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Is a lot of fathen in silage bales harmful to cattle ......or does it not matter
That’s good to know because it’s the only thing I’ve grown well this yearIt doesn’t matter, fathen was supposedly brought over by the Romans as a forage crop.
They might leave a lot of stalks for you to tidy up though.
LambtongueI was wondering what fathen was !
My old man used to call it lambs quarter?? Was he right/wrong is it regional term?Lambtounge
never heard that but no doubt its right regionally....the leaf is like a lambs tongue is what ir it came from round here i never new what fathen was until i looked it up in a book ...or was it at college maybeMy old man used to call it lambs quarter?? Was he right/wrong is it regional term?
And "Johnny Nail"....Lambtongue
I understood the name came from harvesting the seeds, grinding them and feed until you get fat hens!
never heard of that one eitherAnd "Johnny Nail"....
Never understood this one mind
Quinova is a South American cousin of fat hen
Got 12 acres of grass I planted earlier this year and while the grass I still good and thick .....so is the fathen. Will probably mow it today .It doesn’t matter, fathen was supposedly brought over by the Romans as a forage crop.
They might leave a lot of stalks for you to tidy up though.
I’ve got the same here with kale, usually direct drill into old burnt off sward with the Aitchison but for the first time in over ten years I couldn’t get it to scratch the surface it was that hard in early may so we worked it up and have grown a fantastic crop of Fat Hen!! Can just see the kale poking through, sprayed it last year but ended up spraying the turnips or swede out so just left it this year as I was pi’ssed off with having to re-do half the field due to flea beetle!! But if it was good enough for the Romans’ then it’ll be good enough for meI had a field of swedes that were grown as ‘unsprayed roots’ for Glastir, which got rather taken over by fathen. It was 13ac of thick, dense, 6’ high fathen (surprisingly, with ahalf decent crop of swedes in the bottom). This field was right by the footpath and several people asked me what the crop was. Quinoa was my usual answer.