blue power
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Going in with a light pass with the Jocker next week on a good drying day to chop up rape volunteers
Drilling on the green sounds great but have been severely bitten in the past by slugs so i'd proceed with caution on a small area until your happy about what works on your land. I'm seeing exactly the same as your photos in terms of slugs in stems etc even though volunteers only show minimal grazing so decided to spray off yesterday as i think we'll get an infinitely better kill pelleting ahead of drilling as well as inevitably after too. Ground like concrete too; need rain.
Spray em with kyleo but beware sowing intervals. Melts em down fast. Of course you need Li700 with it.
Hi all, not one mention of a straw harrow?? Not sure if they're now deemed as 'un-cool' on here but in my mind they are an essential tool for keeping the slug population down in osr stubbles. It is also a very good tool at encouraging a weed chit with that lovely, friable osr top soil and long window between osr and ww.
Greener than slug pellets, greener than glyphosate and also a very cheap operation.
You might think I'm just trying to flog straw harrows but I'm already hearing reports from users of all drill types that 1st wheat crops are being lost where osr stubbles haven't been managed properly.
I've had sheep grazing mine off this year.Update on field that I asked about in op! I sprayed it off but didn’t get to drill it with all the wet weather now it looks a bare sorry mess wished I had left it. Could of also done with the sheep grazing over winter if I’d known it was going to be a spring crop
I’ve drilled into big osr volunteers and havnt has a problem in the past, next year I will plant a summer catch crop into osr stubble and put wheat into that. It might be a disaster. Consolidation is really important which can sometimes be difficult behind the Strip till drillsHi all, not one mention of a straw harrow?? Not sure if they're now deemed as 'un-cool' on here but in my mind they are an essential tool for keeping the slug population down in osr stubbles. It is also a very good tool at encouraging a weed chit with that lovely, friable osr top soil and long window between osr and ww.
Greener than slug pellets, greener than glyphosate and also a very cheap operation.
You might think I'm just trying to flog straw harrows but I'm already hearing reports from users of all drill types that 1st wheat crops are being lost where osr stubbles haven't been managed properly.
I did this this year into osr stubble. Oats, peas and Phacelia and grazed it with the sucklers. Could have left out the Phacelia as they didn’t really like it but would have been put back into the soil. Would definitely do it again.I’ve drilled into big osr volunteers and havnt has a problem in the past, next year I will plant a summer catch crop into osr stubble and put wheat into that. It might be a disaster. Consolidation is really important which can sometimes be difficult behind the Strip till drills