Forage radish

[Downton_shep]

Has anyone any experience with forage radish? Trying some this year following some wheat. From what I’ve found it looks more like a parsnip. Just wondering how the sheep will get on getting it out the ground.

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Tillage raddish?

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Grown more as a soil conditioner than feed I thought? Or part of diverse mix.
I grew some fodder raddish which is just leaf and an extensive root system.
Would think sheep will only eat a bit off the top at best, but no direct experience.

 

[Downton_shep]

Tillage raddish?

Tillage Radish | Species Information

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Grown more as a soil conditioner than feed I thought? Or part of diverse mix.
I grew some fodder raddish which is just leaf and an extensive root system.
Would think sheep will only eat a bit off the top at best, but no direct experience.

That’s the impression I got after speaking to the boss. More for the ground than the sheep.
If it’s not any good they’ll have to buy in something else in instead!

 

[Tim W]

I've put 60 acres in mixed with oats and i hope it feeds the ewes well (they'll be hungry otherwise )

 

[tw15]

Its fine been using fodder radish and tillage raddish in mix's for 5 - 6 years now and the grazier puts his sheep on them in late jan /feb they clear the lot soil bare .

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Its fine been using fodder radish and tillage raddish in mix's for 5 - 6 years now and the grazier puts his sheep on them in late jan /feb they clear the lot soil bare .

Yes I meant clear the leaf/ stem but presumably can't get at much of the bulb/ tuber

 

[tw15]

Yes I meant clear the leaf/ stem but presumably can't get at much of the bulb/ tuber

I mix both tillage and fodder radish's in a mix so as to get some soil busting as well as leaf fodder the deeper rooting of the tillage radish soon rot down leaving nice space for air to get into the lower soil profile.

 

[spin cycle]

I've put 60 acres in mixed with oats and i hope it feeds the ewes well (they'll be hungry otherwise )

when do you put it in and how

 

[Tim W]

when do you put it in and how

After wheat with a drill ---at least that's what my landlord has done for me, not sure if it got rolled too?
I haven't been to see it since it went in but am told at least some of it has germinated
I haven't had the bill yet but i know it's more expensive than just turnips

I will try to take a look and post some pics if it's worth looking at

Turnips have all come up well despite some going in very late

 

[unlacedgecko]

After wheat with a drill ---at least that's what my landlord has done for me, not sure if it got rolled too?
I haven't been to see it since it went in but am told at least some of it has germinated
I haven't had the bill yet but i know it's more expensive than just turnips

I will try to take a look and post some pics if it's worth looking at

Turnips have all come up well despite some going in very late

Why do you have it if it’s more expensive than turnips?

 

[Al R]

I grew a fair amount of Deep Till Radish as a soil conditioner a few years ago as part of DSV Betamax mix to use before Beet. It did a superb job, on the very heavy land it saved a pass with a subsoiler and 2 passes with the power Harrow, topped and ploughed it in but it was over 1metre high at Christmas, sown 30th August. The bulbs on the deep till radish stuck out of the ground but went down like a long carrot down 12-14” in 4 months. They certainly were edible as I had a few myself.

Sowed some late turnips last Saturday and their up in 6 days

 

[Tim W]

Why do you have it if it’s more expensive than turnips?

1st time ---give it a try

 

[Kiwi Pete]

1st time ---give it a try

I doubt you'll regret it - grazed properly it's capable of lasting quite a while

 

[Tim W]

I doubt you'll regret it - grazed properly it's capable of lasting quite a while

The thought is
1) It may be more expensive but could be more frost resistant
2) It will do the soil some good ----which may not be directly to my advantage but---
3) ---if it does it's job the landlord may pay for it in the future

Will i get any re-growth out of it?

 

[Kiwi Pete]

The thought is
1) It may be more expensive but could be more frost resistant
2) It will do the soil some good ----which may not be directly to my advantage but---
3) ---if it does it's job the landlord may pay for it in the future

Will i get any re-growth out of it?

You should do - just don't hit it too hard.
Generally around here (coastal climate) it can be sown late spring and grazed in a few weeks to fatten lambs, then shut up later on in the year for autumn/winter feed for ewes.

Just spun on with fert and rolled down, makes a good crop after beet to relieve blocky soils.
I've only grown tillage radish here in a mix, the cattle had kicked most of the tops off them before winter but did grate away at the roots.

As thick as my arm at the surface, you can see how they'd punch down through a compaction layer!

 

[Downton_shep]

The thought is
1) It may be more expensive but could be more frost resistant
2) It will do the soil some good ----which may not be directly to my advantage but---
3) ---if it does it's job the landlord may pay for it in the future

Will i get any re-growth out of it?

Not sure about the frost resistance, that’s one of my worries with it.

 

[Will 1594]

@spin cycle if you want a look at radish . And radish vetch mix . And some mustard radish mix . Bring your spade and have a poke about

 

[Will 1594]

@spin cycle Oil radish drilled direct with combi ,6 th august , first pic 13 kg ha .
Mustard oil radish 14 july look how its pushing through compacted layer ,it was late lifted spuds and very wet ,just levelled it out and drilled it and rolled it down

 

[spin cycle]

thanks .....i've got experience of fodder radish.....which i thought was the same as 'oil' or 'tillage' radish.....but i don't think it is.....i was just interested in how the oats would fare in the mix

 

[Great In Grass]

thanks .....i've got experience of fodder radish.....which i thought was the same as 'oil' or 'tillage' radish.....but i don't think it is.....i was just interested in how the oats would fare in the mix

Fodder Radish & Oilseed Radish is one of the same. "Tillage" Radish is a trademark name (I believe) DSV use for Daikon Radish. Daikon Radish originated from Asia where it is a culinary root.