Min till forage rape/stubble turnips

[exmoor dave]

They are supposed to eat them, not play football with them.

Yeah still yet to really get a taste for the bulbs yet

 

[Bury the Trash]

Yeah still yet to really get a taste for the bulbs yet

Roots are better to be well anchored , ie held firmly for them to bite into.

But There's a compromise between that and root being available enough above ground not buried too much to be wasted that way.

Also Factor in the Out of ' greens 'growing season is better for root eating as well for sheep imo. Like late Autumn to very early spring.

Depends what else is around about i guess.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

quite nice having the timothy there but not so the creeping butter cup, obviously the spray off didn't kill that very well did

Roots are better to be well anchored , ie held firmly for them to bite into.

But There's a compromise between that and root being available enough above ground not buried too much to be wasted that way.

Also Factor in the Out of ' greens 'growing season is better for root eating as well for sheep imo. Like late Autumn to very early spring.

Depends what else is around about i guess.

I never woried about them being in the ground, I used to run a spring tine harrow through at the end to drag them out

 

[Bury the Trash]

Yeah we've done that with fodderbeet,after the above ground bit has been eaten.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Ringo Rape ,local farmers

 

[r80dub]

At what stage can you safely graze forage rape? I have this field which wasn't planned for grazing, will be drilled with wheat in a month or so, it's volunteer interval from a seed crop cut in July. It hasn't rained here for weeks and and I'm in desperate need for some grazing, I lamb out of season and started on Friday so hoping I can move ewes and lambs onto it until some of the cover crops get some rain and grow. There are some oats drilled into it too but they've mostly died from a lack of moisture.

 

[mghley]

At what stage can you safely graze forage rape? I have this field which wasn't planned for grazing, will be drilled with wheat in a month or so, it's volunteer interval from a seed crop cut in July. It hasn't rained here for weeks and and I'm in desperate need for some grazing, I lamb out of season and started on Friday so hoping I can move ewes and lambs onto it until some of the cover crops get some rain and grow. There are some oats drilled into it too but they've mostly died from a lack of moisture.

That’s going to take some eating off in a month !!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

At what stage can you safely graze forage rape? I have this field which wasn't planned for grazing, will be drilled with wheat in a month or so, it's volunteer interval from a seed crop cut in July. It hasn't rained here for weeks and and I'm in desperate need for some grazing, I lamb out of season and started on Friday so hoping I can move ewes and lambs onto it until some of the cover crops get some rain and grow. There are some oats drilled into it too but they've mostly died from a lack of moisture.

Get it grazed, it's lot lush growth either so that will help

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Rebound Drilled 18th of August

 

[r80dub]

Get it grazed, it's lot lush growth either so that will help

To clarify, I don't need it grazed to clear the field for drilling, will drill into it direct anyway. Just want to make use of it as I've no grass or other forage anywhere. Just don't want to cause myself more problems as I thought grazing brassicas too early was a no no?

 

[michael N123]

Your lucky ,brassica never grow on rushy land here

If it was wall to wall reshes it must need 4ton lime

 

[Derrick Hughes]

To clarify, I don't need it grazed to clear the field for drilling, will drill into it direct anyway. Just want to make use of it as I've no grass or other forage anywhere. Just don't want to cause myself more problems as I thought grazing brassicas too early was a no no?

To be honest I've never heard that one , but it's lush growth with a lot of nitrogen that seems to hit them , that don't look lush to me from the picture

 

[Kernowkid]

Starting to chew the rape. This was scratched in after spring barley 22nd Aug with a sprinkle of 20.10.10 Once over with the chiseler and broadcast and rolled in. The boys are liking it

 

[roseshep]

Grazing mustard in after Winter Barley, in a field that’s going back into Winter Barley.
Keeping something growing in it, as well as a few weeks grazing for a bunch of lambs…… and it’s cheap.

How do your lambs grow on the mustard? We've got a bit in this year and wondering wether its going to any good

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

How do your lambs grow on the mustard? We've got a bit in this year and wondering wether its going to any good

It's more gut fill than rocket fuel really. Better for ewes depending on when you need the field back.

 

[neilo]

How do your lambs grow on the mustard? We've got a bit in this year and wondering wether its going to any good

Not really a finishing crop, but will hold them cheaply for a while. I certainly wouldn’t bother growing it apart from a quick, cheap catch crop to keep something growing in the soil between 2 Winter Barley crops.

 

[roseshep]

Not really a finishing crop, but will hold them cheaply for a while. I certainly wouldn’t bother growing it apart from a quick, cheap catch crop to keep something growing in the soil between 2 Winter Barley crops.

thank you, any good for tupping ewes on?

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

I always have done previously, but 20 minutes of unbolting the RAPPA frame and bolting the spreader on each time.
It can sit on that trailer (held by 2 bolts) for most of the summer so I can just hook it up and spread some clover seed as sheep mobs move out of paddocks too perhaps, or that’s the idea. Just hitch up and go…

It’s easier on the bike rack too of course.

Good idea

 

[neilo]

thank you, any good for tupping ewes on?

I wouldn’t have thought so, unless you treat it as maintenance/fill belly and supplement energy somehow.

Likely better than bare fields though…

 

[Greythundercloudys]

This was ploughed, powerharrowed ,sown with air seeder and rolled.