Dr. Tim Harrigan from Michigan State has been working on slurry seeding cover crops the past few years with very good success. I’ve included his video to let him tell you how he’s doing it!
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I have been visiting a farm in eastern Whitley County Indiana over the past month and have seen a few fields of an Austrian Winter Pea/Radish mixture. These fields were wheat fields that had dairy manure knifed into them after they had been harvested and deep tilled. The video shows what a great stand the
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There are big differences in cover crop radishes. Some are outstanding and consistent; deep and fairly large tubers (tuber girth seems to be related to fertility and age of stand). In the thumb of Michigan I saw over 300 acres of fields planted at 10#/acre that were just what the farmer wanted. We found most
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While in northwest Ohio in the Fall of 2010 for a manure management field day, some area farmers told me that wheat producers are adding 2-4# of cover crop radishes per acre to the wheat in the drill…and experiencing excellent results. Some reported gaining 5-7 bushels per acre by adding the radishes. Others even reduced their nitrogen application by 20%
It’s been 10 1/2 weeks since I planted my Radish test plot in my garden. I have recorded photos and reports in previous posts and now this is the “FINAL JUDGMENT” of the different varieties that were included this spring. I’ll report mainly via photos and captions. Just a reminder, about 5 weeks ago I
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In my cover crop radish plot I have thinned some rows to 4″ between plants and in two rows I have left them thick (I figure I’m at the 12-15#/acre range). After 6 weeks there are some pretty telling signs that 12-15#/acre is too thick and possibly a waste of money. Most of the varieties
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My cover crop radish plot was planted on May 29, 2010 and now 6 weeks later we can see some characteristics even different from 2 weeks ago. A variety that was 8-9″ deep 2 weeks ago still appears to have that same depth. Another that I called “Stubby” is now looking quite interesting! Yet another
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After 6 weeks my GroundHog Radish is around 12″ deep and 1″ in circumference at the top. How deep can radish roots go? Because we need to know things like that I have been doing quite a bit of research. The attached chart shows how deep some radishes can go…over 4 feet deep! WOW!
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