Cheap cover crop

[bobk]

Got one field needs a rest , any suggestions for a cheap and cheerful cover crop .

I'll lime it at the same time .

Just need something to scratch in .

tia

 

[DRC]

Oats or mustard

 

[bobk]

Oats or mustard

Don't want another cereal , will mustard stand the winter ?

 

[7610 super q]

@Great In Grass

 

[Bogweevil]

Don't want another cereal , will mustard stand the winter ?

Not usually, what about westerwolds?

 

[DRC]

Don't want another cereal , will mustard stand the winter ?

It did last year on our shoot . Could hardly walk through it right up to the end of the season. Don’t know about a hard winter though . Don’t bother with westerwolds. Expensive for what they are . What’s going in afterwards. Maybe some beans as a proper break( I’m only joking )

 

[bobk]

It did last year on our shoot . Could hardly walk through it right up to the end of the season. Don’t know about a hard winter though . Don’t bother with westerwolds. Expensive for what they are . What’s going in afterwards. Maybe some beans as a proper break( I’m only joking )

Beans would be perfect but I don't want them . horrible dirty crop

 

[principal skinner]

I’ve put in beans, oats and OSR

 

[richard hammond]

Got one field needs a rest , any suggestions for a cheap and cheerful cover crop .

I'll lime it at the same time .

Just need something to scratch in .

tia

Go mustard at about 6-7 kg /ha cheap as chips, will grow very quickly , I have never seen it before but this year early drilled crops flowered at about 30cms high BUT have kept growing and I now have crops over a metre high!!

 

[bobk]

Go mustard at about 6-7 kg /ha cheap as chips, will grow very quickly , I have never seen it before but this year early drilled crops flowered at about 30cms high BUT have kept growing and I now have crops over a metre high!!

Does it fix N ?

 

[Bogweevil]

Got one field needs a rest , any suggestions for a cheap and cheerful cover crop . I'll lime it at the same time . Just need something to scratch in . tia

Got one field needs a rest , any suggestions for a cheap and cheerful cover crop . I'll lime it at the same time . Just need something to scratch in . tia

Got one field needs a rest , any suggestions for a cheap and cheerful cover crop .

I'll lime it at the same time .

Just need something to scratch in .

tia

Is it worthwhile sowing mustard this late? Even in the sunny south east ok find it a bit disappointing after the second week of September.

 

[bobk]

Is it worthwhile sowing mustard this late? Even in the sunny south east ok find it a bit disappointing after the second week of September.

I've no idea , that's why I asked , don't need any more grass .

 

[Bogweevil]

I've no idea , that's why I asked , don't need any more grass .

Then I would say too late to be worthwhile, unless you are growing late planted high value crops when vetches might be worthwhile (especially in a mix with I ryegass).

 

[bobk]

Then I would say too late to be worthwhile, unless you are growing late planted high value crops when vetches might be worthwhile (especially in a mix with I ryegass).

I'll fallow it for a year , cereal prices aren't going up in the short term .

 

[hendrebc]

Weeds are a cheap cover crop.
Got any livestock? Turnips if so.

 

[sticky]

Forage rape. Cheap seed.

 

[Chae1]

Is it worthwhile sowing mustard this late? Even in the sunny south east ok find it a bit disappointing after the second week of September.

Seems to grow quickly. This was sown a week Wednesday.

 

[richard hammond]

Does it fix N ?

Does it fix N ?

Does it fix N ?

No it doesn't but it grows as quick as any thing and is cheap,

 

[Brisel]

You don't want Westerwolds if it has the chance to set seed. This late you're limited to mustard if you want quick biomass but vetch is a legume & will grow this late, though will cost a few more £.

What non-cereals have you got in the shed you could sprinkle on & disc in? How long before you would want to grow these in the same field again?

 

[mixed breed]

+1 for Mustard