Cover crops
Smart Radish
Smart radish® is a new radish bred in New Zealand specifically for the cover crop and soil health market. It is the first true cover crop radish designed for nutrient scavenging.
Smart Radish® produces a strong taproot to break compaction and a mass of lateral roots to take up nutrients. It’s also clubroot resistant and has bio-fumigant properties.
Product benefits (ACRES)
- For ACRES, a mixture of at least two crops from the prescribed list must be sown.
- Smart Radish® cover crops must remain in situ until after 1 January.
Usage instructions
| Rate | 4-6kg/ha |
| Time | Sow from mid-July up until 15 September if sowing for ACRES |
| Frost tolerance | Poor. Frost helps decay tillage radish and thus avoid the requirement for chemical spray |
| Biomass | Generates biomass quickly |
| Pests and diseases | This radish is clubroot resistant so suitable for all mixtures |