- Location
- Mid Northants
Wandering round the farm this last week , I'm starting to see blackgrass poke its head above the wheat, whilst I understand the lifecycle of this crop, I am looking for patterns
I am seeing odd stripes , and obviously patches , but its the stripes that are making me think, they are either poorly dosed pre-em, avadex striping or cultivation issues.
If its cultivation strips it would seem to be in place where the tines ran deep.
So my conclusion is less deep disturbance , leave the bg on the surface allowing pre ems to work better ,
my questions are, on heavyish land
1 do pre-ems work better where there is (a) little disturbance joker etc (b) no disturbance
2 Does cultivating to any depth encourage deep rooting bg that is not killed by pre-em
3 How do we cultivate to depth , remove wheelings etc without disturbing the seed bank
4 if we decide to no-till does this help , or hinder bg control
I am seeing odd stripes , and obviously patches , but its the stripes that are making me think, they are either poorly dosed pre-em, avadex striping or cultivation issues.
If its cultivation strips it would seem to be in place where the tines ran deep.
So my conclusion is less deep disturbance , leave the bg on the surface allowing pre ems to work better ,
my questions are, on heavyish land
1 do pre-ems work better where there is (a) little disturbance joker etc (b) no disturbance
2 Does cultivating to any depth encourage deep rooting bg that is not killed by pre-em
3 How do we cultivate to depth , remove wheelings etc without disturbing the seed bank
4 if we decide to no-till does this help , or hinder bg control