Cover crops bg control plough now or later?

[dannewhouse]

Planning a summer cover to try control bg.

Debating plough and combi drill the cover then just glyphos and combi barley in

Or
Drill cover and plough and combi for the barley.

Idea 1 being a bit of a stale seedbed?

 

[Brisel]

Have you got access to a tine or disc drill that would just stitch the barley into a sprayed off cover? It seems self defeating to move soil in the autumn which could chit more blackgrass in its main germination season.

What coulters do you have on the combination? Residues might clog Suffolk coulters.

 

[dannewhouse]

Have you got access to a tine or disc drill that would just stitch the barley into a sprayed off cover? It seems self defeating to move soil in the autumn which could chit more blackgrass in its main germination season.

What coulters do you have on the combination? Residues might clog Suffolk coulters.

Discs on the combi.

I do have a moores but had variable results with it

 

[Spud]

Plough & combi the cc but don't get it too thick or the bg won't grow. Spray off cc, Moore the barley into good conditions.

 

[fudge]

If the purpose of the cover crop is to control BG don't bother. Cultivate now wait for BG, spray off then drill. According to the forecast there will be plenty of moisture for BG germination.

 

[Brisel]

If the purpose of the cover crop is to control BG don't bother. Cultivate now wait for BG, spray off then drill. According to the forecast there will be plenty of moisture for BG germination.

Keep the cover crop seed rate well down& there's plenty of space for the weeds to grow.

 

[fudge]

Keep the cover crop seed rate well down& there's plenty of space for the weeds to grow.

Oh I see it's before spring barley.

 

[Brisel]

Oh I see it's before spring barley.

I assumed it was for winter barley!

Winter or spring barley after the cover crop @dannewhouse ?

 

[dannewhouse]

I assumed it was for winter barley!

Winter or spring barley after the cover crop @dannewhouse ?

Winter. I had to read through from the start to check I hadn't put the wrong thing myself.

What would you recommended for a cover crops, I have some radish I was thinking would get a bit of root down. Need at least something else to pass for summer cover

 

[Nearly]

Just power harrow it for now? Cover crop in a month then kill it before bg seeds?

 

[dannewhouse]

Just power harrow it for now? Cover crop in a month then kill it before bg seeds?

Think the field will still benefit a plough debate is now or later

 

[Nearly]

Or stubble turnips and keep sheep on it to stop the seeding?

 

[dannewhouse]

Or stubble turnips and keep sheep on it to stop the seeding?

Only be drilled couple months can't be waiting on sheep for drilling winter barley

 

[Spud]

Winter. I had to read through from the start to check I hadn't put the wrong thing myself.

What would you recommended for a cover crops, I have some radish I was thinking would get a bit of root down. Need at least something else to pass for summer cover

Radish isn't a good idea if you have blackgrass - as the bulb eventually rots, it allows the bg to come up from below

 

[dannewhouse]

What does anyone do for pre EMS with the trash in a dd situation?

 

[Spud]

What does anyone do for pre EMS with the trash in a dd situation?

EMS?

 

[dannewhouse]

EMS?

Pre emergence sprays
Pre Em's

 

[fudge]

Only be drilled couple months can't be waiting on sheep for drilling winter barley

If it's winter barley what is the possible benefit of a very short lived cover crop?

 

[Spud]

Pre emergence sprays
Pre Em's

Ahh, it was the capital letters that confused me, sorry

 

[Brisel]

Is this for a SFI option or just want to keep the soil alive?