Daikon Radish
Contributors to this thread:Whitetail Deer
From: jf
10-Oct-18
The farmer who farms my ground is going to use daikon radishes for a cover crop this winter. How well will the deer use daikon radishes as a food source?
From: Mark Watkins
10-Oct-18
jf,
After having overseeded (into beans) and planted straight brassica plots for 6 years, my first reaction is certainly a positive!
Deer are browsers and like variety. Sometimes it takes a year or two for deer to "really hit" a new food crop in their area.
Let us know how it turns out!
Mark
From: MK111
10-Oct-18
It took 1-2 yrs for the deer to just pound my radish-turnip plot. IMHO it takes deer awhile to learn to eat a new plant.
From: grubby
10-Oct-18
radishes have been my best food plot both in deer consumption and In growth.
From: jingalls
10-Oct-18
I mix radishes in with my turnips and the deer pound them early and then late winter they will dig up th tubers and eat them.
From: Mac5
10-Oct-18
My farmer did the same exact thing this year......He planted winter wheat after he harvested the beans last year, then planted Radish's as a cover crop after he harvested the wheat....I was very skeptical at first, but am very please to see how the deer have taken a liking to them! Last night I watched 7 bucks and 14 does walk across 5 acres of food plot, to go eat on the radish field!
From: fshafly2
10-Oct-18
Although the whiteoaks are dropping big time around here in So MD, deer still are browsing my radish/rape plots. -fsh
From: drycreek
10-Oct-18
I got a few radish seeds mixed in something else and they were eaten immediately and down to the ground. I had to use google to even figure out what they were. I planned on planting some this year but forgot.........:-(