Daikon Radish Are

[SplitG2]

no idea, standard width i guess. could i broadcast your droptine trophy buffet seed blend with the standing corn?

 

can you see the ground between the rows?  as long as you get sunlight...you will be fine.

[landtracdeerhunter]

A member got me thinking here, I better get working on the last radish seeding.  I went in with the tractor and work up another area, say just shy of an acre. The thunder spreading through the sky as I seeded radish, oats, vetch, and a little blue grass separately. Cyclone seeder worked great, except the vetch and bluegrass flowed out to quickly with setting on zero.. Installed my cardboard template to slow the flow. This should be enough radish for this year. One more spot for oats, then the wheat will go in, end of the month. Taking pics semi weekly and will post soon.

 

Turkey and deer are already working on the first planted.

[growalot]

The big field where my corn usually is is very spotty...so now curly dock is in it...the Wth. tail TTT was very slow to germinate in both fields so I had to go over them again with PT...now I turnips of all sizes...you reminded me perhaps I should throw some PT in with the WW...hhmmm...Well the woodland plot is now disced and dragged...I could plant tonight but Mr B will be home soon and hungry...storms were loud but little rain and pretty much passed us...figure I want rain and it skirts us...Tomorrows rain is a no go now best hope is Thursday.... The woodland plot is half moist half very dry ...so I need it for them....Will seed first thing in the morning.

[landtracdeerhunter]

One area of the spot I planted came up good, then the crack grass came through, taking control of that entire area. Came in better than most peoples lawns, LOL. Timothy and clover was thinly growing in it on first work over. That quack seed will stay in the ground for years and regrow on turn over.   Reworked it and now going into wheat next week.

 

My other plots are starting to absorb the nitrogen. Plenty of moisture in the ground here too. Love it when a plan comes together.  Looks like a good fall ahead for watching the bucks breed the doe, Starting to get itchey with this cool weather ahead, LOL. 

[growalot]

dang quack grass and just about every other nasty grass known to man EXPLODED  on our place this year whats up with that?...All the reseeded turnips are sprouting and growing well and I have some good sized plants spread all over...took my walk this morning and checked plots WW is plump and still there crows were rather noisy here last night and this morning ,,,but there are choke cherries everywhere and the beech are dropping like mad...all the honey suckle had good berries as well.

I can hardly wait for the WW green up....

 

Well got to run I really have a ton of work to do and get that 12' tower up by my self...had the one end up and was about to tie it to the other end with a brace log it fell forward and now I have to get it righted again....This time I can't use the winch but should be able to pull it up ....hhhmm we'll see...Wish me luck!

[growalot]

I was worried about the turnip planting  where the lambs quarters has taken over...between the slow TTT and the weeds.....now crab grass everywhere! Any ways the PT I threw in to cover the TTT areas are growing like mad through the  lambs quarters.... turnips every where...just harder to see ...Would a spring planting of wheat help knock the reseeding of that next spring ..or just go with buck wheat? I need to get that and the crabgrass under control. Man whats up with the weeds this year? Well at least the deer eat that as well...

 

Only good thing about the lambs quarters is...it shows I have good soil and it is actually a good fertilizer when incorporated into the ground...also with it so thick and the PT competing well with it...I have fewer other weeds ..So what to do with all the seeds that can survive 40 yrs in the ground.perhaps just mow this are all summer next year then put in a thick planting of rye, or even a late bean crop? Then rye or WW...

 

Ps ...lambs quarters not curly dock...got that under control in the upper fields years ago.

Edited August 26, 2015 by growalot

[landtracdeerhunter]

I either summer fallow for wheat, or work up right after the hay comes off to reduce nitrogen loss in rotting sods and trash. i lean towards summer fallow, as every time weeds grow, disc down. That produces some nice clean wheat ground, come harvest, following year. I'd go with buckwheat next, since it's so late now. Sure will clean up the ground naturally. Get some mean flour too, LOL.

 

Darn seed is expensive though. Common buckwheat is running high, a bushel for planting. High demand for pancake flour, the cause I understand. Lands all into corn and beans. I use to grow 40 acres back in the 70's. Get a good crop,  maybe 25 bushel / acre, one in seven years.  Mills paid $18 a hundred weight. 

Miss the buckwheat honey too, about 400 lbs.. Ramble, Ramble Ramble, LOL.

[growalot]

What is your experience with Hairy Galinsoga?...It seems as soon as I got rid of most of the curly dock in the upper fields that took over not only the fields but the garden as well...it is the worst for cultivating just makes more plants and the roots are so thick pulling removes top soil...I got into my new clover/alfalfa planting and I have been mowing to try ti reduce the seed production...and stimulate the clover/alfalfa growth...but I fear it may not work...clover recovers great but the alfalfa field is slower.......I have avoided slay type stuff because the planting was so new and I don't want to harm the crop plants...that may have been a mistake?

