Pea and linseed catch crop

[ajd132]

Want a cheap catch crop post osr and before winter wheat. Want to keep it cheap. Linseed and peas are easy to do, any seed rate suggestions or thoughts?

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

Osr volunteers. Boom.

 

[ajd132]

Osr volunteers. Boom.

Don’t just want them, osr bad for soil want to get something in to ‘prime’ it ready for wheat. If it ever rains!

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

Don’t just want them, osr bad for soil want to get something in to ‘prime’ it ready for wheat. If it ever rains!

Who ever fed you that line?

 

[ajd132]

Who ever fed you that line?

No fungal interaction

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

No fungal interaction

Ahhh the black science of fungus. I would suggest clover. How will you control the most vigorous growing none drilled plant ever? (OSR Volunteer)

 

[ajd132]

Ahhh the black science of fungus. I would suggest clover. How will you control the most vigorous growing none drilled plant ever? (OSR Volunteer)

It can still grow.

 

[cquick]

Buckwheat, sunflowers and grain maize are super cheap as bird feed.
If they happen to fall on your fields in the process of feeding said birds and germinate though.. I've seen them all grow away very well.

Last year did Linseed @ 10kg/ha, sunflower 5kg, buckwheat 10kg, phacelia 1kg and berseem clover 2kg after OSR. Peas would be better than berseem as it's quicker to establish. Worked well, ended up about 2-3ft tall. Drilled 29th July, terminated 1st October.

 

[ajd132]

Buckwheat, sunflowers and grain maize are super cheap as bird feed.
If they happen to fall on your fields in the process of feeding said birds and germinate though.. I've seen them all grow away very well.

Last year did Linseed @ 10kg/ha, sunflower 5kg, buckwheat 10kg, phacelia 1kg and berseem clover 2kg after OSR. Peas would be better than berseem as it's quicker to establish. Worked well, ended up about 2-3ft tall. Drilled 29th July, terminated 1st October.

Yeh I was thinking of doing buckwheat and sunflower aswell. I’m sending you a Dm