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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: tattycat on March 04, 2016, 07:45:11 pm

Title: Planting for pigs
Post by: tattycat on March 04, 2016, 07:45:11 pm

Hiya all..got paddocks just about set up..about quarter acre..so any of you plant the ground during the rotations?  If so what do you plant?
Cheers

Title: Re: Planting for pigs
Post by: heyhay1984 on March 04, 2016, 08:34:32 pm

Had good success with Jerusalem (f)artichokes one year- grew really high like sunflowers and gave plenty of shade, and the pigs must have liked them as they dug up every last one! It's notorious for being hard to get rid of once you've planted it on and we haven't seen a single one since.

Title: Re: Planting for pigs
Post by: oor wullie on March 05, 2016, 06:06:05 am

I had success with stubble turnips, they grow fast and the pigs loved them.

Title: Re: Planting for pigs
Post by: Small Plot Big Ideas on March 05, 2016, 09:17:34 am

Quote from: oor wullie on March 05, 2016, 06:06:05 am

I had success with stubble turnips, they grow fast and the pigs loved them.

Can anyone suggest a source for stubble turnips (or similar) for small scale use? Most sites I can find online list it in large scale quantities (10kg+) which might cover 2-3 acres but I have less than an acre for this

Alternatively are there any other similar crops which might be useful?

Title: Re: Planting for pigs
Post by: tattycat on March 05, 2016, 12:13:35 pm

Small Plot..we looked on the Cotswold Seeds site and they sell by the kg...
Oor Willie. .what did you do to prep the ground before sowing? Thanks

Title: Re: Planting for pigs
Post by: LouiseG on March 05, 2016, 04:54:38 pm

We buy all our veggie seeds from www.wholesale.molesseeds.co.uk they sell small quantities of seeds but I had a quick look and couldn't see specific fodder turnips but several different turnips, they also sell Green Manure plants like beans and peas, would they be any good for pigs?


Hope it maybe helps