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Regen Ag General Discussion
No till and cover crops in Scotland
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<blockquote data-quote="SilliamWhale" data-source="post: 6767504" data-attributes="member: 1232"><p>Just strip down the component parts a bit:</p><p></p><p>Drilling into OSR stubble is easy - Tick</p><p>Drilling into Winter Barley should be easy - Tick</p><p>OSR into WW is potentially trickier but its not as if there aren't plenty of one pass machines already doing a similar job in Scotland and the North.</p><p>Spring Cropping Barley/ Oats - my opinion is don't go super thick on cover crops. Just get something that can keep the soil a bit open - I think beans/ peas as cover crop could be a good option- they're don't form part of the Scottish cash crop portfolio much so not too many worries about nematodes, they can wick away moisture but leave the canopy reasonably open because of high N/C ratio.</p><p></p><p>Don't be afraid to do a bit of short discing or something to get confident - do the easy bits first eg into rape, into winter barley. I'd love to read the statistics on later drilling dates and colder seedbeds in Scotland vs elsewhere. Your advantage is longer days - does the plant know it needs to be in early?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SilliamWhale, post: 6767504, member: 1232"] Just strip down the component parts a bit: Drilling into OSR stubble is easy - Tick Drilling into Winter Barley should be easy - Tick OSR into WW is potentially trickier but its not as if there aren't plenty of one pass machines already doing a similar job in Scotland and the North. Spring Cropping Barley/ Oats - my opinion is don't go super thick on cover crops. Just get something that can keep the soil a bit open - I think beans/ peas as cover crop could be a good option- they're don't form part of the Scottish cash crop portfolio much so not too many worries about nematodes, they can wick away moisture but leave the canopy reasonably open because of high N/C ratio. Don't be afraid to do a bit of short discing or something to get confident - do the easy bits first eg into rape, into winter barley. I'd love to read the statistics on later drilling dates and colder seedbeds in Scotland vs elsewhere. Your advantage is longer days - does the plant know it needs to be in early? [/QUOTE]
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