Stubble turnip variety

robbie

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A local sheep man told me a few weeks ago he had a ton of seed waiting to be drilled so there must be some about.

Apologies for a thread hyjack but has anyone got any info or anicdotal evidence about different varieties of turnips having lesser or greater effects on BCN/FLN numbers??? I've asked this question else where but no answer except from the sheep man saying Samson are the best ones to grow.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤔

Ps Frisia have produced some big yields here in the past but so have Sampson and volenda
 

robbie

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Stubble turnips will have no effect on BCN/FLN numbers.

In rotation, it could help reduce numbers being as it would be a break crop.
Turnips, normal mustard and normal radish are actually all hosts for nematodes and they will multiple quite happily with these crops in the ground. It's why I stopped growing turnips ahead of beet because BCN were becoming more of a problem, I've since switched to multi resistant radish(class1) and in combination with resistant beet varieties I don't seem to be having problems.

Now greening for bps had gone I'd like to go back to turnips for sheep and but I don't want to go back to square one again, I've been told some turnips are better to grow in this respect than others but I don't really buy into it.
 

Great In Grass

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Turnips, normal mustard and normal radish are actually all hosts for nematodes and they will multiple quite happily with these crops in the ground. It's why I stopped growing turnips ahead of beet because BCN were becoming more of a problem, I've since switched to multi resistant radish(class1) and in combination with resistant beet varieties I don't seem to be having problems.

Now greening for bps had gone I'd like to go back to turnips for sheep and but I don't want to go back to square one again, I've been told some turnips are better to grow in this respect than others but I don't really buy into it.
Before making my comment I spoke with a breeders rep & I passed on what was said.

I'll do a bit more investigation tomorrow.
 

Derrick Hughes

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I've not heard of a Turnip Veriatty that will reduce Nenitodes as Class 1 Raddish does ,it has been bred especially to reduce nematodes and is a high glucosinolate variety, required to produce high levels of isothiocyante for effective suppression of soil borne pests and diseases.
 
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I've not heard of a Turnip Veriatty that will reduce Nenitodes as
Terranova Raddish does ,it has been bred especially to reduce nematodes and is a high glucosinolate variety, required to produce high levels of isothiocyante for effective suppression of soil borne pests and diseases.
But sheep man does not want to graze radish
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