Brome

[whindy]

What is the best way of controlling
Brome in dd or mintill barley crops?
Had a big issue with it this year.

 

[Gedd]

Roundup before drilling wont be 100% though

 

[jack6480]

Rotation and less chemical

 

[haymaker80]

Brome seems to be very competitive against winter barley. Best not to grow it if you've got a bad seed burden, problem just gets worse. Isn't much of an issue in spring barley....

 

[ollie989898]

Don't grow barley in fields with a serious brome issue.

If you really want to get rid of brome you will need a few years of cropping where you can really lay it out.

 

[Fish]

If you must grow barley, grow s barley.

 

[ollie989898]

I would go maize followed by wheat followed by maize again or similar. You can kill brome in maize with nicosulfuron and the spring cropping means you have a chance to make a stale seed bed after the wheat and let it go green for months before spraying it off in the spring.

You can min-till maize quite happily but not sure roots work with it so well. Can put a spring barley in as well if you wish.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Don't grow it if its really bad otherwise your only option is to drill as late as possible, mix roundup with your pre-em

 

[teslacoils]

Change crop, or get the plough out.

 

[whindy]

The plan is to rake it then spray it .I was suprised how bad it was this year. Only grow barley 1 in 5 year's. Was not an issue when ploughed

 

[goodevans]

The plan is to rake it then spray it .I was suprised how bad it was this year. Only grow barley 1 in 5 year's. Was not an issue when ploughed

Theres your answer,but on a different note does anyone grow continuous wheat in the dd system as it seems most weeds can be controlled in a wheat situation.i presume continuous wheat would be early harvested and give time for a cover crop before mid Oct drilling

 

[Brisel]

What brome species are you having trouble with? Different ones require different strategies.

 

[whindy]

Soft

 

[DrWazzock]

Spring barley helped immensely here and this year yielded as well as winter barley for less input cost so it's a no brainer IMO. Rectify any compaction issues now then in the spring spray off the mat of brome then direct drill spring barley.
Avoid mixing the seed deep into the soil as with any weed.

 

[Brisel]

Soft

Read this https://projectblue.blob.core.windows.net/media/Default/Imported Publication Docs/Identification and control of brome grasses.pdf

Soft brome needs to be left on the surface or buried deep with very good ploughing. The standard stale seedbeds like for cereals and blackgrass are not suitable. Bury the fresh seeds and you’ll induce dormancy.