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Optimum Time?

loneranger

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When Is the optimum time to plant your Radish,Rape,Pea, type planting? Last two yrs I waited until beginning of Aug, and rain stopped. By Oct, with slow sprouting and infrequent rain, I just had tiny plants by Oct.
 
The small plants are much more palatable to the deer and get far better use throughout the fall as opposed to large plants. There's give and take because small plants are eaten up by winter and provide no additional forage in the tough winter months. The larger plants typically don't get touched until Jan but they provide a tremendous amount of food I until spring.
 
I think you just have to watch the weather. I've gotten burned by waiting also. If I see a good rain event towards the end of July, then I'm planting.
 
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