Cover crop options please

[alomy75]

In my opinion there is little chemical control in spring beans for weeds and I don’t want to be cutting them in October. Winter beans can be late enough to cut for me liking.

Einbock. And I wish I had combined mine in October last year rather than September at 17% traditional predictable seasons are a thing of the past now

 

[Great In Grass]

Has anyone mentioned Vetch?

 

[Huno]

Or grass??

 

[Huno]

Or equally why bother trying to help at all especially if you are a livestock farmer..

 

[Huno]

Has anyone mentioned Vetch?

 

[martian]

Has anyone mentioned Vetch?

They've talked of little else

 

[Great In Grass]

They've talked of little else

The sarcasm was missed too!

 

[Huno]

Has anyone mentioned Vetch?

What sarcasm... moderator

 

[Huno]

I think you can cover crop with anything you want really

 

[Huno]

Sarcasm the lowest form of wit... you can do better

 

[Huno]

They've talked of little else

What would you suggest @martian ? No responses here for sometime and those cover crops wont work now in late may very well

 

[Huno]

No emoji for slow hand clap...

 

[Great In Grass]

Sarcasm the lowest form of wit... you can do better

No, I truly can't!

 

[Fish]

l‘ve still got 8 ha to drill, it will be a mix of, buckwheat, sunflower, vetch.
Drilled 14 ha of crimson/white clover last week, with this rain it should be through in no time.

 

[benny6910]

So I’ve got the seed in the shed, field conditions are very dry and hard. Not much tilth on the heavier part of the field. Weather looks like it could provide some rain over the weekend so can I get away with spinning the vetch on and rolling in or will I need more tilth to get it to grow?

 

[Huno]

So I’ve got the seed in the shed, field conditions are very dry and hard. Not much tilth on the heavier part of the field. Weather looks like it could provide some rain over the weekend so can I get away with spinning the vetch on and rolling in or will I need more tilth to get it to grow?

Dont spin it on... none will grow... drill it like a pea an inch deep

 

[Huno]

Or disk..broadcast, chain harrow and double roll

 

[benny6910]

Or disk..broadcast, chain harrow and double roll

I was thinking spin on and run over with my vaderstad carrier 1 inch deep then roll possibly?

 

[Huno]

Yeap that will work if it rains!!

 

[benny6910]

Yeap that will work if it rains!!

Yes the Forcast looks like we will get some rain from Friday onwards for 3 days. I’ll wait till tomorrow and see if the Forcast changes I think