cover crop after spring barley

[Sartybartfast]

Spring barley should be out weather permitting end first week September. I was thinking of trying to put in something simple like mustard ' vetch and kale, scratching it in with a harrow. Tried mustard broadcast on the wild bird covers and it exploded out of the ground, would it do the same now or will September be too late? Soil temps are about 2 degrees higher than normal.
So, is that a reasonable mix?
Is there any point?
As regards when to mulch/kill, do I mulch December/January then spray pre drilling in march or just spray?
Bit of a question mark about spring barley after this year, some fantastic fields, some howlers.
Up in the nw of ni if you're wondering.
Thanks

 

[Old Spot]

Definitely worth a go we have broadcast, stubble turnip, forage rape, lentils and mung beans into the standing crop (with slug pellets) our approach is to do cover crops as cheap as possible. Now all up will be combined next week. If we need to do patching we will go with forage rape and mustard. will it be too late, that all depends on the weather but as you say soil temp still good. We plan to graze late autumn and early spring with our beef cattle and then straight in with spring barley or oats ours will be DD.
Vetch would be good, leave cover as late as you can in the spring, preferably right up to drilling

 

[Baling Hay]

Definitely worth a go we have broadcast, stubble turnip, forage rape, lentils and mung beans into the standing crop (with slug pellets) our approach is to do cover crops as cheap as possible. Now all up will be combined next week. If we need to do patching we will go with forage rape and mustard. will it be too late, that all depends on the weather but as you say soil temp still good. We plan to graze late autumn and early spring with our beef cattle and then straight in with spring barley or oats ours will be DD.
Vetch would be good, leave cover as late as you can in the spring, preferably right up to drilling

You broadcasted them, can you get some photos please so we can see what they're like before combining?

 

[Andy Howard]

Some pictures of cover crops drilled a week ago with 750a. Planted DSV Rigol DT. Coming well

 

[Great In Grass]

Looking good Andy, thanks for the photos.