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Pigeons ignored it till early Feb, then we couldn't keep them off it...
Think i will try some here next year and hope your proved right Anything that helps keep the bleedin pigeons off!I used vetch and buckwheat. Frost did for buckwheat, and took out the vetch with astrokerb. Pigeons never touched it, not sure why, but my theory is that while companions were there it was hard to land in, and also it drew the OSR up, so it was very big by the time the companions were dead. Low seed rate of 35 plants for the OSR normally means we get more pigeon damage as they can land in it for longer. Something took the tops out of the control strip I left with no companions which says enough to me that it helps with pigeon control to an extent, so will do more next year, as they have been a sod on all the other bits!
I was more impressed with the apparent confusion it gave to CSFB to be honest. May have been a fluke, but certainly worth proceeding with. My rationale was that an OP variety plus companion seed was still cheaper than hybrid seed which I also grow, so the seed spend wasn't significantly putting me off. No autumn N or pre/post em weed control until astroberb means that the spend so far is less than my usual system. See how it yields!Think i will try some here next year and hope your proved right Anything that helps keep the bleedin pigeons off!
I used vetch and buckwheat. Frost did for buckwheat, and took out the vetch with astrokerb. Pigeons never touched it, not sure why, but my theory is that while companions were there it was hard to land in, and also it drew the OSR up, so it was very big by the time the companions were dead. Low seed rate of 35 plants for the OSR normally means we get more pigeon damage as they can land in it for longer. Something took the tops out of the control strip I left with no companions which says enough to me that it helps with pigeon control to an extent, so will do more next year, as they have been a sod on all the other bits!
Not to many pigeon probs apart from a couple of quiet sheltered headlands where slugs had already thinned it a bit. It helps having something for them to graze on on most of my other fields i think. Beans are a good shelter which with Buckwheat I’ll be doing on whole fields next year.I'm guessing @RTK Farmer didn't get many pigeons in his companion cropped rape!
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