Is take all not a problem in no till @Simon C ?Not if you are direct drilling
Is take all not a problem in no till @Simon C ?Not if you are direct drilling
Is take all not a problem in no till @Simon C ?
Interesting, the only seed treatments I've used this cropping year are for take all, was hoping not to use any in the future so that is encouraging
Interesting, the only seed treatments I've used this cropping year are for take all, was hoping not to use any in the future so that is encouraging
I intend to, it will be hss from now on, fed up having to special order undressed seed and pay a ransom for it, being told they won't guarantee it if it's not dressed. A load of sh1teYes stop using that rubbish !
Inter row hoeing does work to a point but isn’t any kind of silver bullet, Still a lot of weeds left behind. It is something we have tried and will probably do on a bigger scale in the future. It won’t work with residue very well though which many seem to be overlooking, we farm next to John Pawsey and quite a lot of cultivation goes into his fields, the chameleon or any other hoe would struggle in our cover crop or stripper header fields.
Inter row hoeing does work to a point but isn’t any kind of silver bullet, Still a lot of weeds left behind. It is something we have tried and will probably do on a bigger scale in the future. It won’t work with residue very well though which many seem to be overlooking, we farm next to John Pawsey and quite a lot of cultivation goes into his fields, the chameleon or any other hoe would struggle in our cover crop or stripper header fields.
I intend to, it will be hss from now on, fed up having to special order undressed seed and pay a ransom for it, being told they won't guarantee it if it's not dressed. A load of sh1te
Would a taller wheat variety work? If it grows say 4 foot tall it would be above any weeds and you could just run the combine high enough to cut the wheat and leave the weeds were they are?those "weeds" are diversity, intercropping, companion crops, a move away from mono cropping which many think of as the holy grail ......... why remove them ? that's how we have been conditioned to think but is it correct ?
How about instead we design the weed population to complement the cash crop, supplying N etc and then just find a way to hold them at a level where they don't compete ?
Absolutely, but that is much easier said than done. I don’t know how you design charlock out of a soil...!those "weeds" are diversity, intercropping, companion crops, a move away from mono cropping which many think of as the holy grail ......... why remove them ? that's how we have been conditioned to think but is it correct ?
How about instead we design the weed population to complement the cash crop, supplying N etc and then just find a way to hold them at a level where they don't compete ?
Would a taller wheat variety work? If it grows say 4 foot tall it would be above any weeds and you could just run the combine high enough to cut the wheat and leave the weeds were they are?
Depending on what weeds grow in it of course. Wouldn't work if the weeds grow as tall.
Absolutely, but that is much easier said than done. I don’t know how you design charlock out of a soil...!
you can't but you can keep it at a level where its not a problem maybe ?? I think if you can engineer a good enough understory full of species that are beneficial it might maybe suppress a lot of the stuff you don't want
I like your idea, I think there may be an issue with establishing a cash crop though. For example, wheat drilled into living clover really struggles to get going initially. If you could put nutrition in the seed trench, this might help some and your strimming machine could be used just above ground level at drilling time to help I suppose.
The problem is the proper rotation has just gone out the window. There are not enough break crop alternatives to losing OSr so I am forced to second cereals to lower break area to 33%the single simplest input to stop using is seed dressing - get the seed tested and have a proper rotation and you're not taking any risks doing so
you stop growing second wheats until your soil is good enough to grow them - I'm just staring to look at 2nd cereals again after 10 yrs no till using a cover crop "break" - there is very little need for a rotation with 2nd cereals in it anyway really, you're only chasing gross output because of fc structure usually
Don't think the Chameleon is the right tool for it - my aim would be not to destroy the under story crop but just keep it at low level, a hoe won't go through the thickness of nutrient crop Im thinking of. small strimmer heads is what I need in cowls that protect crop and wildlife either mounted and steered like a hoe or individual "small robots"