Do oats do much in a cover crop mix?

[Devon James]

Is this going into maize also James?

Yes, expect so. More likely than peas.
Still some ground to plant after spring barley and would like to put beans in there as per my previous post. If any opinions on seed rates?

 

[Warnesworth]

Are you planning to graze this, desiccate early, or drill into the green?

 

[Devon James]

Are you planning to graze this, desiccate early, or drill into the green?

All potentially will be grazed. Definitely the forage mix. Probably not the beans mix

 

[Will 1594]

How much trash can it handle, is there much of a yield penalty compared to conventional establishment?

Tell you when we lift it .it looked good ,and is a blow prone field ,all the beet was good ,till it yellowed

 

[Warnesworth]

Yes, expect so. More likely than peas.
Still some ground to plant after spring barley and would like to put beans in there as per my previous post. If any opinions on seed rates?

I think your mix of "30kgs/acre of beans plus 10 of vetch and 20 of oats" sounds fine too me without knowing the soil etc. Should be quite cheap too if you have the beans and the oats in the shed.

 

[Devon James]

How much N would a beans/vetch cover crop fix I wonder before next May?

 

[BSH]

I put in black oats in my mix and reckon they are worthwhile. They grow to twice the size of normal oats or rye volunteers and are the first thing the cattle eat. Expensive though!

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

I put in black oats in my mix and reckon they are worthwhile. They grow to twice the size of normal oats or rye volunteers and are the first thing the cattle eat. Expensive though!

I think they are another sales gimmic like "hot " mustard. Normal mustard £1 per kilo, spring oats 15p a kilo. How much was the mix @Daniel ?