Rolling game cover

[Andy84]

I sow the game crops for a neighbouring estate but him two of the plots I didn’t get rolled after sowing and ferting. They are a mix of triticale and forage rape. The rape is just starting to emerge but they want them rolled. How much will it damage the plants and is it worth it? I doubt it saying it’s obviously not having harvest machinery on it! Views?

 

[Lewis821]

If they want them rolled then i would roll them, personally i wouldnt bother, we did some of ours behind the drill but then it rained so about half didnt get rolled its up too far now and no different than what was rolled tbh

 

[Brisel]

How rough are they? Ultimately if they want them rolled, they need to be rolled. Is it the gamekeeper who wants it done? Leave a strip unrolled as a "control plot" The risk is that you snap the root as it germinates and that then kills the plant. Normally I'd say either roll post drilling or post emergence when it has a few more roots. Say you'll do it with a health warning.

 

[Gone Shooting]

No longer roll ours as a thunderstorm will cap it - combi drilled with disc coulters and small press wheels and leave.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Just leave it now. Waste of time, you will kill some of it I suspect if it's emerged now.