DWilk
Active Member
So we put in an acre of Imperial Winter-Greens this year. This was our first time dealing with brassicas and we fought with weeds and bugs a little. We ended up with a respectable stand; some of it was decimated by insects but healthier chunks grew to 3 feet.
Foxtail was noticeable but the brassicas were still there. My question is... why haven't the deer even touched it?
What is everyone's success rate appealing to their herd with brassicas? I've heard some deer don't prefer it, but I've never heard of deer ignoring the plants altogether. They absolutely have not touched the stuff, and the deer are certainly there, even walking through it on a regular basis.
This was disappointing to me to say the least. Do the deer here have abnormal taste buds from the seemingly thousands of deer that go crazy over the stuff? .. Or is there something we could've done different? These were the Whitetail Institute brand and off the top of my head included a half dozen types of rape and kale, no turnips.
Foxtail was noticeable but the brassicas were still there. My question is... why haven't the deer even touched it?
What is everyone's success rate appealing to their herd with brassicas? I've heard some deer don't prefer it, but I've never heard of deer ignoring the plants altogether. They absolutely have not touched the stuff, and the deer are certainly there, even walking through it on a regular basis.
This was disappointing to me to say the least. Do the deer here have abnormal taste buds from the seemingly thousands of deer that go crazy over the stuff? .. Or is there something we could've done different? These were the Whitetail Institute brand and off the top of my head included a half dozen types of rape and kale, no turnips.