Central Iowa
Life Member
I tried getting them in the last week of July "wet or dry plant turnips on the 25th of July" but with a heavy soaking that week I had to wait untill the 4th of August to get them planted. I started with a order from Welter seeds and made a custom blend of 1# Purple Tops, 1/2# Barkant Turnip, 1/2# Appin Turnip, 1/3# Pasja Hybrid Brassica, 1/3# Bonar Rape,1/3# Dwarf Essex Rape per acre for a trotal of 3# per acre.
August 4th I spread the seed with a hand seeder set on the finest setting on freshly disced ground. Gave it one pass with the cultipacker and waited and waited for rain. We received almost 1" a few weeks after planting but with available ground moisture and heavy dew most mornings it has done just fine.
The pictures taken below were 34 days apart. 1 week ago I spread fertilizer before a rain that should help quite a bit. Looks like we will have plenty of quality forage to help the deer through the winter if things continue as planned.
August 4th I spread the seed with a hand seeder set on the finest setting on freshly disced ground. Gave it one pass with the cultipacker and waited and waited for rain. We received almost 1" a few weeks after planting but with available ground moisture and heavy dew most mornings it has done just fine.
The pictures taken below were 34 days apart. 1 week ago I spread fertilizer before a rain that should help quite a bit. Looks like we will have plenty of quality forage to help the deer through the winter if things continue as planned.
