I've got blackgrass

[thorpe]

do you buy in hay?..thats how i got in....got rid now though

are you sure

 

[Mc115reed]

If it’s just a headland tramline, rip it up and put a grass reseed in for few years? Save the risk of spreading it…

 

[fudge]

Seeds are evident .

If you spray it off now most of the seeds won’t be viable. This is your best course.

 

[spin cycle]

are you sure

in 2015 my ad maize was riddled....also bits in cereals....all my indices were 0......switched to sheep and spring cereals...ditched rt.....been harder work....lost some money....BUT....havn't seen any BG since and indices back into high 2s

not 100% sure i'd recommend it though TBH

 

[mghley]

in 2015 my ad maize was riddled....also bits in cereals....all my indices were 0......switched to sheep and spring cereals...ditched rt.....been harder work....lost some money....BUT....havn't seen any BG since and indices back into high 2s

not 100% sure i'd recommend it though TBH

Two friends locally had same problem with BG. Used break with forage crops and into spring cereals. Did my sheep good, did ground good and helped clear up problem.. both of them now doing it as part of rotation. Win win

 

[ollie989898]

Well there we are folks. In a rather astonishing and radical departure from the norm, the answer to many agricultural questions in life appears to be, can you believe it- 'get some sheep'. Never thought I would see the day.

 

[ollie989898]

If it’s just a headland tramline, rip it up and put a grass reseed in for few years? Save the risk of spreading it…

I would grass the lot down or try maize even. It is possible the actives in maize (nicosulfuron) may work on the BG but not guaranteed.

 

[Dave645]

Funny you say this. I was thinking this afternoon when spraying T2 that knowing the chemical giants, there's probably a patented chemical somewhere that would wipe it out, and Bayer bought the patent and shelved it.

I asked an old spray man, he said there used to be a chemical that could make black grass go blind, I wonder if it’s still useable if they relaunched it?
But that could stop mature black grass from creating long term problems and demand for chemical control if it worked, it does make you wonder doesn’t it.

 

[spin cycle]

Well there we are folks. In a rather astonishing and radical departure from the norm, the answer to many agricultural questions in life appears to be, can you believe it- 'get some sheep'. Never thought I would see the day.

both my agronomist and i were , were surprised at how indices went up.....i suppose leaving grass down 2-3 years meant less disturbance......sheep poo ....i was taking hay/straw off though

i think stubble turnips help to.....sheep hooves gently churning ground chitting bg all autumn/winter

big arable operation near me is 'all over it'....pigs...tack sheep....rotation........but smaller one man band arable farmers don't want the hassle i suppose...TBH i can sympathise with that

 

[Hindsight]

we have two patches of rye grass now because of that exactly where bsler dropped first two bales and a bit round the headland
sprayed it off first time it’s now beet and had averdex and c max
we will see what pops up in wheat next year when sown again will be nuked again

Am pretty sure there is a typo in your post and that you remember fondly the days some years ago when you could legally use Avadex on the UK Sugar Beet crop. Wouldn't want a casual reader of this forum to take wrong impression a sugar beet farmer in UK used an illegal chemical like those forinners do!

 

[yellow belly]

Funny you say this. I was thinking this afternoon when spraying T2 that knowing the chemical giants, there's probably a patented chemical somewhere that would wipe it out, and Bayer bought the patent and shelved it.

Doughtfull that is true

if a company had a chemical that would pass the approval regulations for wheat and barley they would sell 3 to 4 million acres a year £20 £ 80 million in sales a year in uk alone

 

[Will 1594]

Am pretty sure there is a typo in your post and that you remember fondly the days some years ago when you could legally use Avadex on the UK Sugar Beet crop. Wouldn't want a casual reader of this forum to take wrong impression a sugar beet farmer in UK used an illegal chemical like those forinners do!

Yes meant averdex in the wheat , ooops

 

[kiwi pom]

Well there we are folks. In a rather astonishing and radical departure from the norm, the answer to many agricultural questions in life appears to be, can you believe it- 'get some sheep'. Never thought I would see the day.

Perhaps some cows too? Get plenty off both and rotate them round the farm, do the soil good.
Little bit of everything, perhaps we could call it Mixed farming?

 

[mghley]

Perhaps some cows too? Get plenty off both and rotate them round the farm, do the soil good.
Little bit of everything, perhaps we could call it Mixed farming?

For many years a lot of arable men have scoffed at the thought of having sheep on the farm, but increasingly grass and sheep in a rotation are being seen to offer a valuable alternative to constant cereals.

 

[7610 super q]

You brought it back from France, didn't you Bob.