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So will the plough be out ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Steevo" data-source="post: 8733231" data-attributes="member: 430"><p>I find this interesting - earlier drilling and higher seed rates. What rates and dates do you think work well?</p><p></p><p>Certainly in the recent wet winters I’ve found fields (especially DD) have become waterlogged and struggled with the wet, then come winter/spring they are thinned out but the blackgrass has been able to keep going and dominate. The ploughed fields have drained better and had the mineralised N so haven’t suffered as badly.</p><p></p><p>Earlier drilling would help them get established with decent roots before winter. A higher seed rate would help cover the ground and smother the blackgrass perhaps I guess. My blackgrass seed burden is high, so a higher seed rate would improve the blackgrass:wheat seed ratio.</p><p></p><p>I don’t think I’ve ever planted a crop and though it was too thick. I used to do 200kg/ha across the board for early Oct, 250kg/ha for late Oct and 300kg/ha for early Nov. Planning to increase these further for next year though - seed is a very cheap input, and without plant numbers most other inputs from then on are wasted. A thin half crop is as expensive to grow, if not more so, than a decent crop.</p><p></p><p>I’m tempted to give this a test on the winter wheat after winter bean fields that will be drilled with the Bourgault this autumn. Certainly the N from the beans will also help.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steevo, post: 8733231, member: 430"] I find this interesting - earlier drilling and higher seed rates. What rates and dates do you think work well? Certainly in the recent wet winters I’ve found fields (especially DD) have become waterlogged and struggled with the wet, then come winter/spring they are thinned out but the blackgrass has been able to keep going and dominate. The ploughed fields have drained better and had the mineralised N so haven’t suffered as badly. Earlier drilling would help them get established with decent roots before winter. A higher seed rate would help cover the ground and smother the blackgrass perhaps I guess. My blackgrass seed burden is high, so a higher seed rate would improve the blackgrass:wheat seed ratio. I don’t think I’ve ever planted a crop and though it was too thick. I used to do 200kg/ha across the board for early Oct, 250kg/ha for late Oct and 300kg/ha for early Nov. Planning to increase these further for next year though - seed is a very cheap input, and without plant numbers most other inputs from then on are wasted. A thin half crop is as expensive to grow, if not more so, than a decent crop. I’m tempted to give this a test on the winter wheat after winter bean fields that will be drilled with the Bourgault this autumn. Certainly the N from the beans will also help. [/QUOTE]
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