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
ollie989898
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?
ollie989898
Member
What are you calling American willowherb?
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Epilobium ciliatum
ollie989898
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