Stubble turnips added to herbal ley

[icanshootwell]

Would it work to add some turnip seed to a herbal ley mix and at what rate.

 

[jack6480]

yes don’t see why not, depends how thick it is in the bottom. 2kg/ha???

 

[neilo]

Plenty of folks chuck a bit of forage rape in as a nurse crop. Just make sure you graze it before it shades the crop out too much.

 

[Great In Grass]

I'd go with Forage Rape 0.50kg/acre would be ample.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Surely a large leafed agressive for forage plant would be at odds ( if not a total juxtaposition) with the idea and practicality of the slow but sure establishment of a lower producing ultimately..... ' gentle herbal' ley

As a nurse plant a thin stand of barley would be better.

 

[icanshootwell]

Surely a large leafed agressive for forage plant would be at odds ( if not a total juxtaposition) with the idea and practicality of the slow but sure establishment of a lower producing ultimately..... ' gentle herbal' ley

As a nurse plant a thin stand of barley would be better.

I have the turnips in a bag, sweepings from the combine, my idea was to grow them with a grass ley and maybe graze through the winter months with lambs, mob graze it so not to poach the ground. Then hopefully in the spring you have a grass ley to push on with. If its a wet winter like last year, would be interesting.

 

[Bury the Trash]

I have the turnips in a bag, sweepings from the combine, my idea was to grow them with a grass ley and maybe graze through the winter months with lambs, mob graze it so not to poach the ground. Then hopefully in the spring you have a grass ley to push on with. If its a wet winter like last year, would be interesting.

Ah I see you grew them for seed? That sounds interesting.

Yes will be fine then .
Woukd want to be heavily grazed tho especially on anything but very well drained soil.
normally a very light seed rate of stubble turnips or rape is put with a grass seed mix to help bulk up bit the forage amount for first grazing, in autumn works quite well.

 

[JD-Kid]

turnips would go very light maybe 100 -200 grams per ha dont want to shade out the slower grasses herbs
rapes etc 1/2 a kg per ha would be heaps
yer herbal ley will not be cheep alot of plants in there will be slower to get going
oats etc. sown thin would help as more open and give shelter

 

[Chae1]

I put 1kg/acre in this new ley. Sown a month ago.

 

[Valtra Man]

What’s the carrot like stuff when you zoom in?
Looks well though

 

[neilo]

0.5kg of Redstart broadcast over some DD’ed IRG about a month ago.
It should add a bit of extra feed, even if it will be too late to regrow after.

 

[icanshootwell]

I put 1kg/acre in this new ley. Sown a month ago.

Did you put the turnips on at the same time? I just drilled my grass 2 days ago, was going to spin a few on in a week's time as they germinate so quick.

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

I think I overdid it last year with 2kg and it did indeed shade out some of the other species especially on the overlaps where there was more residual N and bigger leafier turnip plants

 

[Chae1]

Did you put the turnips on at the same time? I just drilled my grass 2 days ago, was going to spin a few on in a week's time as they germinate so quick.

Just put 1kg in hopper with every acre bag of grass seed and mixed it round with my hand. Not very technical!

 

[JD-Kid]

it was common years ago for older farmers to toss in a hand full of rape seed as a nurse crop and to some extent might help break up the soil profile a wee bit with root system

 

[Great In Grass]

The best grass and forage rape ley in Aberdeenshire (July 26th this year), 0.50kg forage rape.

 

[Bury the Trash]

it was common years ago for older farmers to toss in a hand full of rape seed as a nurse crop and to some extent might help break up the soil profile a wee bit with root system

I do that with a bit of chicory as well

 

[icanshootwell]

Has anyone had any good results putting turnip, rape on a 12 month old grass lay, only asking as i have one lay that looks a bit thin in places and thinking of putting some on there as well to bulk it up a bit.

 

[sticky]

Has anyone had any good results putting turnip, rape on a 12 month old grass lay, only asking as i have one lay that looks a bit thin in places and thinking of putting some on there as well to bulk it up a bit.

Wouldn't spinning some medium leaf white clover on fill the gaps in for a more permanent fix, or is it only a short ley?

 

[steveR]

0.5kg of Redstart broadcast over some DD’ed IRG about a month ago.
It should add a bit of extra feed, even if it will be too late to regrow after.

Looks rather better than mine....