Got a bit of a conundrum with a new herbal ley. It's got quite a lot of groundsel in it, which I have recently discovered is toxic to cattle. I should have topped it out but (surprise!) it's been too wet until this week. Now the grass / clover is welly height and topping seems wasteful. I would...
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Unusual weed species are occurring in winter cereals, raising questions regarding effective control strategies, say product specialists.
FMC product manager, Hazel Blanshard, explains that there are a number of weeds which have established in the...
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A tricky start to planting plus the potential of growers managing unfamiliar varieties due to short seed supplies means weed control could require some careful planning. CPM explores herbicide timings and programme choices for the season...
Cow parsley is creeping into certain areas of the farm.
It can seemingly be controlled reasonably well with SU's in wheat, but Its the OSR stage of the rotation thats letting the area it covers expand, and Astrokerb or Belkar don't seem to touch it, neither has a test with Korvetto (Arylex...
How late have people gone, and still got a successful crop, obviously so many variables but interested in experiences had....direct drilled into terminated cover crop too.
I am growing 25 acres of new crop this year, weed control is challenging so looking for an interview cultivator.
As no-one grows veggies this far north on scale I have little knowledge need a 6 row 45 cm spacing. Not sure whether it's rotary or tine front or rear mounted would like to mount on...
AHL2 new rate £853/ha
DD option £75/ha
Plant a mix of 6 seeds but with spring wheat in it.
AHL2 rules state you can use fertiliser to make it grow and herbicides to control weeds.
Direct drill in March. Apply 150kg N and a pre-em.
Run the combine through it in August just taking the heads...
So if I went for 3 years in the same spot, surely I could drill it in year one, and every year after just cultivate it once and the volunteer seed return would be enough to grow a crop for the next year and so on. Making a significant saving on seed costs. What are your thoughts
I have a lot of groundsel come through my autumn herbicide in winter wheat.
Should I be thinking about controlling now or waiting until early spring when warmer?
I was thinking either lector (straight florasulam) or cameo (tribenuron) would anyone have any suggestions which may work best...
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...
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Is it possible to successfully companion crop oilseed rape to help control cabbage stem flea beetle and claim SFI payments, while keeping weeds firmly under control? CPM investigates.
By Janine Adamson
Planting a companion crop...
It's chuffing windy
I want to go drilling.
I have some big weeds (groundsel, thistles) but not many grassweeds in the seedbeds yet.
From memory you're only allowed 1.5lts of 360 post drilling.
Is gly with pre-ems a waste of time?
Thanks!
Has anyone ever autumn established SFI AHL2 after a crop off winter wheat, grown fast seeding crops such as mustard and then gone into a spring barley late March early April?
Probably a good reason why it isn’t being done!
How many l/ha Glyphosate & how many l/ha 2,4D do you need on rape stables pre-drilling
We’d normally use 3 l/ha glyphosate but some rape volunteers are strong
Thanks
New from Sipcam available as blackbird amongst other names. BLW contact for autumn use in cereals. Active previously available on potatoes.
Only aware of it due to ad in F guide. Anyone seen any trials or prices? Any spud growers or agronomists care to comment. Non label claim of activity...
Never grown them before, recovering OSR grower. Which is a good winter variety and what seed rate if ploughing or Claydon drilled please? Any other advice welcome.
Thinking about our bean stubbles in particular which have a fairly weedy understory this year. Some of the weeds if left will set seed imminently (groundsel being our particular nemesis nowadays), but don't want to be too reliant on more than one pre-planting roundup.
Also - thinking about...
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The hot topic this season has undoubtedly been grassweeds and the challenge they’ve become. CPM collates some of the latest expertise to help reinforce the message that best practice will eventually prevail.
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