RE: Update #4, Mowed Will it strengthen the plants?
In the last photo that is a turnip in the middle ,light green ,they nibbled on them in late summer but after the freeze they dug up every root .Not a one came up this year.I wish I would have known that earlier I would have reseeded them.We just cut ours ,a local farmer cuts and bales it ,he loves it .My mower deck is to low ,he cuts it down to 6to8 inches just right ,might get 3 cuts this year.do yearly soil test from agway, it took 2 ton of lime per acre each year for us.