dont grow osr
We haven’t grown rape in 7yrs or used an insecticide in probably 10. I know we have only started direct drilling but the little buggers are always thereWe had a lot of slug problems when we started direct drilling. Once we stopped using insecticides five or six years ago, the slug problem disappeared. We've all got a complex food web out in our fields, upsetting it by splashing too many biocides about brings on more problems. We now have a healthy population of beetles, spiders and other bugs who, in addition to controlling pests, themselves provide food for an increased population of birds and mammals. Happy days!
dont grow osr
Roughly WWheat, SWheat, WBeans, WWheat, SLinWhat’s your rotation?
We are told this year that cereals are facing a plague of aphids and that BYDV risk is the highest in years.We had a lot of slug problems when we started direct drilling. Once we stopped using insecticides five or six years ago, the slug problem disappeared. We've all got a complex food web out in our fields, upsetting it by splashing too many biocides about brings on more problems. We now have a healthy population of beetles, spiders and other bugs who, in addition to controlling pests, themselves provide food for an increased population of birds and mammals. Happy days!
cant find hardly any and very few caught in the rothamsted trap at brooms barn a few miles away.Are many if you spraying for aphids .
move seen neighbours out and agronomists from 2 different firms have said we should be doing it this year . It’s 15 deg today in November and the end product is worth a lot of money .
Exactly the same experience here too.We had a lot of slug problems when we started direct drilling. Once we stopped using insecticides five or six years ago, the slug problem disappeared. We've all got a complex food web out in our fields, upsetting it by splashing too many biocides about brings on more problems. We now have a healthy population of beetles, spiders and other bugs who, in addition to controlling pests, themselves provide food for an increased population of birds and mammals. Happy days!