[landtracdeerhunter]

Ah, Quickweed. I had quite an extensive conversation with a soil scientist at the South Carolina state college years back. Quickweed is quite common down there, as a result, as he stated due to their mild winters. The plant has evolved itself into actually germinating set seed in mid flight from the parent plant. Quickweed thrives in a high nitrogen level soils.  An effect way they use for control is by planting sorghum sudan grass cover crop.. He stated anything to break up a plant reproductive cycle is an effective control tool.  Makes sense! Thus,  summer fallow is a cost control method I use for many plants for weed control. 

 

The greens and stems are quite high in minerals and can be eat'en. Maybe if you can't beat it, eat it! 

Not me, however. I don't eat weeds, LOL.

Edited August 26, 2015 by landtracdeerhunter

[growalot]

It's just horrid here...I would hope the clover would over grow it in spring ...but right now those fibrous roots just bind the soil to them ...They die in winter so perhaps my new plants will make it this spring...liking nitrogen ..figures it would be in the clover/alfalfa so bad...Ya I haven't eaten weed in years....

[landtracdeerhunter]

Late summer growing conditions are about the best, I remember in years here. Planted ground has enough moisture to maintain good plant growth. Nice sunny to partly cloudy days and warm nights. Radish, oats, and vetch mixtures are doing great. Radish and oats combos are well on there way, 10" of growth with deep rich nitrogen filled leaves. Quite excited about the turnout. Deer have been visiting all areas. Oats are being thinned in some areas, with an occasional radish left over, lie on top. An abundance of early apples, wildlife unable to keep ahead. Deer pick and chose their favorites. Oak tree are now being visited on a nightly basis. Shaping up to be a really nice looking fall. Hope you all, having the same success.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Nice inch of welcome rainfall this morning.  The timing can't be any better. You can almost see everything growing.  A salad smorgasbord  Shot more pics while the thunder rumbled in the distance. Hope everyone having success in growing!

 

One interesting note, I parked a transport disc at one end of the field.  An experiment. See how it affects wildlife. Deer have not visited that area, as of yet. Radish and oats are reaching knee high with blossoms showing on the radish. Deer are visiting every other area regularly. Turkey, woodchucks, skunk, weasel, raccoon, and crows are not affected.

I'll move the disc, in the next week to see what happens.

[landtracdeerhunter]

1- 5th pic, Daikon radish, oats mixture; planted late July.  4th pic vetch, oats, radish, and bluegrass mix planted first week of August. 6th pic, today Sept. 10th, nearly 16 inches tall.

Edited September 11, 2015 by landtracdeerhunter

[landtracdeerhunter]

Oats are in the boot.  Some visitors that just couldn't resist. Frogs now living in the salad.  I watched this little chipmunk pull and eat on a radish.

Edited September 11, 2015 by landtracdeerhunter

[landtracdeerhunter]

I didn't notice the tarsal gland on that buck until after I posted. Even a few weeks early, for this area. And in a doe only area. Figures.

[growalot]

Looks great...lots of happy campers will be on your place this year!...I got a small flock of turkey on cam..7 with 4 Toms in the group...Now I feel better about them...Good luck this year.

[landtracdeerhunter]

That turkey pic was taken, just before the turkeys vacated the area. Haven't seen a turkey in three weeks now.  Plenty of food too. Not sure the reason.  Going to miss all that turkey action, while walking past the stands this year.

[gjs4]

lambs quarters not curly dock...got that under control in the upper fields years ago.

I've sprayed disced, mowed and swore at both.... How'd you win the war?

[growalot]

I don't always or completely so I research and play off the good side of it....

 

http://commonsensehome.com/lambs-quarters/

 

http://wildblessings.com/plants/lambs-quarter/

Edited September 13, 2015 by growalot

[growalot]

By the way ......rotate buck wheat after a summer of discing and spaying ...late summer plant buckwheat then a Sept WR planting...would help   they produce millions of seed and lay dormant many many year... problem is,,,they fight back with mowing by practically breaking ground with seed heads  and too short to catch with blades...you'd image they can think!!

[landtracdeerhunter]

Cool evenings and a nice choice of salads. Hold the dressing please, LOL.

[growalot]

Nice! Had my morning plans changed headed out to get a ladder for the new blind and as I hit the end of drive I see a high racked good buck standing 20yrds from my rifle stand in the WW/clover...so I just kept my pace and headed down hill instead of to the barn....I saw him trot off until he got to the apple tree near my other stand and walk into the woods...So I'm having a second cup of coffee and doing laundry until things settle down....That though, explains all the noise at the road this morning as I fed and watered the animals. My cam has been documenting every car and bus that slows down in front of that field...lots of New ones in the area. I have to give the Spy Point credit on their motion detection that cam is a good 80yrds away from the road.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Radish are 23 inches. Oats are waist high. Deer haven't touched the radish. Eating the oats down to inches of the ground.

 

Left a transport disc on one end of the field.  About half way down to the disc, untouched. My Irish Spring method.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Wheat is in the ground. Frost seed to Mammoth Red, Birdfoot Trefoil, Hairy Vetch, and a grass mixture next.

[growalot]

The oats look great...mine look like that but no where near waist high...only 2ft tops...