spikeislander
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- bedfordshire
Hi there this may belong in the holistic section but I’m not sure I do !
I’ve been tasked with cropping 200 acres in the coming years but with no man made nitrogen fertiliser , I’ll be exploring cover crops , catch crops , muck etc , although no digestate or compost due to plastics.
I’ve currently got 100 acres in elsewhere which I direct drilled ( with vaderstad ) but now had the no man made fert request dropped on me, is there any organic way I can get any n into the crop at this late stage ? I’m exploring slurry but not ideal, financially it’s not critical as the owners are willing to fund the trial, so my main question is
Will copious amounts of seaweed , and foliar biostimulants do much ? Bearing in mind it’s not supplementing normal fertiliser I wonder if the response would be ok as it’s all there is so early on the response curve?
thankks for help and any ideas would be very handy
I’ve been tasked with cropping 200 acres in the coming years but with no man made nitrogen fertiliser , I’ll be exploring cover crops , catch crops , muck etc , although no digestate or compost due to plastics.
I’ve currently got 100 acres in elsewhere which I direct drilled ( with vaderstad ) but now had the no man made fert request dropped on me, is there any organic way I can get any n into the crop at this late stage ? I’m exploring slurry but not ideal, financially it’s not critical as the owners are willing to fund the trial, so my main question is
Will copious amounts of seaweed , and foliar biostimulants do much ? Bearing in mind it’s not supplementing normal fertiliser I wonder if the response would be ok as it’s all there is so early on the response curve?
thankks for help and any ideas would be very handy