Nitro Radish vs Tillage Radish

buckdeer1 said:
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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What are you hoping the radishes will do to improve the soil?
 
buckdeer1 said:
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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We have just under 400 acres that we own at the farm and another 400 adjacent that cooperate. We typically take 10 to 15 deer per year off the farm with over 50% female each year to stay in balance.
 
buckdeer1 said:
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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Sometimes I plant a spring mix of oats and radishes for soil improvement. These two crops take up different nutrients and bring different soil building results so it would be fair to say that they complement each other well. The radishes scavenge deep to bring minerals and nutrients to the surface and the oats scavenge nitrogen and turn it into carbon and make a layer of straw to use to no-till fall plantings. Both of these species help raise OM.
 
It's a somewhat sandy loam but was hoping that if the radishes got big they would decompose and in turn add nutrients and break apart the soil.I would then plant oats or wheat.The strange thing about my sandy soil is when dry it's hard as concrete.I may spread some manure on it also
 
buckdeer1 said:
It's a somewhat sandy loam but was hoping that if the radishes got big they would decompose and in turn add nutrients and break apart the soil.I would then plant oats or wheat.The strange thing about my sandy soil is when dry it's hard as concrete.I may spread some manure on it also
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Sandy loam is MUCH better than sandy!
 
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