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My direct drill and cultivation trial 2022
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<blockquote data-quote="Two Tone" data-source="post: 8126165" data-attributes="member: 44728"><p>Winter Barley’s Blackgrass suppression seems to work well with Hybrids.</p><p>Surprisingly well considering it is planted at such a low seed rate!</p><p></p><p>I did want to try some Sensation Conventional this year which is also supposed to be good against BG, but it never turned up.</p><p></p><p>IMO it is the tallness of the crop that has such a tremendous effect against the BG. It isn’t masking it, the BG just gives up.</p><p>The same effect happens when using tall wheat varieties, especially when drilled at a highish seed rate.</p><p>Which also IMO gets buggered up if using an SU against BG. The SU doesn’t work, then because you’ve shortened the wheat too much, the surviving BG explodes into life again and takes over.</p><p></p><p>Again, what works here, might not necessarily work with you. </p><p>However, I find using Hybrid Winter barley a very useful tool against the never ending war against BG. Even when establishing it with DD.</p><p></p><p>It’s a war we will never win. But we can win many battles.</p><p>The trouble being that if we lose a battle, it takes a lot of wins to get back to were we started and recover to control the level we had.</p><p></p><p>Which is why although I have converted to DD, there is still a plough in my shed - just in case……..or in really for nostalgia purposes! ( PS, FFS don’t tell [USER=6]@Clive[/USER], [USER=4612]@ajd132[/USER] or [USER=362]@Badshot[/USER]!!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Two Tone, post: 8126165, member: 44728"] Winter Barley’s Blackgrass suppression seems to work well with Hybrids. Surprisingly well considering it is planted at such a low seed rate! I did want to try some Sensation Conventional this year which is also supposed to be good against BG, but it never turned up. IMO it is the tallness of the crop that has such a tremendous effect against the BG. It isn’t masking it, the BG just gives up. The same effect happens when using tall wheat varieties, especially when drilled at a highish seed rate. Which also IMO gets buggered up if using an SU against BG. The SU doesn’t work, then because you’ve shortened the wheat too much, the surviving BG explodes into life again and takes over. Again, what works here, might not necessarily work with you. However, I find using Hybrid Winter barley a very useful tool against the never ending war against BG. Even when establishing it with DD. It’s a war we will never win. But we can win many battles. The trouble being that if we lose a battle, it takes a lot of wins to get back to were we started and recover to control the level we had. Which is why although I have converted to DD, there is still a plough in my shed - just in case……..or in really for nostalgia purposes! ( PS, FFS don’t tell [USER=6]@Clive[/USER], [USER=4612]@ajd132[/USER] or [USER=362]@Badshot[/USER]!!) [/QUOTE]
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