Peola

[Banana Bar]

Is anyone still doing this?

 

[Big-Al]

Yes would like to know too if possible, and any picks just before harvest.

Is it spelt Peaola?

 

[Brisel]

Is there anything else you can use for peas other than spring rape? I hate spring osr but hate flat peas even more!

 

[juke]

Is there anything else you can use for peas other than spring rape? I hate spring osr but hate flat peas even more!

Would oats lend them selves to this job ?

 

[Brisel]

Would oats lend them selves to this job ?

I wondered that too. Similar maturity date to spring osr but not as strong in the straw. It would be reasonably easy to separate the seed & it's a break crop so why not?

 

[Banana Bar]

Spring oats will fall over if you fart in the wrong direction, they certainly won’t support peas.

 

[Brisel]

What would you do to control the spring rape volunteers when you next grow winter rape? Clearfield?

 

[Simon Chiles]

Is there anything else you can use for peas other than spring rape? I hate spring osr but hate flat peas even more!

Mustard. Cheap seed, concentrate on the pea crop and you don’t have to make any compromises trying to get the harvest timings right for two crops and if you get some mustard seed out of the job you can use it for a cheap cover crop next year. I used it for the same use in vetch seed production.

 

[CornishTone]

There was a bit of a discussion on peaola here if anyone’s interested...
Companion cropping OSR
https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?posts/5525000/

Increasing area being grown here, although still not widespread.

 

[Iben]

Neighbour has done peaola, peas with spring barley and spring beans with spring oats.

 

[Brisel]

Would peas & barley be a take all break? I think not. Good for silage though.

 

[tw15]

Peaola stands for peas with canola (osr) as our American friends call osr canola . Like the idea my self as flat peas are a nightmare. Mustard sounds another option what sort of seed rate of mustard to companion drill with the standard pea seed rate also will flea beetle be a issue as with osr .

 

[Brisel]

Mustard seed is nearly worse than spring rape as a weed but that's not a bad suggestion as long as it doesn't run to seed before the peas.

 

[Grass And Grain]

How stiff is the mustard stem? Only ever sown mustard after harvest and then frosted over winter.

 

[Brisel]

Stronger than oats. I've had mustard cover crops over a foot tall knocked over by winter storms.

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Would peas & forage rape be too wet to bale?

 

[mo!]

Would peas & forage rape be too wet to bale?

Rats, rats and more rats!

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Worse than wholecrop barley?

 

[New Puritan]

@Simon Chiles - sorry if I am being dense but how would you separate out the mustard and the peas? And wouldn't most of the mustard seed go through the combine as it's so small?

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

A simple sieve or auger tube with 3mm holes would let the mustard through but not the peas.

Combine settings would be a bit more tricky, unless you are planning to autocast the mustard straight through the combine