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Tillage radish vs. chiesel plowing???

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I'm in central illinois and have been contemplating drilling tillage radishes in after soft red winter wheat combined in july this year(2012). I have a few questions and concerns with this idea. Been reading a few brochures from Pro Harvest seeds and they make it sound like a god send to weed control and compaction issues, has anybody been using these for the above mentioned practices and how has the results been for you? Do you have any issues with the matted down decayed foliage in spring keeping the ground from drying out? They claim a guy wants to drill 8lbs to the acre.....what do you guys recommend? I would be drilling it in on 7.5 inch row spacings. Any info on this will be appreciated! Thanks Luke
 
June is a little early, best planted, about Aug 15, around here, in central MD. I planted them in wet ground, and they really did a number, improving drainage. They die out, in December, when the temps get into the teens. They rot down to nothing, the ones I had planted last Sept, are gone, by now. Not too sure what rate, I planted, I was putting them in the potato row, by hand. Check around on the prices, Rupp has them, and and the guy, in Holtwood PA, if I recall right. Google is your friend...
 
Yep, I'm gonna take my pea shooter, and adapt it to radish seed, and see if I can shoot one into owe malley's ear, so's he would have somethin growin between his ears!
 
You might check your local NRCS office, they actually just started a cover crop program this year, but have been working with them a few years. I know in southern and central IL its been around a while, and suddenly the last year or two guys here in in northern IL have been talking about it. I haven't heard anything about excessive foliage being an issue. Biggest issue I have heard so far is actually doing the seeding since a lot of people are trying to seed into standing crop. in your case thats not the issue.
 
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