Mr Charisma
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- Location
- stratford on Avon
I would like to nominate the above as cover crop champion 
Groundsel.
- Thread starter Mr Charisma
- Start date
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
A blend of small nettle,fat hen, and pineapple weed/camomile Mike's for a splendid cover on my ground.
Mr Charisma
Member
- Location
- stratford on Avon
Hmm , a true champion crop of fat hen blocks my cultipress up tho
deleted user 837354
Member
Don't let the fudging stuff seed or you will see it for the next 30 years.
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
One of our farms is wall to wall groundsel this year since harvest. We haven't really seen it before in this amount.
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
How come American willowherb never gets a mention?
deleted user 837354
Member
What are you calling American willowherb?
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Epilobium ciliatum
deleted user 837354
Member
Learn something new every day- that looks similar to rosebay willowherb but they are not the same.
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Far from it. An ephemeral weed very much like groundsel, behaves very different than Rosebay. Major weed for me and surprised it never gets a mention. More of a bare ground weed rather than in sward I guess.
Cab-over Pete
Member
- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
What’s that stringy, knotty stuff that spreads itself out low like a mass of string?
I was in a rush one day so ran about 50 yards to get the Loadall, bloody stuff tripped me up and I did some kind of stunt forward roll before ending up on my back. Had to have a look round to make sure nobody saw it.
I was in a rush one day so ran about 50 yards to get the Loadall, bloody stuff tripped me up and I did some kind of stunt forward roll before ending up on my back. Had to have a look round to make sure nobody saw it.
Corn Spurrey, it's an indicator of lime deficiencyWhat’s that stringy, knotty stuff that spreads itself out low like a mass of string?
I was in a rush one day so ran about 50 yards to get the Loadall, bloody stuff tripped me up and I did some kind of stunt forward roll before ending up on my back. Had to have a look round to make sure nobody saw it.
grows in a mass close to the ground.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
It could be a bad patch of knot grass(iron weed)
That stuff is not good in beet harvesters......
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
No it isnt, itll wrap around a shaft and cut a bearing out as quick as lightening.[emoji35]
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Sounded like knotgrass to me.
Cab-over Pete
Member
- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
I think that’s the stuff.
farmerm
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
black bindweed gets a NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! from my poor combine driver
- Tags
- beet cover crop fat hen groundsel
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