SilliamWhale
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That's it.
Anyway @Steakeater here are the pics. Not pretty but not a disaster at all. Anyone know the creatures in the first pic?
Is anyone actually continually no-tilling?
- Thread starter marco
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That's it.
Anyway @Steakeater here are the pics. Not pretty but not a disaster at all. Anyone know the creatures in the first pic?
Baling Hay
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Thanks for the photos. Looks like some grass grew back and is that some bracken in the last photo?
SilliamWhale
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Yes. Was bound to have a bit growing back really given the bank. I reckon a decent slug of roundup now with a wetter, a good wheat pre em and some atlantis in the spring should give 3 shots at any remaining grassweeds. the other broadleaves will go in time.
Baling Hay
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Do you think any other crop would have been better than beans going into grass?
SilliamWhale
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Given the wireworm pressure potential and grassweed issues as well as the potential simonisation the other option could have been swedes/ turnips or maybe spring wheat but SW would have meant no WW and less of a herbicide spectrum to use afterwards ie nothing much as good for grass in barley as wheat.
Look like leatherjackets to me
Why not take a cut of silage then turnips followed by spring barley?
Dan Powell
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- Location
- Shropshire
You've seen that documentary called Tremors, right?
I think they might be baby ones of these...
Either that or some kind of beetle larvae.
SilliamWhale
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It will be fun deal in with them then.
I thought beans plus winter wheat would be better output and more grassweed spray options, than turnips and barley. Also i'm low in nutrients so didn't want to ship more p and k via silage as I'd only put a load on in the spring.
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dontknowanything
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- Cambridge
Off topic, but if you try some austral plus make sure you wear a mask and gloves when handling the seed
SilliamWhale
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Thanks for that. I don't think I'm going to use it now as I've dressed it for deter but in truth I probably wouldn't have worn a mask and would have eaten my sandwiches with red hands like normal, so its handy to know.
dontknowanything
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- Location
- Cambridge
You'd know about it soon enough if you did that
- Location
- Mid Northants
redigo deter used to give me the most vivid dreams , full PPE when handling seed now
dontknowanything
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- Cambridge
I've got a friend who refuses to use austral plus any more since one of his guys was hospitalised from breathing it in.
SilliamWhale
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Actually I shouldn't joke. I would have worn gloves and a mask for the deter, i'm probably a bit more laissez faire with single purpose dressed.
Chafer beetle grubs. definitely not leather jackets.
With chafer beetle you can get problems with badgers rooting around for the grubs.
dug
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- Location
- North Island, New Zealand
Pretty sure those are Grass Grub... That's the name for them in NZ / Aus anyway. Over here they generally show up in coarse textured friable soils and will be worse after a dry summer. Under stock grazing a sign of their presence is the grass pulling out because the roots have been eaten. They will eat cereals.
SilliamWhale
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Feldspar
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- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
1t of beans takes up 1.18 m3; 1t of OSR takes 1.45 m3; and I think 1t of wheat takes either 1.38 or 1.28 m3. So yes basically.