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Best mower for 300ac of stewardship grass
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<blockquote data-quote="Feldspar" data-source="post: 6752293" data-attributes="member: 386"><p>It is an interesting point what it will do to the soil. I have found black-grass can't survive in long-term grass options, so I'm not too worried about it for AB8. We've had AB8 around the farm for about 10 years now and black-grass is non-existent now. If well established, I think it does offer a wildlife benefit (and I guess the government bods must think so otherwise they wouldn't have designed it). I'll try and find a good picture of it in its prime, but it is a nice sight. Get a lot of grey partridges using it to nest and feed their chicks, and it does become alive with pollinators when the flowers are out. Hares like it too.</p><p></p><p>Taking the nutrients out of the soil is a point of concern. I know some people like [USER=491]@B'o'B[/USER] are going into the AB15 option to use the rooting and legume elements to build fertility in the soil. I think you might be right though that AB8, which often is not turning over huge amounts of biomass, might leave the soil in not as good a nick as you might hope given it'll be in for 5 years. I guess the organic boys must think rotational leys do something for them, but are they using very different mixes?</p><p></p><p>Haven't really considered growing grass for hay. We have Newmarket not too far away and I know there are people who grow stuff for this market ([USER=1880]@Flat 10[/USER]?). Seems quite a specialist job though? Growing for forage has the issues of our soil type. It's all quite heavy clay and so having stock on the fields during the winter can be messy. See more livestock when you get towards the A505 when the soil gets a lot lighter. I don't rule this out as an option, but whether it would it be worth gearing up for a new job on this area?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feldspar, post: 6752293, member: 386"] It is an interesting point what it will do to the soil. I have found black-grass can't survive in long-term grass options, so I'm not too worried about it for AB8. We've had AB8 around the farm for about 10 years now and black-grass is non-existent now. If well established, I think it does offer a wildlife benefit (and I guess the government bods must think so otherwise they wouldn't have designed it). I'll try and find a good picture of it in its prime, but it is a nice sight. Get a lot of grey partridges using it to nest and feed their chicks, and it does become alive with pollinators when the flowers are out. Hares like it too. Taking the nutrients out of the soil is a point of concern. I know some people like [USER=491]@B'o'B[/USER] are going into the AB15 option to use the rooting and legume elements to build fertility in the soil. I think you might be right though that AB8, which often is not turning over huge amounts of biomass, might leave the soil in not as good a nick as you might hope given it'll be in for 5 years. I guess the organic boys must think rotational leys do something for them, but are they using very different mixes? Haven't really considered growing grass for hay. We have Newmarket not too far away and I know there are people who grow stuff for this market ([USER=1880]@Flat 10[/USER]?). Seems quite a specialist job though? Growing for forage has the issues of our soil type. It's all quite heavy clay and so having stock on the fields during the winter can be messy. See more livestock when you get towards the A505 when the soil gets a lot lighter. I don't rule this out as an option, but whether it would it be worth gearing up for a new job on this area? [/QUOTE]
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