Tillage Radish® Resource Guide - Cover Crop Solutions
Tillage Radish® Resource Guide - Cover Crop Solutions
Tillage Radish® Resource Guide - Cover Crop Solutions
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BENEFITSHow it pays: Improves soil fertilityTHE AMAZING TILLAGE RADISH ® TAPROOTBecause of its unique plant characteristics, the <strong>Tillage</strong> Radish ® cover cropprovides measurable benefits to the farmer, the soil, and the environment allwhile being easy to manage. Successful farmers find that <strong>Tillage</strong> Radish ® is thecover crop that pays with tangible benefits.One of these unique traits is the taproot, which reaches depths of 30” andbeyond! When it hits the compaction zone (around 290 PSI), the tuber stopsand the taproot begins to bio-drill deep down into the subsoil.(Top) <strong>Tillage</strong> Radish® 8 days after seeding showing developing taproot system.Within a month, the roots will reach depths of 30 inches and beyond.(Bottom) Taken along plot boundary lines, the spinach on far left (see arrow)had no <strong>Tillage</strong> Radish®, while the spinach on far right was planted at the sametime next to <strong>Tillage</strong> Radish® (decaying root visible; see arrow) and middlespinach in between.Planted at same time, no coverDecaying <strong>Tillage</strong> Radish®1-800-767-9441 12 <strong>Cover</strong><strong>Crop</strong><strong>Solutions</strong>.com
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