Direct drilling into ryegrass/clover ley?

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@rob1 my ww is now being caught up by the regrowing red clover. Looks ok to me but combine driver is worried. I guess the straw will make some good round bale silage

 

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@rob1 my ww is now being caught up by the regrowing red clover. Looks ok to me but combine driver is worried. I guess the straw will make some good round bale silage

Now that does worry me. Sounds like it needs/needed another good check.

 

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@rob1 my ww is now being caught up by the regrowing red clover. Looks ok to me but combine driver is worried. I guess the straw will make some good round bale silage

thats why I will be trying a patch to see how it goes,I need to find some really prostrate white clover which shouldnt grow too tall,well thats the plan Oh and not plant it near any roads

 

[damaged]

Walked it today, wheat is ahead again, perhaps foot and a half taller than clover. So perhaps it will be ok if stubble cut long- combine will handle a bit of green and most clover will stay below cutter bar.

 

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Walked it today, wheat is ahead again, perhaps foot and a half taller than clover. So perhaps it will be ok if stubble cut long- combine will handle a bit of green and most clover will stay below cutter bar.

Any chance of a pic or two please?

 

[damaged]

I'll pop back tomorrow and get a selection. I think i posted some early ones in a 'wheat after grass' thread but can't quite remember which.
This is 19th November as emerging. Left is tine . Right is disc drilled

 

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I'll pop back tomorrow and get a selection. I think i posted some early ones in a 'wheat after grass' thread but can't quite remember which.View attachment 357612
This is 19th November as emerging. Left is tine . Right is disc drilled

Thanks, much appreciated.

 

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April 7th.

 

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Disc looking better I think.

 

[damaged]

Tine was in too deep for so late planting (Nov 5th i think) but eventually looked better than disc by mid May. Ill go back to that spot and get an update.

 

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Clover understory has gone from loam soil but remains strong in the cotswold brash.

 

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Coffee cup for scaling. Dog got lost in crop.

 

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View attachment 358628Coffer cup for scaling. Dog got lost in crop.

The crop looks happy enough with the clover under it. It would be interesting to use VR N and see the satellite imaging.
Wonder why the clover has gone from some parts and not others then?

 

[damaged]

Ive no idea. Its the opposite way to what i would have expected. Grain heads heavy but not a high enough plant count to amount to a good yield. Its my experimental field - Observations so far
DD ww into clover works but sow much earlier than November. Or up the seed rate msssively. October 10th at 200 to 220 kg ha if I had another try.
Dont worry about clover returning.
Black grass no problem in this crop.

 

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Did you apply pre em of any sort? I'm hoping for the first week of October and about that seed rate

 

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Taken a few this morning.

 

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Taken a few this morning.

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Very nice

 

[debe]

Cross slot drilled into 5 year ley 18th September. Skimped on herbicide, which we shouldn't have done. Brownish tint is AMG.

 

[tr250]

I have some fields coming out if grass this autumn. They are really thick with clover, was a mix or italian and prg in there too.
Chalk will be applied as needed, I intend to go wheat as the rest of the block is due for wheat so want to keep it simple.
drill Mid September or later?

What did you end up doing with your grass leys in the end

 

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What did you end up doing with your grass leys in the end

Ploughed them.