Bicropping peas and...

[dontknowanything]

winter wheat. Drill peas into wheat just before stem extension. Anyone done it?

 

[AG Tim]

Done it in barley for whole Crop in 2016, went wrong cause the barley suffered from the damage of the tractor and drill (was only a little bit frozen above at the moment we drilled, in fact really Bad conditions as it smeared, i was to much keen on taking on the earliest opportunity...) and the peas suffered by the shattering of the barley canopy.

 

[dontknowanything]

Certainly won't be frozen at all next week.

 

[dontknowanything]

 

[TopBanana]

How's this going, any recent pictures?

 

[dontknowanything]

How's this going, any recent pictures?

Haven't looked recently, this wheat field was VERY dry until a few days ago though. May drop by this afternoon.

 

[TopBanana]

Probably not the year to get a good representative view. Good to see where it is though, recent rain won't have hurt.

 

[dontknowanything]

 

[TopBanana]

Have you been chopping the straw? Seems like a good matt of it. 1st photo shows them quiet well in the row, will be interesting to see how it goes through to harvest.

 

[Shropshire Farmer]

What seed rate did you sow the peas at ?

 

[dontknowanything]

What seed rate did you sow the peas at ?

325kg I think?

 

[shakerator]

325kg I think?

What adjustments to N given the legume in play??

 

[dontknowanything]

What adjustments to N given the legume in play??

none, it's just a little play, and too small an area to mess about with a lot

 

[fodderfarm]

@dontknowanything how are the peas and wheat going? any more pictures? Been thinking of barley and peas mix for whole crop for a cattle blend, but its proving hard to price per acre, can't see many people doing it, but it seems a good mix!

 

[dontknowanything]

@dontknowanything how are the peas and wheat going? any more pictures? Been thinking of barley and peas mix for whole crop for a cattle blend, but its proving hard to price per acre, can't see many people doing it, but it seems a good mix!

For some reason they died out, I suspect they couldn't hack the drought in the spring, and the wheat sucked them dry.