pretty straightforward. We sprayed six weeks ago. Disced three weeks ago. Today, we sprayed, fertlized, packed, seeded, and packed again.
Appin and ptt, der, radish mix were planted side by side. PH is 5.9. Fert was applied at the rate of 80-40-40 pre acre.
In total we planted 3.85 acres of ptt, der, radish, .5 appin, .5 pasja, and finally .85 acres of a winfred clover mix.
Ill keep you posted on how everything grows.
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Quick update. We planted today so with a little rain we should get some comparable results with appin vs purple tops.
Our planting process was pretty straightforward. We sprayed six weeks ago. Disced three weeks ago. Today, we sprayed, fertlized, packed, seeded, and packed again.
Appin and ptt, der, radish mix were planted side by side. PH is 5.9. Fert was applied at the rate of 80-40-40 pre acre.
In total we planted 3.85 acres of ptt, der, radish, .5 appin, .5 pasja, and finally .85 acres of a winfred clover mix.
Ill keep you posted on how everything grows.
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Good luck. Appreciate the updates.
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Elkaddict
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Bull, this has been our experience. The Winfred grew significant stalks the deer chewed on into spring. To change things up a bit, we added sugar beets to our rutabaga/Winfred mix this year. If I had to choose between Winfred/rutabagas and LC's mix of PTT, GHR and DER, I'd choose the former. Fortunately, I don't have to choose and prefer to lay out a buffet with grains/clover in between the different brassica mixes.
Chad Hauenstein
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Elkaddict, i had the same experience with the deer eating winfred and t-raptor down to the dirt.
I didnt think winfred gave us good tonnage though. I may have planted a bit heavy at 5 #s of winfred and 5# of rc. This year i cut the rate by a third so maybe we will see more tonnge.
Either way it works as a good cover crop for our clover.
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Chad Hauenstein
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5 week check up since planting. We got a lot of rain the first two weeks and the fields held water in some low spots but we got good germination overall. Everything is growing well.
Appin
PTT, GH, DER
Hard to tell by my picts but the appin looks to be a couple inches taller at this point.
The deer are in all the plots but the hardest hit are the LC mix plots. Most likely after the radish.
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Appin
PTT, GH, DER
Hard to tell by my picts but the appin looks to be a couple inches taller at this point.
The deer are in all the plots but the hardest hit are the LC mix plots. Most likely after the radish.
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