farmerm
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IMO the key to Blackgrass and Ryegrass is to take a zero tolerance approach before it gets to be a problem...
Grass weed explosion
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I agree, this is why I am taking a zero tolerance approach with ryegrass and brome.
Unfortunately round here blackgrass has been a major problem way before I was involved with farming so I have to deal with what’s here.
The Redekop seed terminator is great, but it only destroys seed not already shed.
Blackgrass has ears emerging here. It has already caused serious crop competition where it is bad here. The plough is getting more work this autumn. Spring barley on bad fields just isn't enough to reduce the burden.
Strip tillage is great for reducing passes but it disturbs a lot of soil at the point of drilling which causes a lot of seed to germinate.
Blackgrass has ears emerging here. It has already caused serious crop competition where it is bad here. The plough is getting more work this autumn. Spring barley on bad fields just isn't enough to reduce the burden.
Strip tillage is great for reducing passes but it disturbs a lot of soil at the point of drilling which causes a lot of seed to germinate.
casemx 270
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Unfortunately for me I inherited the ryegrass problem.Used to blackgrass but ryegrass seems to be far more of a challenge and worse
Agree I only expect it to do a small job on blackgrass, but hoping bromes and ryegrass which hold onto seed much longer it will help us be pro-active on those potential/probable future issues so we don’t end up in the same situation we are with blackgrass.
It’s also amazing for volunteers, so a reduction in green bridge, very few wheat volunteers in malting barley etc.
casemx 270
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I like many thought Luximo would help a lot which it did but some ryegrass has come after the active has run out of steam and the wet march stop the use of any spraying for a spring herbicide
Now you tell us
I feel like a combination of a Zurn topcut and Redekop seed terminator would work well, my theory being the Zurn should get the majority of heads that would have shed pre-harvest and the combine clears up the rest.
farmerm
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It should have been obviousNow you tell us
Yes I think a group of farmers could buy a zurn top cut togethor, stick it on one tractor and just go around topping the worst bits out on each farm
You have. It’s called Cristal @ 8 ltrs hectare pre em.
If that was legal would it be better split into two applications, asking for a friend
Not legal. A few years ago before auto shut off. I double dosed after filling up the sprayer. In a really bad black grass patch. For about 20 metres total control all year. No crop damage. Where 4 ltrs was left to be desired.If that was legal would it be better split into two applications, asking for a friend
I know 4 litres is max rate of crystal but you can add more flufenacet as a straight
After the crop is up. Which I think does the damage
I thought it was 4lt/ha glyphosate.
It is. I just accidentally double dosed. And have never forgotten about it. With Cristal.
I have an approx 4m strip around 20-24m in my fields which is largely BG free where it’s overlapped with pre ems