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Regen Ag General Discussion
Cover crop costs
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 7037079" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>"In between", mixed up at the local seed supply place where my mate is chief agronomist in their fancy new mixer. </p><p>We put quite a few things in to see how they'd compete with pasture, 8 inches of rain the weekend after drilling it showed what does and doesn't have the vigour to compete in a no-kill stitch-in scenario. </p><p></p><p>Oats went way better than rye, buckwheat and phacelia couldn't hack it, vetch did well. </p><p>Sunflowers nailed by the first -7 frost. </p><p>Radishes and brassicas powering through. </p><p>Too late on for beans to pod up, and too early for the peas which are cardboard-coloured. Lupins went well until the cold bit them off.</p><p></p><p>So it's been a good experiment in many ways, I would certainly do it again albeit with a different mix of species. </p><p>More brassicas, possibly a big tetraploid ryegrass, oats, sunnies, more vetch and possibly crimson clover. If I was going to use beans and lupin again I'd either drill earlier or burn it off post-drilling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 7037079, member: 63856"] "In between", mixed up at the local seed supply place where my mate is chief agronomist in their fancy new mixer. We put quite a few things in to see how they'd compete with pasture, 8 inches of rain the weekend after drilling it showed what does and doesn't have the vigour to compete in a no-kill stitch-in scenario. Oats went way better than rye, buckwheat and phacelia couldn't hack it, vetch did well. Sunflowers nailed by the first -7 frost. Radishes and brassicas powering through. Too late on for beans to pod up, and too early for the peas which are cardboard-coloured. Lupins went well until the cold bit them off. So it's been a good experiment in many ways, I would certainly do it again albeit with a different mix of species. More brassicas, possibly a big tetraploid ryegrass, oats, sunnies, more vetch and possibly crimson clover. If I was going to use beans and lupin again I'd either drill earlier or burn it off post-drilling. [/QUOTE]
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