Daniel
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- Mildenhall, Suffolk
Got this summer catch crop of radish, mustard and black oats that is motoring along. But do the oats actually do much, shaded out in the bottom of the crop?
Do oats do much in a cover crop mix?
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Will Blackburn
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- Cheshire
I put a commercially available cover crop in, with nearly 50% rye, and it doesn't really visibly feature, barely emerged as far as could see.
I have seen a similar issue here, with the cereal element swamped. Possibly the grain needs drilling a fortnight before, then X-DD the rest of the cover mix?
But this will not happen as it's too expensive!
But this will not happen as it's too expensive!
Looks more like a sugar beet!!
Daniel
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- Mildenhall, Suffolk
Hot Mustard huh? 
Daniel
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- Mildenhall, Suffolk
Hot Mustard huh?
Ha ha! What is that? I didn't order the stuff.
What you goingbto do with it ,
Bio mustard needs flailing off at 60/75% flowering and incorparating well , for the gasses to work
Daniel
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- Mildenhall, Suffolk
I don't think it's being used as a biofumigant specifically. This field will be drilled with wheat next month. Most of the cover crops will be flailed off and ploughed pre-christmas before sugar beet, some will have to be left a bit longer to qualify for BPS greening.
Really the aim was to utilise autumn spread chicken muck, and hopefully leave the soil in a bit nicer condition to improve beet establishment.
Done same ,but straight oil raddish , and one field has stubble tirnips will be spring ploughed and pressed and drill straight into it ,and going to try opposite of what you doing , plough it next week ,put subsoiler through it ,and sow some oats and raddish with rape seeder on back at 45 cm rows ,then drill beet between rows of cover , with mulch drill after spraying off in feb ,
Daniel
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- Mildenhall, Suffolk
After this spring I was keen to try and come up with a way of strip tilling some beet. But given the damage virus yellows have done this year, I'm not sure we're confident enough in the future of the crop to invest in any machinery for it?!
Do you want some drilling with mulch drill
Daniel
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- Mildenhall, Suffolk
How much trash can it handle, is there much of a yield penalty compared to conventional establishment?
Daniel
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- Mildenhall, Suffolk
Aren't there some claims about better root mass and it being more beneficial in a rotation with normal oats?
Apparently so but enormous premium, I’ve grown them and didn’t think they were worth it especially as part of a mix
Devon James
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- Devon
Jumping in here on a slightly different topic. Cover crop pre maize- I would like to have a legume or two, probably beans and vetch. And oats? This is following spring barley so expecting a few volunteers from heads on the ground.
How many kilos would be necessary to do a job? 30kgs/acre of beans plus 10 of vetch and 20 of oats? I would like to put linseed in but haven't got any.
Aim to plant asap
How many kilos would be necessary to do a job? 30kgs/acre of beans plus 10 of vetch and 20 of oats? I would like to put linseed in but haven't got any.
Aim to plant asap
Devon James
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- Devon
Sown cover is forage rape, radish and vetch. May keep the volunteer oats in
- Location
- Chipping Norton
Is this going into maize also James?