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<blockquote data-quote="AndrewM" data-source="post: 6453062" data-attributes="member: 55784"><p>just had a google, looks like you plant hemp in may? if so, your are looking at trying to get ready for may 2020?</p><p></p><p>you could mow the grass tight, spread some lime, rotovate fairly shallow a couple of times to chop up the sod, broadcast some brassica mix (stubble turnips/forage rape) and roll in. then get some local sheep in sometime in winter to eat off the brassica. then in the spring you could make then decision on whether you need to plough or just rotovate again, depending on what was left behind, to create seed bed for your hemp.</p><p></p><p>or if the grounds heavier, you could mow the grass, then plough in the autumn, let the winter break down the lumps and prepare your seedbed in the spring. dont do this on steep land/ sandy land that will wash away though.</p><p></p><p>if no livestock and limited equipment, cover crops could be difficult as you might have a lot of biomass to deal with, your permanent pasture should be fairly high in OM anyway. organic farmers use clover breaks 1-3 years to fix nitrogen ready for cash crops, you have probably missed the boat on sowing clover as it fixes most of its nitrogen during the summer time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AndrewM, post: 6453062, member: 55784"] just had a google, looks like you plant hemp in may? if so, your are looking at trying to get ready for may 2020? you could mow the grass tight, spread some lime, rotovate fairly shallow a couple of times to chop up the sod, broadcast some brassica mix (stubble turnips/forage rape) and roll in. then get some local sheep in sometime in winter to eat off the brassica. then in the spring you could make then decision on whether you need to plough or just rotovate again, depending on what was left behind, to create seed bed for your hemp. or if the grounds heavier, you could mow the grass, then plough in the autumn, let the winter break down the lumps and prepare your seedbed in the spring. dont do this on steep land/ sandy land that will wash away though. if no livestock and limited equipment, cover crops could be difficult as you might have a lot of biomass to deal with, your permanent pasture should be fairly high in OM anyway. organic farmers use clover breaks 1-3 years to fix nitrogen ready for cash crops, you have probably missed the boat on sowing clover as it fixes most of its nitrogen during the summer time. [/QUOTE]
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