Tall Tine Tubers is
different from any other turnip product on the market in one important way: its
backbone turnip variety, Tall Tine Turnip, is the only turnip variety ever
scientifically developed specifically for deer. Tall Tine Turnip is a
proprietary turnip variety that you’ll only find in Whitetail Institute
products. The research and development that ultimately led to Tall Tine
Turnips began with the Whitetail Institute’s agronomists, who painstakingly
selected and tested numerous existing turnip varieties to determine the ones
that best displayed specific characteristics the Whitetail Institute considered
most important for any turnip product that would be planted in food plots for
deer. Examples include attractiveness to deer, rapid establishment and growth,
high tonnage, tuber size, and sustained availability. The No. 1 Selection Criteria: Preference by
Deer It took the Whitetail Institute six years to develop Tall Tine
Tubers — six years of constantly evaluating candidate components, alone and in
different ratios, in a truly reliable way: by planting according to directions,
observing the stand for establishment, growth and production under actual
climactic conditions, and letting wild, free-ranging deer show which they
preferred the most. Different formulations
were initially tested by the Whitetail Institute until the list of candidate
blends was narrowed to only the very best. The best candidates then went on for
real-world testing on wild, free-ranging deer at the Whitetail Institute and at
its Certified Research Centers across North America. Whenever Whitetail
Institute was satisfied during a phase of development that its testing had
proven deer preference for a particular plant, that plant was isolated and protected
from further browsing in order to allow it to produce seed. That seed was then
put back into testing the following year, and the process of developing the
most attractive turnip variety continued. Think about it — if you’re developing
products intended to establish quickly, grow well, attract and hold deer, and
last in a wide variety of climates, what could be a more reliable test than
actually planting them and observing what happens under real-world conditions? It’s expensive and time consuming to do it
that way, but that’s how the Whitetail Institute does it, and for one simple
reason: It provides as reliable proof as you can get. And that’s the real
beauty of Tall Tine Tubers. As is the case with all Whitetail Institute
products, the guesswork has been taken out. You have the luxury of relying on
the Whitetail Institute name and what wild deer have shown under real-world
conditions. Designed for planting in the
late summer/early fall, Tall Tine Tubers provides two food sources for deer
during the fall and winter. The first is its foliage, which grows very quickly,
produces abundant tonnage, and becomes even sweeter with the frosts of fall.
The second is the sweet tubers it produces, which can grow large underground
and are attacked as deer dig them up when the cold weather sets in. Tall Tine Tubers is available in 1/2-acre and
2-acre bags. For more information, visit whitetailinstitute.com, or call the
Whitetail Institute’s in-house consultants at (800) 688-3030. The call and the
service are free.
