- Location
- east yorkshire
2to 3 years depending on the field
2to 3 years depending on the field
I suppose every farm will be different, in my case I started to notice a difference in year 4. The reduced slug pressure is quite evident now, a ploughing neighbour only growing wheat and barley has used more pellets and had more damage than me this year.
I find that a decent rule of thumb too. I find the second year after no till can be a bit frustrating - soil not quite structured much, drainage a bit poorer, not enough worms yet etc.
my slugs are a lot worse with no tilling wheat into osr stubbles both with drilling on the green and the old fashion way
Just thinking about that, do you think worms might eat slug eggs? They like anything with a bit of protein in it, if they are prepared to graze fusarium off wheat straw, slug eggs would make a nice juicy meal. I could find quite big slugs in a bean stubble a few weeks ago but scratching around, never did see any eggs, just loads of worms. I put some Slux on after drilling and can't find any now.
Just thinking about that, do you think worms might eat slug eggs? They like anything with a bit of protein in it, if they are prepared to graze fusarium off wheat straw, slug eggs would make a nice juicy meal. I could find quite big slugs in a bean stubble a few weeks ago but scratching around, never did see any eggs, just loads of worms. I put some Slux on after drilling and can't find any now.
Not sure the difference between no till and zero till.What are you no tilling with ?
There is a BIG difference between dd / no till and zero till / drilling on the green
Slug were at there worst here when we dd'ed
Not sure the difference between no till and zero till.
Any care to explain?
Sorry
I would be more concerned in fields part fields after oil seed rape that had not greened up as the slug pressure prevents the rape from getting established
where the osr regrowth is obviously undamaged from slugs the slug risk is much reduced
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On the green today with the dts, she loved it, ran nice and clean with no blocking, will monitor slug activity but the volunteer rape wasn't being grazed
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On the green today with the dts, she loved it, ran nice and clean with no blocking, will monitor slug activity but the volunteer rape wasn't being grazed
I think for this technique to work you need to be low disturbance drilling