FOOD PLOT QUESTION...brassicas


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Re: FOOD PLOT QUESTION...brassicas

kc---I have never had any luck with spring brassica plantings. The biggest problem is the bugs---every darn bug likes to eat them from beetles to grasshoppers. The deer never touch them here during the warm months and if I did get some survive the summer the deer ignored those during the fall and winter and ate the young tender ones---so my suggestion would be to wait until late summer/early fall to plant them.

todd

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Re: FOOD PLOT QUESTION...brassicas

Brassicas, basically cabbages, are a cold weather crop. IMHO, you should wait until August to plant.

And, I'll also echo what Todd said, the deer basically didn't touch the brassica I planted last year. Heck, my daughter and I ate more than the deer did. grin.gif

You might want to PM Strut10, he plants a fair amount of brassicas.

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Re: FOOD PLOT QUESTION...brassicas

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it will only go so far and when the winter hits it dies!

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Not necessarily so. I have at least 20 to 30 plants survive the winter here in Ohio, and they are producing seeds as I type this now.

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brassicas are very cold tolerant---I know all of mine survive the winter--(well at least the ones the deer don't devour to the ground grin.gif)

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