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Cover crops, yes or no?
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<blockquote data-quote="Brisel" data-source="post: 6365802" data-attributes="member: 166"><p>Such a big topic!</p><p></p><p>I grow a lot of stewardship funded winter cover crops as I am 50% spring cropping here. Direct drilling all crops. Until I can get a disc drill that will sow directly into standing green cover crops I have to spray them off in Jan/Feb to make sure most of the biomass has gone by the time I want to drill in March. As above, they don't remove much soil moisture at that time of year so a thick canopy will only slow drying. Direct drilling always means being more patient in spring and the last few years have seen wet March weather forcing drilling into April then we've had dry conditions afterwards which don't favour late sowing. Spring crop yields are a bit below what we used to get especially on the last sown land.</p><p></p><p>On the plus side, I haven't had any soil erosion outside steep tramlines or farm tracks for years since moving to this system & the soil health has definitely improved. Worm numbers are increasing & I know this will be more resilient in the longer term.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brisel, post: 6365802, member: 166"] Such a big topic! I grow a lot of stewardship funded winter cover crops as I am 50% spring cropping here. Direct drilling all crops. Until I can get a disc drill that will sow directly into standing green cover crops I have to spray them off in Jan/Feb to make sure most of the biomass has gone by the time I want to drill in March. As above, they don't remove much soil moisture at that time of year so a thick canopy will only slow drying. Direct drilling always means being more patient in spring and the last few years have seen wet March weather forcing drilling into April then we've had dry conditions afterwards which don't favour late sowing. Spring crop yields are a bit below what we used to get especially on the last sown land. On the plus side, I haven't had any soil erosion outside steep tramlines or farm tracks for years since moving to this system & the soil health has definitely improved. Worm numbers are increasing & I know this will be more resilient in the longer term. [/QUOTE]
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