[AT] OT Daikon or Tillage Radish

[Cecil R Bearden]

Yes that is the radish.   It is a Daikon I found after some research.  
Thanks...    I found some in 50lb bags at a seed company about 25 miles 
away.   Of course they were sold out and I have to wait a couple of 
weeks to get it.  I will just mix it in with the wheat seed in the 
drill.   It is about time to sow wheat here, if we want any winter 
pasture.  I wanted to sow this to break up the ground without having to 
run the deep subsoiler.  No-till is great, but you have to break up the 
ground every 5 years or so if you pasture it.  The soil gets packed.  
This radish is supposed to break up the ground with the roots, and then 
when it decomposes from the frost it produces some organic matter it 
also brings nutrients from below to the surface, however, there are not 
a lot of nutrients down below in that sterile ground!!!   Just some of 
the hype I guess!  The seed costs $130 for a 50lb bag, and they 
recommend about 8 to 12 lbs per acre.  That is $20 to $30/acre.  I am 
going to try to use about 4lbs and see what happens.  It will provide 
some forage for the sheep and with the ground we have, anything will 
help.  I spread chicken litter at the rate of 1 ton per acre for 2 years 
in a row.  It was about $65 per acre for that...   The only way to break 
even is to pasture and get the gain on cattle.

Thanks to everyone for your input..

Cecil in OKla




On 9/1/2012 8:25 PM, Dave Rotigel wrote:
> Is this the seed that you are looking for Cecil? See: http://www.hancockseed.com/application-area-239/wildlife-food-plot-seed-297/food-plot-greens-brassicas-299/daikon-radish-seed-5-lb-bag-487.html
> 	Dave
> PS, See also: http://www.google.com/search?q=japanees+raddish&sugexp=chrome,mod=8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=japanees+raddish+seeds&oq=japanees+raddish+seeds&gs_l=serp.3...4863.6561.0.7038.6.6.0.0.0.0.148.773.0j6.6.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.CjpaRN10xCA&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=8fd5d4d51e4d6935&biw=1381&bih=841
>
> On Sep 1, 2012, at 9:00 PM, Ivan wrote:
>
>> I always knew it as japanese radish ,they do get really big .A couple
>> foot long . A family friend was Japanese ,  she would always grate them
>> and serve in soy sauce . Hopefully next vacation will be to visit her
>> and get some real oriental food !
>>   I have seen them in seed catalogs before for gardening ,buy not in
>> large quanity . Ivan
>>    On 9/1/2012 10:37 AM, Cecil R Bearden wrote:
>>> Anyone heard of this radish or where I can buy seed in quantity at a
>>> reasonable price?.   In Oklahoma, it is foreign...    This vegetable has
>>> a tap root that can go below the plow pan in the soil and prevent me
>>> from wearing out my antique tractors to plow the ground up.  It also
>>> brings nutrients from below to the surface when it decomposes.    Really
>>> too good to be true, but if I don't try it , I will never know.   I have
>>> resolved to try the new stuff that I could never get my Dad to try out.
>>>
>>> Cecil in OKla
>>>
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