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Nutrient Scavenging Cover Crops – How much good are they doing? It depends.

Austrian Winter Peas, cover crop radishes, cover crop scavengers, cover crops, cover crops and manure, Crimson Clover, Groundhog radish, nutrient scavenging, Tillage Radish, turnips

Meet the Cover Crop Scavengers Over the years I have worked with cover crops I have recommended that producers use “scavengers” like Annual Ryegrass, turnips, cereal rye, winter barley, oats, and cover crop radishes. These cover crops do a very good job of capturing excess nitrogen and other nutrients and keeping them from reaching the […]

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Cover Crop Radishes and Turnips…what are their differences?

cover crop radishes, cover crops, Radishes, turnips

The cover crop radishes and forage turnips that I accidentally planted in my wife’s wildflower garden just over 4 weeks ago lets me make some observations about the differences between the radish and turnip roots. The radishes have a fairly “hairless” root that has very quickly reached 7 ” deep. On the other hand, the

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