Tillage Radish® Resource Guide - Cover Crop Solutions

BENEFITSHow it pays: Enhances seed bedEARLIER PLANTING & GERMINATIONUnlike most other cover crops commonly used, Tillage Radish ® won’tcomplicate or delay spring field operations. Because it winterkills inmost areas, it does not need to be killed or incorporated to prepare aspring seedbed. When conditions are favorable, the field will be readyfor direct planting.Because Tillage Radish ® leaves the soil surface weed free, punctured bylarge root holes, and covered by very thin and sparse residue, the seedbedsoil warms up and dries out considerably faster in early spring than dosoils covered by either winter weeds or a growing cover crop. The warmer,drier soil and the elimination of the need for tillage can allow for earlierspring planting.Tillage Radish ® soils are drier for earlier planting...0.500.450.400.350.30VOLUMETRIC MOISTURE CONTENTUniversity of MarylandTillage Radish ®No Cover CropRye4/1 4/4 4/7 4/10 4/16 4/22 4/25Tillage Radish ® soils are warmer forearlier germination...DAILY RANGE OF SOIL TEMPS AT 2” DEPTH (ºF)University of Maryland80Tillage Radish ®Rye7060Most winter annual weedsnever see the light of day.50404/1 4/4 4/7 4/10 4/16 4/22 4/25No-till planted Peas emerge in minimal spring residue of the Tillage Radish®.1-800-767-9441 16 CoverCropSolutions.com