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When deer catch on to the palatability and attraction of brassicas, few plants can influence a herd like a good turnip, rape, radish, or hybrid forage brassica food plot. Popularized by deer managers in the New Zealand venison industry, brassica food plots are relatively maintenance free compared to perennial plots.
- Food Plot Seed: How to Plant Turnips - Realtree Camo
As part of the brassicas family, a good turnip plot grows...
- Food Plot Seed: How to Plant Turnips - Realtree Camo
As part of the brassicas family, a good turnip plot grows fast, feeds the herd, and looks pretty doing it. It's easy to maintain as well. As a large broadleaf plant, if planted thick enough and given a good start, it quickly smothers out competing plants.
19 sie 2020 · They are best suited for loamy soils that are well drained, particularly turnips and radishes that produce a bulb and taproot that are eaten by deer. Like most other forages, brassicas perform best with a neutral soil pH in the 6 to 6.5 range.
Turnips: Like other brassicas, turnips offer food sources in two stages: first the leafy plant, and then the turnip (root) itself afterward. Turnips provide from 15 to 22% protein, they're highly digestible, and yields are generally high.
9 wrz 2019 · Using the correct fertilizer to food plot ratio is the best way to ensure you’re providing deer with the highest nutrition. Learn more from Mossy Oak.
7 gru 2017 · Turnips are truly an amazing food plot plant. They are not only high in available protein and highly digestible; they can produce up to 6-8 tons of forage per acre! Like closely related forage radishes, purple top turnips are not affected by light frosts.
22 cze 2018 · Turnips tolerate drought better than rape and are easy to grow. Their deep taproots can break up hard pan soil like a drill, leaving holes for water and roots of future plantings to penetrate. A fertilized stand of turnips can grow over 2 feet tall, but make sure you plant enough. Deer love them.
