Wholecrop mix into grass

Lewis

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Livestock Farmer
Unsure if this has been discussed at all before, If it has feel free to tag a link to the post, but just mulling over the idea of a wholecrop mix dd into a silage field , would mid may be too late for say a pea/barley/oat mix to be drilled after a cut of silage ?
an idea i had was . cut of silage / glypo pre of post cutting/ run through with sward lifter / drill whole crop mix / wholcrop late August/ glypo again/ dd fresh grass ley, thinking a double glypo should eliminate the docks.

am i barking up the wrong tree, never grown anything other than grass really . :X3:
 

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