Planted TURNIPS TODAY

myersfarm · #1 09/04/12, 06:25 PM

Just planted 40 acres of turnips today ..and tomorrow it will be 40 acres of wheat...needing just a little sprinkle in the next few days

springvalley · #2 09/04/12, 07:03 PM

Do you use them both for pasture for the cattle? I`m going to plant wheat also, but it will be for grain next summer. > Thanks Marc

myersfarm · #3 09/04/12, 09:01 PM

Yes for pasture. I give them 5 foot by 400 ft. And rotate thought both. They love it so do the deer

rancher1913 · #4 09/04/12, 09:13 PM

i had hoped to have some wheat in by now for either pasture or seed but we are still bone dry and no rain in the forecast. how much moisture do the beets need to make.

myersfarm · #5 09/05/12, 12:08 AM

Rancher no beets but TURNIPS here I got rain from the hurricane..and have a 40 % chance 2 days this week so I took the chance with the temps in the 95 just seemed like the right time to plant wi---- was 2 weeks back but I have no grass here except in the hay field it looks good

WJMartin · #6 09/05/12, 02:04 PM

myersfarm, do you drill in your turnips or broadcast? i have several acres of bare dirt, just cleared off cedars, and need to put something on to hold soil. I've planted some rye but thought a mixture of stuff might get better results. Of course, some rain would make all the difference too.

myersfarm · #7 09/05/12, 03:19 PM

WJ I just broadcast turnips on bare ground I am getting a rain right now just almost got the wheat broadcast and it started nice soaking rain turnips should be up next week if the temp stays in the 90

bruce2288 · #8 09/05/12, 09:57 PM

You are indeed fortunate. I have been waiting to plant for over 100 days. I did get .60 once. All that would have done is germinated and left roots in dry dirt in 2 days. I was hoping that hurricane would have pushed some moisture here but it was too far east.

Awnry Abe · #9 09/05/12, 10:04 PM

Sorry to hear that Bruce. It is very painful waiting for rain.

myersfarm · #10 09/06/12, 05:46 PM

Getting more rain now this should make a good stand

topside1 · #11 09/06/12, 06:53 PM

Post a photo or two if you can find the time....Topside

myersfarm · #12 09/06/12, 07:05 PM

This is what the field looked like with the wheat a flying and the rain a falling

Planted TURNIPS TODAY - Cattle

had to throw in one form today with the new rain coming across my Hay field

Planted TURNIPS TODAY - Cattle

myersfarm · #13 09/06/12, 07:11 PM

will post new ones as the crop comes up HOPEFULLY it will be knee high to a giraffe

Allen W · #14 09/06/12, 09:17 PM

Ever try any canola?

Cheryl aka JM · #15 09/07/12, 08:07 AM

help the slow ones out....
Those of us that don't have a drill can just broadcast turnips and/or wheat just before a week in which we expect a couple inches of rain and that will allow the seed to germinate without having to till or drill?

So I could most likely find a few big bags of seed at the co-op and take the time to spread it with the little hopper that pulls behind my lawn mower and that would make a nice nutritious addition to for my winter pasture right?

An earlier post said you broadcast it on bare ground.....how about ground just bush hogged to knock down the undesirable weeds? Would the turnips and wheat still germinate and grow?

myersfarm · #16 09/07/12, 08:35 AM

you have to have the three things ....seed touching the ground...90 degree temp....and moisture....and need to do it before September 15 here were I am.....does not work to good if the grass is to thick and the seed can not get direct sun light...that will make it come up... but you will also need rain after it comes up so it can grow...this date Spetember 15 is usually when the fescue just STARTS TO COME BACK HERE... draging a hire behind sure helps the stand just raking the surface to much draging will cover the Turnips too much and will almost put the wheat in to rows

Cheryl aka JM · #17 09/07/12, 08:46 AM

Thanks
I'm thinking I'm running a bit late then. We are 90 today but expected to cool off next week. The pastures are looking real nice right now but a couple weeks ago they were looking pretty ratty. It might be rye coming up making it look nice right now. I did spend quite a few days last year out on my little lawn mower spreading rye seed everywhere the lawn mower could go and stay up right on. Maybe next year I will try the turnips when the ground is still looking ratty. Thanks for the ideas. I'm trying to learn how to make my pastures nice and keep them that way.

SCRancher · #18 09/07/12, 10:11 AM

My pastures are infested with what most would consider weeds - but I have seen the cows eat the weeds in various stages with the exception of Horse Nettle, Canadian Thistle, Bitter Weed, and some sort of broad leaf plant that smells like cat pee.

My pastures in places that the weeds are thick are pretty poor areas - I would rather have weeds than bare dirt - at least the weeds are bringing up nutrients and converting them to organic matter that will eventually get added to the soil.

If I had a 10 or 15 foot cutter rather than the 6 foot cutter I currently have I would clip the pastures more but right now it's really not economical to keep my pastures clipped. I am keeping my eye out for a 15 foot bat wing brush hog.

With my current cutter it takes me over 4 hours for 10 acres + the fuel - I simply don't have that kind of time to spend.

I do have some bare spots that I was planning on over-seeding with Texoma Max Q + Marshall Rye grass this year but it's not going to happen this year - I was also thinking of experimenting with Ground Hog Radishes and Turnips but again not this year, perhaps next.

myersfarm · #19 09/07/12, 07:58 PM

Getting a big rain again. Here in south east Missouri