Smart Radish: The New Brassica Built for Cover Crops
See how the Smart Radish stacks up against traditional daikon and oilseed radish varieties. Noah and Jacob walk through the differences in root structure, forage production, and winter performance that make this New Zealand-bred plant worth planting.
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0:04 Hi guys, Noah here with Green Cover Seed. As promised we're back with another.
0:08 Educational video about cover crops. Today we're looking at our newest Brassica, the smart radish. Hey, this is
0:14 Jacob and yes the smart radish is a new plant that is bred specifically for the cover crop and soil health market this.
0:21 Is not a daikon vegetable or oilseed radish but is an entirely new plant from top to bottom. This has been bred in New.
0:28 Zealand by Mr. Adrian Russell and now being marketed in the United States by Green Pepper Seed. These were both.
0:35 Planted on July 4th so we're about 40 days of growth here and this daikon or nitro radish has an excellent tap root.
0:42 Which is great for scavenging nutrients, storing them throughout the winter and then slowly releasing them back of your.
0:53 Deeper this tacker it is, it also has these side horizontal roots which pull this tuber deeper into the ground.
1:00 Unlike the nitro radish which sits about 2 to 3 inches above ground, also from a grazing standpoint the forage production.
1:07 From the smart radish far outweighs that of the nitro radish and because more of that tuber on the smart radish is
1:14 Farther underneath the soil we're excited to see how well it does in the winter months when it gets cold and frost starts coming. Priced at a dollar ninety-five and 27,000 seeds per pound we're confident that this new smart radish will be well worth it.
1:28 If you want to learn more about the smart radish visit our website at greencarsetcalm or call our office at 402-469-6784. Plant smart and plant radish.