ShooTa
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- Denbighshire - In the vale of Clwyd!
bet that manse has some good stories.
good luck with the backfencing karliboy
good luck with the backfencing karliboy
I just can't get me head around the amount of fungicides & PGR used in cereals in the U.K.
So this tweet really struck a chord with me
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We humans are creatures of habit. It takes a strong mind to avoid doing what you did last time just because, rather than thinking about what you should actually do this time. A left field example but last week I read "Painting the sand" by Kim Hughes about being a bomb disposal expert in Afghanistan. He writes that your life depends on never doing things the same way twice as the Taliban will notice and catch you out. It's very hard to do.One can deduce from the above - that once a practice becomes indoctrinated into one's psychological mindset, then one will simply continue with these actions regardless - I suppose moreso if there are payments being had as well, as the financial loss may not be as noticable.
A similar train of thought can be seen when spraying glypho on crops when it appears not needed.
Off to sit on the naughty step now![]()
That's the point, many folk have still used their usual programmeAs a fan of holistic management and no till there are good reasons for the use of fungicides. You have to come over to get your head around it.
This has been an exceptionally low pressure year, cold spring and dry
That's the point, many folk have still used their usual programme![]()
We humans are creatures of habit. It takes a strong mind to avoid doing what you did last time just because, rather than thinking about what you should actually do this time. A left field example but last week I read "Painting the sand" by Kim Hughes about being a bomb disposal expert in Afghanistan. He writes that your life depends on never doing things the same way twice as the Taliban will notice and catch you out. It's very hard to do.
It didn't matter much when we lived in tune with nature but now it's devastating.
If you are reasonably certain you can eliminate the thistles with herbicide, don't be scared to.exactly - - a targeted response - keyline/subsoiling to kickstart root breakthrough for others that "weeds" , an application of X for weedX , that gets the system reworking but only once.
im wrapping my head around this too - we have alot of thistles - thus dads response is thistleEX it all... im like noooooooooo my clover - but combined with a subsoiling it might be the winning combo - fixing the root isue of compaction and jump starting the competition to the thistles.
We humans are creatures of habit. It takes a strong mind to avoid doing what you did last time just because, rather than thinking about what you should actually do this time. A left field example but last week I read "Painting the sand" by Kim Hughes about being a bomb disposal expert in Afghanistan. He writes that your life depends on never doing things the same way twice as the Taliban will notice and catch you out. It's very hard to do.
It didn't matter much when we lived in tune with nature but now it's devastating.
As a fan of holistic management and no till there are good reasons for the use of fungicides. You have to come over to get your head around it.
This has been an exceptionally low pressure year, cold spring and dry
Does that translate into a low-expectation year as well, perhaps?As a fan of holistic management and no till there are good reasons for the use of fungicides. You have to come over to get your head around it.
This has been an exceptionally low pressure year, cold spring and dry
Its the old insurance policy thing.
Relative values, perhaps?So, to try and open the channel of thought some more: whilst being trained to use fungicides etc, are we not supposed to factor in the climate conditions around us to ensure the efficacy of what we are applying to ensure the efficient use of chems too.
One could read from the above application that it may potentially have been applied irrespective if the surrounding climate conditions - ergo simply " We've always done it this way" perhaps - hence why belt and braces approach maybe somewhat flawed?
So, to try and open the channel of thought some more: whilst being trained to use fungicides etc, are we not supposed to factor in the climate conditions around us to ensure the efficacy of what we are applying to ensure the efficient use of chems too.
One could read from the above application that it may potentially have been applied irrespective if the surrounding climate conditions - ergo simply " We've always done it this way" perhaps - hence why belt and braces approach maybe somewhat flawed?