Nitro Radish vs Tillage Radish

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Jerry D

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Any difference in these seeds?

From one dealer who sells Tillage Radish the price is $4.95 lb for a 50lb bag. This dealer has extensive offerings for all cover crop products but tends to be 30% more expensive.

From another dealer who sells Nitro Radish the price is $2.50 lb for 50lb bag. This dealer lacks clover but can offer brassicas, cereal grains and AWP.

Both dealers offer great customer service and drop the seed off at my location. I will continue to support each dealer because they each offer things I need.

Just wondering if Nitro Radish, groundhog radish, tillage radish are all pretty much the same thing?

Thanks guys!
 
They are all part of the Daikon Radish family. My bag says Daikon Radish and I do not show my deer any bag labels, so they think they are getting the expensive stuff. They enjoy it just the same and I am sure yours will too.
 
Yep - I agree with Farmer D. Some folks tend to think deer can read......if they could read they would cross the road at the signs!

My grandfather told me once, "Some fishing lures are designed to catch fish.....some are designed to catch fishermen!"
 
Something that Farmer D sort of brings to light here is that #1 - name brands can increase the price per unit. #2 - there can be money saved when buying in bulk.

A hard seed like radish should last a few years if stored properly so if you don't need that much right away you can save it for next year. Or you can split the cost with a fellow habitat nut as well to help get a better price point as well. Don't get me wrong
 
That sounds expensive. I buy Diakon Radish (and DER, PTT) for around $1.50 per lb. The key is to buy where the big farm operations buy, you'll get fresher seed for less money. It might not have the fancy bag, but what grows is fancier.
 
Jerry D said:
I should have said I'm in Ontario so $2.50 isn't bad considering the exchange rate.

Glad to hear they are basically the same product.
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I like traveling to Ontario, Dryden or Kitchener area's mostly. Canada has a lot of good hunting and fishing, some really nice scenery, and a lot of great people.
 
Mennoniteman said:
That sounds expensive. I buy Diakon Radish (and DER, PTT) for around $1.50 per lb. The key is to buy where the big farm operations buy, you'll get fresher seed for less money. It might not have the fancy bag, but what grows is fancier.
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I can get 8 acres of brassica blend cover crop for what 2.5 acres of BOB seed costs. It's more seed than I need, but I've done lots of horse trading with my excess.
 
Jerry D said:
I should have said I'm in Ontario so $2.50 isn't bad considering the exchange rate.

Glad to hear they are basically the same product.
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Just reading through an old thread and seen where you are from. I'm also in Ont. in WMU 58 nice to see someone else from Ont. I'm in unit 4 so we probably get frost before you do. I mostly plant Ladino white clover with a cover crop of winter wheat, by mowing after the wheat has matured around the fist week of Aug. I have been getting a good crop of wheat coming up for fall feed. I tried planting radish but they didn't stand a chance they were eaten as soon as they got out of the ground.
 
Many of the seeds are "brands" not cultivars. Groundhog Radish, specifically. They may be improved genetics, but they do not have a specific seed that goes in the bag. It varies by what is available when they fill the bags. I just buy generic daikon radish unless the cost is all the same.
 
gurgalunas said:
Many of the seeds are "brands" not cultivars. Groundhog Radish, specifically. They may be improved genetics, but they do not have a specific seed that goes in the bag. It varies by what is available when they fill the bags. I just buy generic daikon radish unless the cost is all the same.
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Yep, I just get the cheapest available which is usually Groundhog. I can't recall the name, but there is one that is a protected variety. Maybe it was called "Trophy" or something like that. I tried it one year and saw no difference from the much cheaper Groundhog.
 
yoderjac said:
You're wrong! We pick and eat both daikon radish and turnips from our food plots. They are both great! 😁
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Down here in Louisiana, lots of guys plant seven top turnips in food plots because they (deer and hunters) tend to prefer the tender greens instead of the turnip. Go figure?
 
1100LT20 said:
Down here in Louisiana, lots of guys plant seven top turnips in food plots because they (deer and hunters) tend to prefer the tender greens instead of the turnip. Go figure?
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Yes, deer up here seem to have an interesting selection approach when it comes to brassica. If we have an acorn crop failure, all bets are off and deer will eat anything in our plots as soon as they can. But, in normal years, they will start with Daikon radish tops. They will hit those as soon as they start growing. They won't touch the turnip tops or bottoms. I think the timing is probably a coincidence, but about the time we get a hard frost, they will start hitting the turnip tops. Soon after that, they will start on the radish tubers. It is not until the tail end and mostly after our season that they hit the turnip bottoms. Unless we have an mast crop failure, this pattern seems to occur year after year.
 
Yes, same here. The common purple top turnip will not get eaten until February and March or not at all. I’ve seen chipmunks nibble on the exposed turnip during hunting season but that about it. Guessing that’s the reason most hunters have switched to seven tops?
 
1100LT20 said:
Yes, same here. The common purple top turnip will not get eaten until February and March or not at all. I’ve seen chipmunks nibble on the exposed turnip during hunting season but that about it. Guessing that’s the reason most hunters have switched to seven tops?
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I think most guys just want to see their plots used. I'm just the opposite. My view on food plots is that they should be supplemental and complementary to my native habitat. I want them to produce quality foods when nature is stingy. So, when I plant more attractive plants in my plots, deer will come use those plots in favor of native foods. Then the the native foods senesce and the deer are left with little for a gap period. I want to have foods in my plots that are good deer foods but that are no so attractive as to pull deer off quality native foods when they are peaking. I find PTT a great fit for that. We we have a bumper crop of acorns, they may get little use, but when we have a poor acorn crop, they are a vital food source during Jan and Feb when little else is available.

It is sometimes difficult to find the right balance of foods for a fall plot. You want the plot to be attractive enough that deer use it and are attracted to it for hunting purposes. On the other hand, I don't want it to be too attractive too early in the season. This is where the right mix of plants comes in.
 
I had about 2 acres of beans and 1/2 acre of clover and would say this isn't enough food normally. But I have 100 acres of milo 50 yards from my clover/beans.This year they ate everything to the ground and I planted winter wheat and they ate it and the clover to the ground.I do have alot of deer in the plots and fields but even after cutting milo we put wheat in for cover crop on over 200 acres within a half mile.I did try toup the doe harvest this year and we took 6 does and 3 bucks off this 450 acres. I am looking at planting early radishes in the end of field i usually plant beans in to try to improve that dirt.Next year all the crop field will be in full season beans so that should help.Thought about fencing off 1.5 acres of beans in plot.Has anyone else planted radishes early so they get as big as possible for soil improvement?
 
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