- Location
- North Yorkshire
Usually grow Samson, can’t seem to get any Samson seed as no carry over from last year. What variety would you recommend instead?
Stubble turnip variety
- Thread starter DieselRob
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- Location
- Cornwall.
I have Samson! 
- Location
- Ceredigion
I have Samson , but Frisia was the best one I sold last year , also have some Volenda , White Star and Green Globe Maincrop
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
A local sheep man told me a few weeks ago he had a ton of seed waiting to be drilled so there must be some about.
Apologies for a thread hyjack but has anyone got any info or anicdotal evidence about different varieties of turnips having lesser or greater effects on BCN/FLN numbers??? I've asked this question else where but no answer except from the sheep man saying Samson are the best ones to grow.
Ps Frisia have produced some big yields here in the past but so have Sampson and volenda
Apologies for a thread hyjack but has anyone got any info or anicdotal evidence about different varieties of turnips having lesser or greater effects on BCN/FLN numbers??? I've asked this question else where but no answer except from the sheep man saying Samson are the best ones to grow.
Ps Frisia have produced some big yields here in the past but so have Sampson and volenda
Norfolk Hill Farmer
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What is BCN/FLN ? Nematode perhaps?
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I’ve never heard of turnips having any effect on soil nematodes. Radishes or mustard perhaps?
- Location
- Cornwall.
Stubble turnips will have no effect on BCN/FLN numbers.
In rotation, it could help reduce numbers being as it would be a break crop.
In rotation, it could help reduce numbers being as it would be a break crop.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Turnips, normal mustard and normal radish are actually all hosts for nematodes and they will multiple quite happily with these crops in the ground. It's why I stopped growing turnips ahead of beet because BCN were becoming more of a problem, I've since switched to multi resistant radish(class1) and in combination with resistant beet varieties I don't seem to be having problems.
Now greening for bps had gone I'd like to go back to turnips for sheep and but I don't want to go back to square one again, I've been told some turnips are better to grow in this respect than others but I don't really buy into it.
- Location
- Cornwall.
Before making my comment I spoke with a breeders rep & I passed on what was said.
I'll do a bit more investigation tomorrow.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
I'd be interested to here your findings, I'm just repeating what I've been told over the years
- Location
- Ceredigion
I've not heard of a Turnip Veriatty that will reduce Nenitodes as Class 1 Raddish does ,it has been bred especially to reduce nematodes and is a high glucosinolate variety, required to produce high levels of isothiocyante for effective suppression of soil borne pests and diseases.
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But sheep man does not want to graze radish
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- Location
- Ceredigion
Then he may get a nematode invasion in the following crop ,
It's not and easy subject , Rye will help starve Nematodes bit Vetch and Crimson Clover can encourage them
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