Does anyone really put cover crops on heavy land other than the odd person trying to get a page in Farmers Weekly or some extremist DDer??
My short lived experiment has just given me a headache with few obvious benefits. Stubble turnips, oats, vetch etc grew tall and thick - didn’t get an opportunity to spray off early so put some sheep on it. The pittance I got for that won’t nearly cover the cost of the cultivation now needed. As far as I can see, most of the benefits left with the sheep. I’m now left with what looks and feels like a solid lump of cheese.
My unscientific and probably uninformed conclusion is that cover crops are for people on light soils who don’t spread muck.
The end.
My short lived experiment has just given me a headache with few obvious benefits. Stubble turnips, oats, vetch etc grew tall and thick - didn’t get an opportunity to spray off early so put some sheep on it. The pittance I got for that won’t nearly cover the cost of the cultivation now needed. As far as I can see, most of the benefits left with the sheep. I’m now left with what looks and feels like a solid lump of cheese.
My unscientific and probably uninformed conclusion is that cover crops are for people on light soils who don’t spread muck.
The end.