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    Clover understorey trial

    I’m looking at introducing green manures into our mainly winter cereal rotation. A plan I have is to broadcast white clover in to the wheat now with with an avadex applicator. Then direct drill a rye and vetch mix into it behind the combine. Leave this for one year or two then dd another winter...
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    undersowing clover / gras

    I’m going to experiment with applying the clover to my wheat very soon whilst there’s still rain on the cards. I’ve heard of a clover dressing that absorbs water though. I’m going to apply it with our contractors avadex applicator as it can’t be broadcast more than about 10-12m and we run on 24m...
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    Cereal undersowing

    Anyone had any experience with undersowing cereals? Trying to push as much OM into the soil as possible and seen people trialling clover broadcast into wheat. We’re nowhere near being able to dd, so it will be cultivated after harvest.
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    Vaderstad Rapid autumn drilling

    I get exactly what you’re saying. We’re on a mix of heavy clay on part of the farm and sand on the other so autumn work can be very different. BG comes as much in the spring as it does in the autumn. We will avadex as well as pre em, so part of me thinks to put the discs down and get a seedbed...
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    Vaderstad Rapid autumn drilling

    What I meant was that by not putting the front two sets of discs down, I won’t be recultivating and mixing the the soil in front of the seed, whether I’d be 1/2/4 inches.
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    Vaderstad Rapid autumn drilling

    Was think that by just using the disc coulters and not disturbing the ground too much I wouldn't be encouraging any more blackgrass to emerge by mixing that top 4 inches again.
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    Vaderstad Rapid autumn drilling

    I’m thinking of nailing a seedbed early after harvest and leaving it as long as possible to get the best chit (always get as many weeds in the final seedbed than the stale seedbed). Then spray off and kind of direct drill with Vaderstad rapid with cultivating discs raised so just coulter discs...
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    Oil Seed Rape break on virgin ground

    Hi, I grew rape last year for the first time. It did really well, but I’d hoped for a better blackgrass clean up. The wheat we have this year following the osr looks great but there’s still a lot of blackgrass coming through. I know that osr should rotate at least every 4 years to be safe, but...
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    Clearfield vs Conventional OSR

    It's not widespread across the farm. If it were though, is it worth taking the hit on yield growing a clearfield? I'm assuming that lack of soil borne disease and flea beetle in the area would warrant growing as high value crop as possible?
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    Clearfield vs Conventional OSR

    Due to black grass pressure we're growing osr for the first time on our land as part of a new rotation. My agronomist wants me to grow a Clearfield variety, but we have no issues with hedge mustard, runch or volunteer osr. And with no osr grown on our farm in living memory and none nearby for at...
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    Black grass chemical strategy

    Rotation, seedbed and chemical. Try and mix up the rotation as much as possible to allow best seedbed and stale seedbed production and to mix up the chemical use. If you just rely on chemical approach you can guarantee it'll be the year that was too dry an autumn and/or too cold a spring for...
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    Virgin oilseed rape ground

    Thanks guys. I'll be putting in about 60 acres. The ground will be sub soiled then disced with tines, power harrowed and drilled. Slugs are an issue as always but happy we can control as well as can be. Thought of beans and probably a better option but lower £ return. Was considering following...
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    Virgin oilseed rape ground

    Hi, I've been rotating cereals for several years now since we used to include spring linseed. I need to go back to a broad leaved crop to help break the black grass cycle so was considering osr as there's a better margin. However we've never grown it before (possibly a good thing) and now no one...
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    Oats after wheat disc+chem vs plough

    What's people's thoughts on cultivations/volunteer wheat control in winter oats? I've been told stale seed bed then plough but this may not work for us for several reasons. My thoughts are to disc the current chit for seed bed and consolidate, wait another week then spray off, power harrow and...
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