Tillage Radish® Resource Guide - Cover Crop Solutions

TILLAGEMAX MIXESTillage Radish®CCS Fridge TriticaleTHIS MIX IS EXCELLENT FOR:3 Scavenging and storing N3 Absorbing manure nutrients3 Improving water infiltrationFor Easy Control and Aggressive Spring BiomassTALLADEGA provides a bundle of benefits, starting with the amazingTillage Radish® taproot that drills right through tough compaction.The winter hardy Fridge Triticale excels at soaking up any leftover Nfrom a previous crops or manure application. Can be used as a forageby doubling the seeding rates. This is the mix you need where it iscertain there is plenty of N or you have nutrients in manure you wantto catch in the fall and release in the spring.Planting: Plant 3-10 weeks prior to first killing frostSeeding Depth: 1”PLANTING TIPS & SEEDING RATEComparable seed on Drill chart is WheatSeeding Rate:- Drilling: 40 lbs/acre- Broadcast / Aerial: 50 lbs/acre- Precision Planting (15” with 5” in-row): 30 lbs/acre(Kinze Brush Meter with Backing Plate - 60 Cell Soybean Plate)- For Forage: Increase rate to 40-50 lbs/acreControl: It is recommended to control when CCS Fridge Triticalereaches 18” in height. Use one quart of glyphosate and one pintof a 2,4-D product which will control any Tillage Radish® that may nothave been winter killed.FORAGE POTENTIALSeeding rate 40-50 lbs. To maximize forage potential, harvest at early bloom.replicated plotsVariety % Moisture %CP % ADF % NDF NDFd % Sugar TDN Nel RFVTALLADEGA 1 82.4 19.2 22.4 46.8 76.7 15.4 73.9 .78 162TALLADEGA 2 82.7 14.9 26.5 47.5 80.5 13.9 71.1 .74 133CP Crude proteinADF Acid detergent fiberNDF Neutral detergent fiberNDFd 30 hour in-vitro neutral detergent fiber digestibilityTDNNELRFVTotal digestible nutrientsNet energy lactationRelative feed valueThese observations are based on reliable research, testing and verification. Data available on request. CoverCropSolutions.com1-800-767-9441 36 CoverCropSolutions.com