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Will's No Till Diary
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<blockquote data-quote="SilliamWhale" data-source="post: 3546334" data-attributes="member: 1232"><p>[ATTACH=full]478466[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]478468[/ATTACH]</p><p>Winter barley which as it happens is a 3rd winter cereal. This field was grass for about 70 years. 4 years ago was beans, then wheat x 2 and now winter barley. I know I'm pushing it from the grassweed point of view but its still ok and was interested to see how it can keep going as a cereal field. Few poor patches where the regrowth stubble was thick. Looks pretty good generally. Had a big hit of Liberator in the Autumn. Want to get some N + S on here asap but not getting the weather. Bit more disease on the barley than the wheat.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]478470[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]478472[/ATTACH]</p><p>This field is oat cover crop broadcast after Wheat. Plan is to move the sheep to here on Friday and get two weeks grazing out of it for 300 odd sheep (30 acres). The upside down picture is to my shame Brome. i get the odd very thick patch of it here and there and it scares the hell out of me! Plan here is to graze the oats down, get rid of the sheep and see then about when to roundup. If there is not too much residue I may leave to get a bit of regrowth before spraying off. Trying to get the balance between spraying off, the two simons and making sure I kick the arse off the brome. Will then spread Mt Shitamanjaro on top[ATTACH=full]478474[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>And then drill barley into the spread muck in this case because I want to drill the field at the same time. Will repair the mucked area with a Sumo GLS[ATTACH=full]478476[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Picture of a field which was grazed off by sheep (winter barley stubble was meant to be fodder rape too but it failed - still not sure why probably slugs but I sometimes suspect SU carryover). This soil is ok and will be fine but needs some FYM as its been robbed a bit too much and not had any FYM for a good few years. So it'll be beans - a wonderful soil conditioner i think - then wheat and hopefully muck on top of the wheat in the spring.</p><p></p><p>Main issues for me are rosebay willowherb, brome, establishing brassicas well enough (I don't do it as well as I'd like) and late harvests means cover crops are tricky. So changing things around a bit - putting a brome killer on all wheat regardless of whether I can see any or not, experiment with upping SU rates to kill rosebay willowherb early enough and adding 24D to roundup as a mix etc.</p><p></p><p>Strengths for my system - plenty of demand for straw and plenty of free muck makes things easier. No blackgrass. Land very free draining.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SilliamWhale, post: 3546334, member: 1232"] [ATTACH=full]478466[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]478468[/ATTACH] Winter barley which as it happens is a 3rd winter cereal. This field was grass for about 70 years. 4 years ago was beans, then wheat x 2 and now winter barley. I know I'm pushing it from the grassweed point of view but its still ok and was interested to see how it can keep going as a cereal field. Few poor patches where the regrowth stubble was thick. Looks pretty good generally. Had a big hit of Liberator in the Autumn. Want to get some N + S on here asap but not getting the weather. Bit more disease on the barley than the wheat. [ATTACH=full]478470[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]478472[/ATTACH] This field is oat cover crop broadcast after Wheat. Plan is to move the sheep to here on Friday and get two weeks grazing out of it for 300 odd sheep (30 acres). The upside down picture is to my shame Brome. i get the odd very thick patch of it here and there and it scares the hell out of me! Plan here is to graze the oats down, get rid of the sheep and see then about when to roundup. If there is not too much residue I may leave to get a bit of regrowth before spraying off. Trying to get the balance between spraying off, the two simons and making sure I kick the arse off the brome. Will then spread Mt Shitamanjaro on top[ATTACH=full]478474[/ATTACH] And then drill barley into the spread muck in this case because I want to drill the field at the same time. Will repair the mucked area with a Sumo GLS[ATTACH=full]478476[/ATTACH] Picture of a field which was grazed off by sheep (winter barley stubble was meant to be fodder rape too but it failed - still not sure why probably slugs but I sometimes suspect SU carryover). This soil is ok and will be fine but needs some FYM as its been robbed a bit too much and not had any FYM for a good few years. So it'll be beans - a wonderful soil conditioner i think - then wheat and hopefully muck on top of the wheat in the spring. Main issues for me are rosebay willowherb, brome, establishing brassicas well enough (I don't do it as well as I'd like) and late harvests means cover crops are tricky. So changing things around a bit - putting a brome killer on all wheat regardless of whether I can see any or not, experiment with upping SU rates to kill rosebay willowherb early enough and adding 24D to roundup as a mix etc. Strengths for my system - plenty of demand for straw and plenty of free muck makes things easier. No blackgrass. Land very free draining. [/QUOTE]
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