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<blockquote data-quote="D14" data-source="post: 7467409" data-attributes="member: 49382"><p>Don't read to much into it if I was you. We've been in various schemes for 30 years and it looks far more complicated on paper than in practise. Literally all we do is glyphosate with a quad bike and 3m boom. Direct drill the new seed. Roll it. Then depending on option you mow it either twice per year or once per year.</p><p>In my experience 2 year seed mixes do not work as the plants aren't hardy enough to survive topping and over winter weather. </p><p></p><p>There isn't any 'management' involved as such other than the job you are doing at that time such as topping or drilling. We have 30 acres of AB9 and AB8 and looking at last years diary I spent a grand total of 5 days to glyphosate, drill and roll and 2 days topping.</p><p></p><p>If you over work the soil like many do, you'll get poor establishment because when all these crops are planted water availability is the issue as its generally dry. Direct drilling it retains the moisture and gets the crop going quickly. I'll be spraying ours in the next 2 weeks, then direct drilling it pretty much straight away to get the seeds into moisture so they'll then survive a dry June - Sept if it occurs. </p><p></p><p>Don't bother applying fertiliser to them, even if the rules say you can and certainly don't start applying herbicides either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D14, post: 7467409, member: 49382"] Don't read to much into it if I was you. We've been in various schemes for 30 years and it looks far more complicated on paper than in practise. Literally all we do is glyphosate with a quad bike and 3m boom. Direct drill the new seed. Roll it. Then depending on option you mow it either twice per year or once per year. In my experience 2 year seed mixes do not work as the plants aren't hardy enough to survive topping and over winter weather. There isn't any 'management' involved as such other than the job you are doing at that time such as topping or drilling. We have 30 acres of AB9 and AB8 and looking at last years diary I spent a grand total of 5 days to glyphosate, drill and roll and 2 days topping. If you over work the soil like many do, you'll get poor establishment because when all these crops are planted water availability is the issue as its generally dry. Direct drilling it retains the moisture and gets the crop going quickly. I'll be spraying ours in the next 2 weeks, then direct drilling it pretty much straight away to get the seeds into moisture so they'll then survive a dry June - Sept if it occurs. Don't bother applying fertiliser to them, even if the rules say you can and certainly don't start applying herbicides either. [/QUOTE]
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