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<blockquote data-quote="som farmer" data-source="post: 7720768" data-attributes="member: 86168"><p>2 pics, 1 plantain, 2 chicory, both been grazed x5 this year, both sown last autumn, and the plantains are on really dry ground. Perhaps the biggest shock, is how easy they are to establish, they nearly out grow weeds. Chicory is spreading round the farm, just by putting a bit in with the N.</p><p>cows love them, no problems with them eating them.</p><p>we tried vetch, in 1 ley, it came, they ate, it went, although sown with h/rye, it did extremely well, and the two together, yielded 15ton/acre, and we have a superb crop of maize, sown behind it.</p><p>in the grazing leys, just plantain and chicory, and very pleased with them, as we are a dry farm, and suffered badly, the last 3 yrs, we are giving them a go, along with cocksfoot, fesques timothy, and 'drought' tolerant prg, unfortunately, or thankfully, this wasn't the year to test them for drought conditions All l can say is they have grown very well, and competed with prg leys, in the grazing rotation.</p><p> What has been very noticeable, is prg is very prone to sending up a seed head, very quickly, when stressed, the others, don't, which lengthens the rotation, which we have found allows grass/herbs and clover, to develop more root, which in turn, makes the plant more resilient.</p><p> Expanding the range of herbs, we were going to try a real diverse mix, but son not quite so keen now, the chicory plantain and clover, is giving very good results. Trefoil, grows wild here, and it grows where there is no competition, as does wild vetch, both of which look 'straggly' and weak, some of the 'others' l know nothing about. As we draw closer to the end of the grazing period, my impression is they have given, along with the 'dry' grasses, a more even feed, than prg, they don't throw up seed heads so readily as prg.</p><p> Fully agree much more info on them, from beef/sheep, aspect, but here, they tend to really grow, as prg slows down, exactly what we wanted/needed. With loads of clover, as in first pic, they make an ideal feed for cows, rather than some of the more mature pics, of beef pasture !</p><p> The real drawback, is weed control, no spray to use, so it's down to spot spray, and topping, all in all, l think it has been a success, and we will keep including them, possibly with a grazing type lucerne.</p><p> If you don't try it, you will never know, and these 2 seem to germinate and grow, just by spinning on, though the first ones were properly drilled.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]981947[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]981950[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="som farmer, post: 7720768, member: 86168"] 2 pics, 1 plantain, 2 chicory, both been grazed x5 this year, both sown last autumn, and the plantains are on really dry ground. Perhaps the biggest shock, is how easy they are to establish, they nearly out grow weeds. Chicory is spreading round the farm, just by putting a bit in with the N. cows love them, no problems with them eating them. we tried vetch, in 1 ley, it came, they ate, it went, although sown with h/rye, it did extremely well, and the two together, yielded 15ton/acre, and we have a superb crop of maize, sown behind it. in the grazing leys, just plantain and chicory, and very pleased with them, as we are a dry farm, and suffered badly, the last 3 yrs, we are giving them a go, along with cocksfoot, fesques timothy, and 'drought' tolerant prg, unfortunately, or thankfully, this wasn't the year to test them for drought conditions All l can say is they have grown very well, and competed with prg leys, in the grazing rotation. What has been very noticeable, is prg is very prone to sending up a seed head, very quickly, when stressed, the others, don't, which lengthens the rotation, which we have found allows grass/herbs and clover, to develop more root, which in turn, makes the plant more resilient. Expanding the range of herbs, we were going to try a real diverse mix, but son not quite so keen now, the chicory plantain and clover, is giving very good results. Trefoil, grows wild here, and it grows where there is no competition, as does wild vetch, both of which look 'straggly' and weak, some of the 'others' l know nothing about. As we draw closer to the end of the grazing period, my impression is they have given, along with the 'dry' grasses, a more even feed, than prg, they don't throw up seed heads so readily as prg. Fully agree much more info on them, from beef/sheep, aspect, but here, they tend to really grow, as prg slows down, exactly what we wanted/needed. With loads of clover, as in first pic, they make an ideal feed for cows, rather than some of the more mature pics, of beef pasture ! The real drawback, is weed control, no spray to use, so it's down to spot spray, and topping, all in all, l think it has been a success, and we will keep including them, possibly with a grazing type lucerne. If you don't try it, you will never know, and these 2 seem to germinate and grow, just by spinning on, though the first ones were properly drilled. [ATTACH type="full"]981947[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full"]981950[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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