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Regen Ag General Discussion
No till and cover crops in Scotland
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<blockquote data-quote="jh." data-source="post: 6783394" data-attributes="member: 527"><p>Had my agronomist in other day and had a chat about cover crops for the summer if I don't take a spring cereal to harvest on some of the land. He suggested daikon radish , crimson clover and phacelia but was keen for me to sow them as straights to see what works best . I said I was thinking mix it with spring oats for OM and thin it all out to make it cheaper but he didn't like that idea . He said blocks of each will show easier in next crop what works best on my place and oats are a curse for volunteers in next crop. </p><p></p><p>His straights at his suggested rates does come in a lot more expensive than I was planning to spend per hec compared to a oat mix . </p><p></p><p>Would spring oats at say 25kg/h , white mustard at 3 , tillage radish at 3 and phacelia at 1 , be a disaster? </p><p></p><p>He seemed to really like the crimson clover so maybe swap it for the phacelia if the phacelia is bad for self seeding ?</p><p></p><p>Area is stubble at moment , to be dunged then cover crop until drilling with wheat September , so guess June cover drilling? </p><p></p><p>He was also keen for me to plough for the cover crop establishment after dunging and top off the cover pre drilling wheat . I'd rather disc and combi then see what direct drill demos I can get for wheat drilling. </p><p></p><p>Have mzuri and horsch dealers close by, so potentially tine and disc if available.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jh., post: 6783394, member: 527"] Had my agronomist in other day and had a chat about cover crops for the summer if I don't take a spring cereal to harvest on some of the land. He suggested daikon radish , crimson clover and phacelia but was keen for me to sow them as straights to see what works best . I said I was thinking mix it with spring oats for OM and thin it all out to make it cheaper but he didn't like that idea . He said blocks of each will show easier in next crop what works best on my place and oats are a curse for volunteers in next crop. His straights at his suggested rates does come in a lot more expensive than I was planning to spend per hec compared to a oat mix . Would spring oats at say 25kg/h , white mustard at 3 , tillage radish at 3 and phacelia at 1 , be a disaster? He seemed to really like the crimson clover so maybe swap it for the phacelia if the phacelia is bad for self seeding ? Area is stubble at moment , to be dunged then cover crop until drilling with wheat September , so guess June cover drilling? He was also keen for me to plough for the cover crop establishment after dunging and top off the cover pre drilling wheat . I'd rather disc and combi then see what direct drill demos I can get for wheat drilling. Have mzuri and horsch dealers close by, so potentially tine and disc if available. [/QUOTE]
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