Brassicas
Daikon Radish
Radish is a cool season annual, ideally suited for mixes with most other cover crop species. Enricher Radish will scavenge extra nutrients (especially sulfur) and increase soil biology but will need 60 days of good weather to achieve its full potential. When planted alone, it will increase spring erosion, therefore, seed with peas, oats, annual ryegrass, or other cereal grains. It will also winterkill in the high teens to lower 20’s and will decompose by spring. As the radish decomposes, it will release a sulfur smell similar to propane.
Enricher radish will help control several nematode species, and its large taproot is the ultimate bio driller to break compactions and increase water infiltration. The large taproot enables radish to retain a substantial amount of micro- and macronutrients that are prone to leaching during the fallow winter.
Rapeseed
Rapeseed is a cool season winter annual in the brassica family used in many cover crop mixes. It is easy to establish via drill, broadcast, or aerial application, is fast growing in the fall, and has a fibrous root system that helps break compaction. Rapeseed can be planted later than radishes, and will often survive the winter to continue soaking up nutrients in the spring.
Dwarf Essex Rapeseed
Rapeseed is a cool season winter annual in the brassica family used in many cover crop mixes. It is easy to establish via drill, broadcast, or aerial application, is fast growing in the fall, and has a fibrous root system that helps break compaction. Rapeseed can be planted later than radishes, and will often survive the winter to continue soaking up nutrients in the spring. If spring termination is necessary contact your Bio Till rep for suggestions on herbicide since glyphosate will not kill rapeseed by itself.
Purple Top Turnip
Established in mid to late summer, purple top turnips are used for grazing early fall into late winter. Turnips mixed with annual ryegrass and other cereal grains make a good fall feed when broadcast into corn or soybeans before harvest. The turnip tops and bulbs are both edible, highly digestible and a good source of sulfur. Purple top turnips should not be overseeded in excess of 2 lbs/ac in mixes.