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DTS sown spring oats. Sown 27th March. Straight out the pile and into the drill after a diverse cover crop. No seed treatment. Bit short but not bad all things considered.
I like what you say in your first sentence ,so very true. As the saying says "What goes around comes around", oh mankind is so clever. ????????Modern term...companion crop, old term....dredge corn! Beans, oats and a little barley. No inputs other than seed and glyphosate. There is groundsel in the bottom but other than that clean, famous last words. Visited @andyhoward farm last year and wanted to give it a try View attachment 889129
How will you manage the harvest date? I presume you want the oats as well and separate them at the farm. Will they not be ready first before the beansModern term...companion crop, old term....dredge corn! Beans, oats and a little barley. No inputs other than seed and glyphosate. There is groundsel in the bottom but other than that clean, famous last words. Visited @andyhoward farm last year and wanted to give it a try View attachment 889129
Modern term...companion crop, old term....dredge corn! Beans, oats and a little barley. No inputs other than seed and glyphosate. There is groundsel in the bottom but other than that clean, famous last words. Visited @andyhoward farm last year and wanted to give it a try View attachment 889129
Are you not in favour of it or just commenting on the new terminology?!I like what you say in your first sentence ,so very true. As the saying says "What goes around comes around", oh mankind is so clever. ????????
Not sure yet! We have acreage next to it in a summer grazing mix (picture) (there's a thread on that somewhere) and was going to graze this as well. But we could forage it but would rather combine then roll the grain. We will seeHow will you manage the harvest date? I presume you want the oats as well and separate them at the farm. Will they not be ready first before the beans
Just commenting, it is a good idea in my opinionAre you not in favour of it or just commenting on the new terminology?!
I hoped that would be the case as you started the dogmatic thread!Just commenting, it is a good idea in my opinion
Looks good. Don't forget the pea in the foreground. ?Modern term...companion crop, old term....dredge corn! Beans, oats and a little barley. No inputs other than seed and glyphosate. There is groundsel in the bottom but other than that clean, famous last words. Visited @andyhoward farm last year and wanted to give it a try View attachment 889129
Did you drill the beans in a separate pass to the oats and barleyModern term...companion crop, old term....dredge corn! Beans, oats and a little barley. No inputs other than seed and glyphosate. There is groundsel in the bottom but other than that clean, famous last words. Visited @andyhoward farm last year and wanted to give it a try View attachment 889129
All in together. We have decided to take it as wholecropDid you drill the beans in a separate pass to the oats and barley
I was thinking of trying some as whole cropAll in together. We have decided to take it as wholecrop
Not as deep as a normal bean planting set up. I think we used the splitter boot rather than the bean boot. Yeah go for it.I was thinking of trying some as whole crop
I assume you drilled it with the claydon, what depth did you drill the mix at as i would of thought the beans would need to be deeper that the oats and barley