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Will's No Till Diary
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<blockquote data-quote="SilliamWhale" data-source="post: 3546318" data-attributes="member: 1232"><p>[ATTACH=full]478442[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]478446[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]478448[/ATTACH]</p><p>First three pictures. This was spring barley last year and I chucked on some oats as a bit of cover and sheep had a couple of weeks on them. Plan is to go to spring barley again and undersow it on the same day with 5kg italian ryegrass as a bit of bite for next years sheep and lieback for swedes next door. Will see how the grass looks and if I can get some more growth out of it and sell as silage I will and that can be my break crop. badger Sett on the way - they will find a new home soon, in the sky.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]478450[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]478452[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]478454[/ATTACH]</p><p>Another field. This was Kale for sheep last year. I did a bad job of growing this to be honest and haven't got as much feed as I wanted from it - sown too thick as well. Anyway 300 sheep have hammered this since January and it looks pretty crappy but underneath the top inch it seems ok. I will move the sheep this week and will no till Kilburn Spring Wheat into it when the weather is right. I plane to chuck FYM on top of this in early May. Will try to go back to no till swedes next year if this is disappointing I'm wondering about stopping sheep on roots. I need to get more bulk out of a smaller area to make it pay. This is my longest pure no till field - total no till for 12 years. I need to subsoil a top headland a bit this year though</p><p>[ATTACH=full]478458[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]478462[/ATTACH]</p><p>Winter wheat. Not had a herbicide yet since planting. After beans sown 10th October ish. Looking pretty good - lots of moss but the pH is above 6.5 tested by me with test tube and soil test. I would put FYM on this if we get the weather but not sure its gonna happen this year. Next job is get some broadway star on to kill the beans and knock the brome/wild oats that may be about or on their way..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SilliamWhale, post: 3546318, member: 1232"] [ATTACH=full]478442[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]478446[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]478448[/ATTACH] First three pictures. This was spring barley last year and I chucked on some oats as a bit of cover and sheep had a couple of weeks on them. Plan is to go to spring barley again and undersow it on the same day with 5kg italian ryegrass as a bit of bite for next years sheep and lieback for swedes next door. Will see how the grass looks and if I can get some more growth out of it and sell as silage I will and that can be my break crop. badger Sett on the way - they will find a new home soon, in the sky. [ATTACH=full]478450[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]478452[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]478454[/ATTACH] Another field. This was Kale for sheep last year. I did a bad job of growing this to be honest and haven't got as much feed as I wanted from it - sown too thick as well. Anyway 300 sheep have hammered this since January and it looks pretty crappy but underneath the top inch it seems ok. I will move the sheep this week and will no till Kilburn Spring Wheat into it when the weather is right. I plane to chuck FYM on top of this in early May. Will try to go back to no till swedes next year if this is disappointing I'm wondering about stopping sheep on roots. I need to get more bulk out of a smaller area to make it pay. This is my longest pure no till field - total no till for 12 years. I need to subsoil a top headland a bit this year though [ATTACH=full]478458[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]478462[/ATTACH] Winter wheat. Not had a herbicide yet since planting. After beans sown 10th October ish. Looking pretty good - lots of moss but the pH is above 6.5 tested by me with test tube and soil test. I would put FYM on this if we get the weather but not sure its gonna happen this year. Next job is get some broadway star on to kill the beans and knock the brome/wild oats that may be about or on their way.. [/QUOTE]
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