Black Grass
- Thread starter hindmaist
- Start date
- Location
- south norfolk
It's getting worse,brome seems to be making a comeback and ryegrass is starting to appear too
Nick...
Nick...
- Location
- S E Glos
Appeared in Cornwall for the first time (?) this year.
- Location
- fakenham-norfolk
Getting to be a quite serious issue here in East Anglia.I have seen land coming out of cropping until the blackgrass problem is sorted.Contractors balers & combines not allowed onto farms until they are blown & washed down.Yes it is difficult time,perhaps a few years return of stubble burning would help resolve along with herbicides that work.
Fill the place with cattle that will sort it
- Location
- fakenham-norfolk
Exactly what is starting to occur,with some spring barleys doing particularly well this year.
- Location
- Gods country (England)
We've had to start blowing the balers off before we leave / enter a different farm, the problem is only minor here in Herefordshire but everyone is well aware of the problem further east and have started to take measures to ensure they can keep it at bay for as long as possible
- Location
- Ceredigion
Does two years in grass reduce it . I lost one lot of Timothy hay an arable farmer was doing for me .The blackgrass overgot it
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
Thought black grass only affected wheat?
- Location
- Cornwall.
The Timothy probably wasn't aggressive enough in the first year.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
And OSR and Beans and Oats and Barley and linseed.
Its only that wheat is the least competitive and often sown too early.
Spring barley, spring oats and hybrid winter barley are the best arable crops to contain it.
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
So basically everything then
- Location
- Ceredigion
I saw it last Autumn and it looked well. He cut it early for haylage. Would he have been worried of the blackgrass seeding perhaps
Northeastfarmer
Member
- Location
- Cleveland
I know roundup kills it but why can't sprays kill it? Resistant?
Getting that way
capfits
Member
A place up here in Angus was busy with a Knapsack in their winter wheat. Perhaps seed crops should be inspected like Tatties are up here.
So I see @Hummin-Cummins is blowing down balers, what about folk doing their combines?
A lot of wild oats appearing in fields around here. Will have to be more selective in where we are taking straw from.
So what is going to be the next weed species that benefits from ineffectual rotations and a short reliance on chemistry?
So I see @Hummin-Cummins is blowing down balers, what about folk doing their combines?
A lot of wild oats appearing in fields around here. Will have to be more selective in where we are taking straw from.
So what is going to be the next weed species that benefits from ineffectual rotations and a short reliance on chemistry?
woodylane
Member
- Location
- Lancashire
I work for a seed growing and processing company in the north west of England we inspect all fields destined for seed production prior to harvest. We don't have any bg on the farm but it's not far away, we are helped by a good rotation including spring cropping.
Black grass seeds tend to be shed before the crop is combined but any that might make it into the combine will be easily cleaned out in the processing line, brome seeds especially in Barley are more of a problem due to seed size and if we have to much brome in a field it will be cut for feed. We are installing a new processing line over winter which will vastly improve our cleaning standard and will be one of two in the north of England.
Dan