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Still waiting for new seed and the cleaners to turn up for the home saved
Here you are @Flat 10I’ll have a look at the Stephen Moss guide to black grass control hierarchy measures and report back
You are right, delayed drilling is a good method of avoiding the peak BG germination period of September. For the last 2 years, up here there was little drilling done on heavier land after 23rd September due to months of rain - spring crops are near the top of the list of control measures but very unreliable economically even if the black grass gets a good clobbering. “Sustainable” has a very broad meaning.
Right. Rotation then ploughing then delayed drilling.
Going lower disturbance? I always thought your farm was a good advert for claydon.I’m normally well on with wheat by now, but a bad year of BG last year has made me realise that it’s not sustainable to get all wheat in by the end of September long term.
Seed delivery delays have helped me to avoid getting itchy feet, as has waiting for a new drill to arrive.
Thankfully, I’m on light land, and have only stubble raked, so I should be reasonably weather proof for a while, while I wait for the BG to chit.