Mustard cover crop pics

[Romney_Rob]

Girlfriend advises a farm in Hampshire this is the mustard she managed to grow down there!! Wish it was closer for grazing

 

[Andrew K]

Give her a pat on the back!

 

[Pedders]

Girlfriend advises a farm in Hampshire this is the mustard she managed to grow down there!! Wish it was closer for grazing

you'd be in and gone in a couple of days ... and the stalks are going to be a b***tard to deal with

 

[SilliamWhale]

you'd be in and gone in a couple of days ... and the stalks are going to be a b***tard to deal with

Really? I've drilled into them in the past

 

[Pedders]

depends on the drill of course but the stalks tend to be very stringy and can block up tined drills in particular ....disc drills better
of course if you plough or aggressively cultivate less of a problem

 

[SilliamWhale]

depends on the drill of course but the stalks tend to be very stringy and can block up tined drills in particular ....disc drills better
of course if you plough or aggressively cultivate less of a problem

People don't still use tine drills do they?

 

[Pedders]

People don't still use tine drills do they?

they do if they want to grow consistent crops rather than play the disc drill lottery every time they plant !

 

[Funnywaytmekalivin]

Good crop. I put some in after winter barley, its out in flower now. A good frost will soon knock it back but say there isn't a frost for a month it won't set seed will it?

 

[Pedders]

probably won't be viable this late in the season .....

 

[Niels]

When was this crop drilled and what variety? Without sounding arrogant (I realise I will anyway) I am not overly impressed with the mustard. Does Hampshire have a mild/wet climate?

Here are two pictures from a crop of yellow mustard near my home. What we would class as a good crop. Variety is Accent from Top Seeds. It was drilled after winter wheat on August the 6th. The pictures were taken October the 4th. Was flail mowed, ploughed in and will grow potatoes next year.