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Clover Understorey Trial
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<blockquote data-quote="Oakbank" data-source="post: 5685842" data-attributes="member: 65650"><p>Saw this done in France, where they grew WOSR with a small leaved white clover sown at the same time. Seed was mixed and drilled together without problems. When the WOSR was combined, even after dessication, the clover grew on pretty rapidly and formed a nice green cover in the field. The next wheat crop was drilled into this sward and the clover was "knocked back" with a couple of litres of Glyphosate. The trial was very successful at controlling Ryegrass, which is the French farmers equivalent to the Blackgrass problems that we get here. Their view was that if the weed species in the Wheat required a herbicide that would kill the Clover then it would be sacrificed, if not then it would continue top grow in the bottom of the crop. The fields of wheat that I saw had been sprayed and the clover had gone.</p><p></p><p>So, in conjunction with Opico and Sky Agriculture, we tried the same at College Farm and initially the clover grew very well in the WOSR. We sprayed the field with KERB and this did a decent job on a range of weeds, but Thistles did become an unwelcome problem. The clover looked very well established at harvest, despite the drought and we were hopeful that it would provide good cover. It was decided that the field would benefit from sub-soiling, so this was done with an Ultra-Low Disturbance machine, but I feel the effects of this machine, along with the severe drought conditions caused significant harm to the clover and it largely died off. This was a great disappointment as it looked really well after the OSR was taken off (See attached pics), but the combination of sub-soiling, high temperatures and drought were too much for it.</p><p></p><p>Another grower did a similar trial on quite a large area, but mistakenly sprayed the field with AstroKerb. This absolutely did a better job on the weeds, but it had a fairly devastating effect on the Clover. There is some left in the field now, but it would definitely not be something we would recommend using.</p><p></p><p>Feel free to get in touch if I can be of more help, as we are trialling some other ideas along similar lines. This autumn has been challenging though!</p><p></p><p><a href="mailto:ian@oakbankgc.co.uk">ian@oakbankgc.co.uk</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oakbank, post: 5685842, member: 65650"] Saw this done in France, where they grew WOSR with a small leaved white clover sown at the same time. Seed was mixed and drilled together without problems. When the WOSR was combined, even after dessication, the clover grew on pretty rapidly and formed a nice green cover in the field. The next wheat crop was drilled into this sward and the clover was "knocked back" with a couple of litres of Glyphosate. The trial was very successful at controlling Ryegrass, which is the French farmers equivalent to the Blackgrass problems that we get here. Their view was that if the weed species in the Wheat required a herbicide that would kill the Clover then it would be sacrificed, if not then it would continue top grow in the bottom of the crop. The fields of wheat that I saw had been sprayed and the clover had gone. So, in conjunction with Opico and Sky Agriculture, we tried the same at College Farm and initially the clover grew very well in the WOSR. We sprayed the field with KERB and this did a decent job on a range of weeds, but Thistles did become an unwelcome problem. The clover looked very well established at harvest, despite the drought and we were hopeful that it would provide good cover. It was decided that the field would benefit from sub-soiling, so this was done with an Ultra-Low Disturbance machine, but I feel the effects of this machine, along with the severe drought conditions caused significant harm to the clover and it largely died off. This was a great disappointment as it looked really well after the OSR was taken off (See attached pics), but the combination of sub-soiling, high temperatures and drought were too much for it. Another grower did a similar trial on quite a large area, but mistakenly sprayed the field with AstroKerb. This absolutely did a better job on the weeds, but it had a fairly devastating effect on the Clover. There is some left in the field now, but it would definitely not be something we would recommend using. Feel free to get in touch if I can be of more help, as we are trialling some other ideas along similar lines. This autumn has been challenging though! [email]ian@oakbankgc.co.uk[/email] [/QUOTE]
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