Wild Life & Food Plot Mixes

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About Dwarf Essex Rape Seed

Whitetail deer love winter greens…that is a fact.  Another fact is that in many areas cool weather brings less food  sources for deer.  This is why good food plot planning would include Rape. Dwarf Essex Rape provides a green leafy fast growing plant that the deer love!

Dwarf Essex Rape, also known as Athena Rape, is a cool-season annual  plant similar to turnip and rutabaga, it is a part of the  cabbage family, and does taste similar to cabbage. Produces  large, flat leave that grow between 12 to 20 inches long, and 8  to 15 inches wide. Grows to a height of 2 to 4 feet. Has yellow,  cross shaped flowers with four petal, and produces sickle shaped  pods that contains tiny seeds. Used primarily for forage, seed  oil (colza oil) and birdseed. A favorite of deer.