Fat hen
Member
That would bee a coincidence! Will be interested to see how he gets on
AB15 2 year legume fallow
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That would bee a coincidence! Will be interested to see how he gets on
- Location
- Lincolnshire
If I was confident the weather would play ball, I'd do the same. As is I've decided to lightly cultivate the surface as there is zero tilth.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
There, all better now. Bit of a roll on Friday and then a month before drilling to monitor the nature.
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midlandslad
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- Location
- Midlands
Is the £522 per ha payment made annually, therefore £1,044 for the two years or is it £261 per year?
Fat hen
Member
522 pa for 5yrs
midlandslad
Member
- Location
- Midlands
Thanks, do you mean £522 per annum for 5 years?
Hindsight
Member
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Horses mouth - Government website.
AB15: Two year sown legume fallow
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the two year sown legume fallow option.
midlandslad
Member
- Location
- Midlands
Horses mouth - Government website.
AB15: Two year sown legume fallow
Find out about eligibility and requirements for the two year sown legume fallow option.www.gov.uk
I doesn’t say per annum though?
Hindsight
Member
- Location
- Lincolnshire
midlandslad
Member
- Location
- Midlands
Perfect, how much are the seed costs?
I’ve been quoted £127/ha. 25 kg/ha seed rate.
Hindsight
Member
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Depends what you have in the seeds mix. Quantity etc. I have seen quotes ranging from £130 - 160. I budget on £140.
- Location
- Yorks
Nice. What cultivator did you go over with?
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Solo st. Discs just working. Tynes about 4". Did it twice so moved the whole lot. Was linseed, spring oats, ab15 for two years. Was very dry but I wanted some tilth. Not a worm in sight.
- Location
- Yorks
Presumably the worms had gone down to the moisture. Imagine it'll be full of them later in the autumn.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Think so. Where the discs have epilated the clover, some of the roots are a foot long. Retaining those deeper channels was important. This field is growing the seed for next year, so want it mega clean.
Hindsight
Member
- Location
- Lincolnshire
More like they saw that bloody great lump of yellow metal enter the field, thought bugger we have had two years of peace and quiet to get on with our lives building burrows and lo this farmer fella having waxed lyrical about the benefits of Organic Matter and soil fauna is now going to chop us in half and destory our homes. Turncoat. Well thats one possible view. The other is the land was so damn dry they had one down for some moisture. Best wishes, all.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
They will be fine. Biggest nature beneficiaries seem to have been bean weevil ,slugs and daddy long legs.
I've left strips of the ab15 sound the field margins. Will test for organic matter again in another two years to see how much has been burnt up / co2 released. I'm not an evangelist - I'll test it all and see.
I've left strips of the ab15 sound the field margins. Will test for organic matter again in another two years to see how much has been burnt up / co2 released. I'm not an evangelist - I'll test it all and see.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
The quantity of ryegrass seed return is not small. Wont be drilled this week 
Fat hen
Member
Drilled the 80ac yesterday. 250kg and some liquid fert. Pelleted. Some open slots but not bad.
Concerned about the acids given off by decaying grass. Hope I’m just begging paranoid! Hope the plants can get going sooner rather than later.
Concerned about the acids given off by decaying grass. Hope I’m just begging paranoid! Hope the plants can get going sooner rather than later.
