i did it to combine but yes , why notFor grazing/green manure?
i did it to combine but yes , why notFor grazing/green manure?
Just had the wettest autumn for several years, and folk are bigging up spring peas. Full marks for enthusiasm guys...
Go beans; easier to DD, more biomass early on, pigeons don’t eat them and I’d wager the seed would be cheaper. Plus you can einbock them for an element of weed controlI’m only thinking of it as a nutrient building crop, paid for by a govt enviro scheme. Certainly not as a combinable option!
Go beans; easier to DD, more biomass early on, pigeons don’t eat them and I’d wager the seed would be cheaper. Plus you can einbock them for an element of weed control
I’ve just received an invoice for 30t of Adder marrowfat seed at £809/t!
Depends on your weed burdenWould it be feasible to grow a crop of Spring peas, unsprayed, with the aim of incorporating as a green manure after 12 weeks?
The reason I ask is that there is a Welsh enviro scheme open at the moment, where one of the options is to grow a protein crop with no weed control. It would need to be sown by May 15th and be in the ground for 12 weeks. Maybe an option to sell it as wholecrop (I have no use myself), but I can only imagine it would be a pretty weedy crop without herbicides.
Plan would be to destroy the crop after 12 weeks and grow a winter fodder crop on the residual N, or into winter cereals.
Alternatively beans or lupins could be grown, but know even less about them.
What would the seed cost (must be certified sown at 'recommended' rate, whatever that is)?
Scheme pays £270/ha, but little cost other than seed if DD'ed in, and residual N & OM worth a good bit. Trying to think outside the box, rather than risk another marginal/loss making Spring Cereal crop with expensive seed.
Go on, take the gambleI’m only thinking of it as a nutrient building crop, paid for by a govt enviro scheme. Certainly not as a combinable option!
Stripperheader is not needed for beansFor a sizeable area of beans, would it be worth hiring a stripper header so you could get on and pick them up?
Stripperheader is not needed for beans
A stripper tends to pull the whole pea plant out of the ground so filling combine with soil. Got that t shirt and repair billSorry, peas rather. Got a lot of stuff on the go here this evening.
Would it be feasible to grow a crop of Spring peas, unsprayed, with the aim of incorporating as a green manure after 12 weeks?
The reason I ask is that there is a Welsh enviro scheme open at the moment, where one of the options is to grow a protein crop with no weed control. It would need to be sown by May 15th and be in the ground for 12 weeks. Maybe an option to sell it as wholecrop (I have no use myself), but I can only imagine it would be a pretty weedy crop without herbicides.
Plan would be to destroy the crop after 12 weeks and grow a winter fodder crop on the residual N, or into winter cereals.
Alternatively beans or lupins could be grown, but know even less about them.
What would the seed cost (must be certified sown at 'recommended' rate, whatever that is)?
Scheme pays £270/ha, but little cost other than seed if DD'ed in, and residual N & OM worth a good bit. Trying to think outside the box, rather than risk another marginal/loss making Spring Cereal crop with expensive seed
You probably know a slapdash enough contractor who would miss enough bits and sky over the remainder to meet both your and wag ambitions. If they omitted to turn up, who'd care?Update on this...
RPW have decreed that the crop must be taken to harvest (combined or ensiled) in order to qualify for this scheme. Not happening then.
You probably know a slapdash enough contractor who would miss enough bits and sky over the remainder to meet both your and wag ambitions. If they omitted to turn up, who'd care?
Pty, but if protein was the aim, presumably to reduce reliance on rainforest soya, makes sense.Update on this...
RPW have decreed that the crop must be taken to harvest (combined or ensiled) in order to qualify for this scheme. Not happening then.