- Location
- Essex/Herts Border
Couple of pics from here this autumn so far. JB Diego into S Bean stubble @165kg/ha
JB Diego into wheat stubble @ 185kg/ha
Volume Hybrid W Barley into S Barley stubble @84kg/ha
My best cover crop this year, Pedder's legume free mix @30kg/ha into wheat stubble direct with Weaving Tine drill. Raked before and raked and rolled after.
Biggest issue we have had all summer/autumn here is a serious lack of rain, wearing metal disappearing at an alarming rate on any soil engaging machine. Cover crops quite poor because its so dry and i'm fed up of looking at my crap OSR of which at least half will be written off due to lack of moisture/flea beetle and slugs. Everyone else's pics of hedge to hedge fields of foot high OSR is really irritating!! The difference probably being an inch of rain at the right time which we never had. DTS drilled cereals as above all looking quite good though with v little slug issues so far, so win some loose some.
JB Diego into wheat stubble @ 185kg/ha
Volume Hybrid W Barley into S Barley stubble @84kg/ha
My best cover crop this year, Pedder's legume free mix @30kg/ha into wheat stubble direct with Weaving Tine drill. Raked before and raked and rolled after.
Biggest issue we have had all summer/autumn here is a serious lack of rain, wearing metal disappearing at an alarming rate on any soil engaging machine. Cover crops quite poor because its so dry and i'm fed up of looking at my crap OSR of which at least half will be written off due to lack of moisture/flea beetle and slugs. Everyone else's pics of hedge to hedge fields of foot high OSR is really irritating!! The difference probably being an inch of rain at the right time which we never had. DTS drilled cereals as above all looking quite good though with v little slug issues so far, so win some loose some.