CORK
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- East Cork, Ireland
After two consecutive years of severe slug damage in wheat following WOSR, I’m adopting a new (to me) approach.
We are plough based.
Gave the osr stubble a run of a light disc (Amazone Catros) immediately after harvest in dry weather. Just gave it a second run today 3 weeks after the first run. The surface is left loose. I’m just working it 2 inches deep as that’s where the slugs appear to be.
We had a hot sunny day today and I’m hoping I’ll have a dramatic effect on slug numbers.
Does anyone else do this or have experience with such an approach?
Im doing this early to hit slug numbers early and to leave the surface settle again before wet autumn weather arrives.
Ive seen some people topping WOSR stubble in the past, what’s the idea behind this?
We are plough based.
Gave the osr stubble a run of a light disc (Amazone Catros) immediately after harvest in dry weather. Just gave it a second run today 3 weeks after the first run. The surface is left loose. I’m just working it 2 inches deep as that’s where the slugs appear to be.
We had a hot sunny day today and I’m hoping I’ll have a dramatic effect on slug numbers.
Does anyone else do this or have experience with such an approach?
Im doing this early to hit slug numbers early and to leave the surface settle again before wet autumn weather arrives.
Ive seen some people topping WOSR stubble in the past, what’s the idea behind this?
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