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Vetch Trial / experiment
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<blockquote data-quote="jd24" data-source="post: 3831512" data-attributes="member: 66726"><p>I'll go a little into why I trialed the Vetches on this small patch....</p><p>So my father let out our farm for a long period but we have decided to take in back in hand. We were are dairy farm with about 90 cows, 80 stock cattle and about 250 sheep back in 1998 when we stopped. We had muck coming out of our ears. Basically the soil was quite nutrient rich. Maybe even too rich. The tenant farmer has used the land pretty well and rotated crops but the level of nutrients are much lower. I want to bring back some fertility into the soil over the next few years with a grass ley and graze the fields. My father is traditional and thinks a good grass/clover mix is the way to go and I dont doubt that. I have been wondering if we need to do a bit more to kick start it. We dont have any stock for muck so I wonder about using something like vetches with the grass ley then topping them in the spring to boost organic matter and broadcasting clover to take over the N job. Clearly with grass we will need to lime the ground which hasnt been done for a while. </p><p>Am i over complicating the whole matter. Should I just do a good ley and let the grazing do the rest?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jd24, post: 3831512, member: 66726"] I'll go a little into why I trialed the Vetches on this small patch.... So my father let out our farm for a long period but we have decided to take in back in hand. We were are dairy farm with about 90 cows, 80 stock cattle and about 250 sheep back in 1998 when we stopped. We had muck coming out of our ears. Basically the soil was quite nutrient rich. Maybe even too rich. The tenant farmer has used the land pretty well and rotated crops but the level of nutrients are much lower. I want to bring back some fertility into the soil over the next few years with a grass ley and graze the fields. My father is traditional and thinks a good grass/clover mix is the way to go and I dont doubt that. I have been wondering if we need to do a bit more to kick start it. We dont have any stock for muck so I wonder about using something like vetches with the grass ley then topping them in the spring to boost organic matter and broadcasting clover to take over the N job. Clearly with grass we will need to lime the ground which hasnt been done for a while. Am i over complicating the whole matter. Should I just do a good ley and let the grazing do the rest? [/QUOTE]
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