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I'm considering growing Wosr after Beans on some small fields to help with my rotation.
Is it a good idea ?
Is it a good idea ?
I am not so concerned about harvest, I don't think we are going to see a late harvest this year but I think the ground conditions could be a bigger issue, particularly if we have a lot of hot weather that bake the ground at the wrong time !! Plan is to use my own tined direct drill again as I have had good results in the past.@Jim Bullock did this and reported good results.
The worry is obviously getting them harvested early enough. We wouldn't normally have them cut in time. Winter beans have a different type of sclerotinia to WOSR so that's not a problem. Whether slugs would build up too much I'm not sure.
BLW are not a big issue in these fields (a bit of speedwell in places), acreage is split roughly 50/50 between spring and winters. The conventional drilled (winter) ones have closed in quite well, the DD ones (drilled a few weeks later) are gonna struggle to close in..I'd say that broad leafed weeds would be an issue but if yours are clean at the moment & the canopy is closing you should be ok. Just the osr drilling timing to worry about. Are yours winter beans?[/quot
Would it be an option to do it the other way around?
I would imagine a stonking crop of wheat after !!
Bassagran and that's about it. Depends on the weather with it as well as it can be hit and miss, nice sunny days and it seems to work better.I'm not up to speed with herbicides in beans, having not grown them for a couple of years. What can you control brassica weeds with in beans?
Shield or Galera in the spring, at least they would keep fixing some N!Tine drill in chopped bean straw? Can hang on if it's damp. But many people seem to use tine drills where I would not. Maybe I need a better chopper or a baler.
Here it would be hopelessly late to drill OSR after beans. I don't think slugs would be a problem. Residual weed killer might be a problem. And can you get the volunteer beans out of the OSR?
Ready made cover crop of osr volunteers.How about osr then cover crop then spring beans?
Ready made cover crop of osr volunteers.
Instead of direct drilling beans into over wintered stubble as we have the last 3 years , we have included hybrid grass seed in our spring sown arable silage mix. Idea is cut the whole crop in august , graze sheep on the clean grazing over winter and roundup of in the spring and drill beans.Should make a good entry for wheat.Ready made cover crop of osr volunteers.
a) the fields are already planted with beans !How about osr then cover crop then spring beans?
The only sprays used so far are Aramo, Basagran and insecticide.Tine drill in chopped bean straw? Can hang on if it's damp. But many people seem to use tine drills where I would not. Maybe I need a better chopper or a baler.
Here it would be hopelessly late to drill OSR after beans. I don't think slugs would be a problem. Residual weed killer might be a problem. And can you get the volunteer beans out of the OSR?