Worth a punt? or fallow it?

[Great In Grass]

WOW! Haven't had under -5 here since 2011!

The variety I'm talking about is called "Barspectra II" it is European bread and it can get a little bit chilly over there in some parts.

 

[The walkmen]

Keep burning off and working the top couple of inch then bang in your westerwold in June should still be time for a decent crop of silage

 

[Great In Grass]

Keep burning off and working the top couple of inch then bang in your westerwold in June should still be time for a decent crop of silage

I think @Pan mixer would begin to be drying up at that time of year but your right still time to get a crop if sown in June maybe two if you are lucky.

 

[Pan mixer]

Ouch. With that kind of population you are likely to have a fair bit growing in your silage. As long as you mow it before it flowers you'll be fine. An intensive ley like Westerwolds is just what blackgrass doesn't like. How long will the ley be in for?

Westerwold would only be for a year but I would be drilling it with a longer term grass mix in the autumn for 3 or 4 years probably, that flush in the above photo is only the tip of the iceberg after 30 years of wheat.

 

[Pan mixer]

Spray it off now with 3l roundup at least. Pan mixer how deep has that field been worked, looks like its been scuffled and no packer?

Disced about 4 times in the autumn, it was soooo dry here until December.

 

[JCfarmer]

Run through it with a subsoiler about 12" deep low disturbance with a good packer on the back and let it grow again. Spray off and drill with spring barley. Simples

 

[Pan mixer]

Got on with the plan today.