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.

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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


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