Turnips and Broccoli Rabe plot getting hammered

[NYBowhunter]

Here are some recent trail cam pics. of the food plot, the leaves of the trunips and Rabe are getting hammered. The good thing is that the turnips themselves are still intact..... well for now atleast. Enjoy.

[Fantail]

That one deer looks absolutly startled.  ;D

Man that's a big plot. Ever had any luck with soy or bush beans?

[NYBowhunter]

That one deer looks absolutly startled.  ;D

Yeah I think the deer can detect an audible sound when the cam triggers...but then again shes only 5 feet from the camera  ;D

Man that's a big plot. Ever had any luck with soy or bush beans?

The plot you see is half clover and the other half is turned anually for Brassica's (turnips/Broccoli Rabe). I also have another smaller plot that is in front of where these pictures were taken, that plot is six feet lower in elevation then the plot shown and has clover and chickory. I never tried soy or bush beans. The deer by me really like the clover and devour any Brassica plot I put in...   I may want to mix with my turnips next year a deep root raddish that I have spoken with my local agway about or I may mix in some sugar beets?????I'll have to research the raddish and sugar beets somemore. I'm still waiting to see how the turnips perform in the late season.

[outdoorstom]

Are you talking about groundhog radish?  I put some in this year and they're just starting to get hit. I'm hoping they get approval for roundup ready sugar beets soon...then I'll give them a try.

[Geno C]

nice food plot! looks lush

[NYBowhunter]

Are you talking about groundhog radish?  I put some in this year and they're just starting to get hit. I'm hoping they get approval for roundup ready sugar beets soon...then I'll give them a try.

Not too sure of the name of the raddish, but the agway person was really pushing them on me and he has not steered me wrong yet. I will have to speak with him some more to get name and other details. Let me know how you make out with your raddish.Whats the top growth look like on your raddish?

[NYBowhunter]

nice food plot! looks lush

Thanks Geno, the plots really stand out this time of the year especially when everything else around is turning brown.

[First-light]

Cool, can't wait to check my turnips tomorrow!

[NYBowhunter]

Cool, can't wait to check my turnips tomorrow!

Thanks Burt, be sure to take some pictures of your turnip plot and post them.

[First-light]

I posted on my thread that nothing is being eaten. Sorry the pumpkins got eaten and the plants. I do have a huge field of clover that is two feet high, this could be the problem.

We'll see how we do later season.

[NYBowhunter]

Thats suprising to me and I hear that alot from others that turnip tops and bottoms dont get hit hard until the first frost or later in the season, however for some odd reason in my area any turnip or Brassica plot I put in gets hammered well before any frost hits. My turnip plot is not small by any means and the tops are mowed down pretty well. I'm strongly considering putting an electric fence or fence around my turnip/Brassica plots next year.

Burt, it could be that your high clover plot is delaying the deer from eating your Brassica plots??? Leaving some of my clover plots high worked for a while I would say until the end of September, but once they began to eat the turnips they have not stopped > .