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Cover crops on heavy land
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<blockquote data-quote="Hjwise" data-source="post: 8053607" data-attributes="member: 145185"><p>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??</p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>My unscientific and probably uninformed conclusion is that cover crops are for people on light soils who don’t spread muck.</p><p></p><p>The end.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hjwise, post: 8053607, member: 145185"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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