Catch crops 2018

[neilo]

Just DD’ed some more stubble turnips in today, rightly or wrongly.
With a bit of luck that 12ac will have a bit of keep on in February/March. Won’t be getting more than a cwt/ac of Nitram though.

 

[mixed breed]

Almost a week gone by, we've had a couple of wet days.. Everything is looking better for it.

 

[Chae1]

Starting to come away a bit now. If anything I think there a bit thin. Put them on at 2kg/acre. @Jim75 put them in at lower seedrate iirc.

 

[Chae1]

These were much cheaper establishment . Just scratched in with einbock. Might do more like this. Be better if barley sprayed off to kill volunteers.

 

[Jim75]

Looks fine to me @Chae1 never bothered putting some in after Sb as was worried how they’d do. Ones which were sown mid July look great. Too good a strike at 2kg/ac. Can’t tell the difference just now even where sown at 1.4kg/ac. Just starting to bulb up and they’re far better in thinner bits at the minute.

 

[Will 1594]

Going to give some of them aanother 125kg/ha of 34.5N tomorrow.

Wonder if SU could still be working and holding them back there's been so little rain?

Will get some pictures tomorrow.

We had that last year ,so ploughed one field ,which has been sown ,and rest just cultivated seed blown on and pressed and rolled

Going to give some of them aanother 125kg/ha of 34.5N tomorrow.

Wonder if SU could still be working and holding them back there's been so little rain?

Will get some pictures tomorrow.

we had a bit of that last year Su damage ' ploughed some and combi , rest cultivated and seed blown on and pressed in and rolled and bit of n on rape kale mustard oat mix

 

[Brisel]

Claydon sown turnips into baled wheat stubble 5/8/18. Just starting to bulb up now.

Vetch/buckwheat/phacelia cover crop broadcast into the standing wheat 26/7/18 and the wheat harvested 2 weeks later. Straw chopped. The oilseed rape plants are volunteers from last year.

 

[puma power]

What did you use to broadcast the seed with @Brisel ?

 

[Brisel]

A neighbour's 36m Kuhn AGT pneumatic fertiliser spreader. Establishment wasn't great in places in the dry weather but a layer of chopped straw over the top helped. It didn't do so well where the straw was baled.

 

[Chae1]

Happier with mine now. Amazing what a difference a week makes. Nice big canopy to catch sun now.

 

[puma power]

Thanks @Brisel i like using cover crops and with the sheep on the farm they work well for us! But I think to get the best cover they need to in by mid Aug. Not always possible so been thinking of doing something similar!

 

[Will 1594]

Is it too late to put some mustard and tillage radish this next week ,have had chance to marl a very sandy field while it’s dry to dig and run on ,dozer levelling next Wednesday and can cultivate and seed it next day

 

[Brisel]

Mustard is still ok. Put plenty on.

 

[Chae1]

Mustard is still ok. Put plenty on.

What seedrate would you recommend?

 

[Brisel]

Normally it’s 5kg drilled 8 kg broadcast but that’s not going to get very tall now so go higher. For more biomass you need to add a grass or cereal to bulk it up.

 

[Vader]

those pictures make me a sad bunny
my mustard went in straight after barley cut and not a inch high yet.

 

[Flat 10]

Is it too late to put some mustard and tillage radish this next week ,have had chance to marl a very sandy field while it’s dry to dig and run on ,dozer levelling next Wednesday and can cultivate and seed it next day

Where does the marl come from? Interested to see pictures not heard of this being done in modern times.

 

[DRC]

Started to put an electric fence up in some of mine yesterday , as I would like to strip graze cattle on some of it. Not straight away , but won’t wait too long either . I’ve got 70 cattle and only 32 acres of grass , so they will soon be on top of the grass.

 

[Great In Grass]

Normally it’s 5kg drilled 8 kg broadcast but that’s not going to get very tall now so go higher. For more biomass you need to add a grass or cereal to bulk it up.

Phacelia worth looking at too, lots of seed in a kilo.

 

[DRC]

A lot of cover crops around here look a waste of time and money to me . Been too dry for much growth .