Cover Crops 3.0

CORK said:
The lack of left over N is definitely holding back the growth in our cover crops.

Noticed this strip after the winter wheat trial plots. About 2ft wide it had no wheat in it all year so no crop to remove the applied N. The Phacelia is much greener and bulkier there.
Also less stubble there which would probably lock up some N temporarily while it breaks down.
The wet spring would have washed out a lot of N.

In ways, I’m glad to see a lack of left over N, it means that it wasn’t wasted.

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In a couple of years you’ll be growing CC like @Louis mc walking around in them doing live videos with a selfie stick
 
Ye lads with all the nice fancy covers will have to put up pics every few weeks through the growing season of the following cereal crop to really portray their benefits to us. There ain’t much point in growing super cover crops if the following crops are not so super. I’m not being negative towards them but all the magic must turn into money.
 
Blackwater boy said:
Ye lads with all the nice fancy covers will have to put up pics every few weeks through the growing season of the following cereal crop to really portray their benefits to us. There ain’t much point in growing super cover crops if the following crops are not so super. I’m not being negative towards them but all the magic must turn into money.
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Yes you are being negative
 
KTM Farmer said:
Do you fertilise that CC. Mine is nothing as strong as that and sown 14th Aug.
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No, there has been continuous spring barley and cc in that field for 10 years
But that field did get 2 way magic lime
And cover crops grow like hell when they get lime
 
Blackwater boy said:
Ye lads with all the nice fancy covers will have to put up pics every few weeks through the growing season of the following cereal crop to really portray their benefits to us. There ain’t much point in growing super cover crops if the following crops are not so super. I’m not being negative towards them but all the magic must turn into money.
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All I “have” to do is die and pay my taxes

You sound very negative

Sometimes with stuff like this if you have to have it explained to you then you’ll probably never understand it
 
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My oats cover is going to seed should I be concerned ? Some phacelia I presume sneaked into my fodder rape and turnip mix. The august sown stuff is very strong really need to get it grazed I think
 

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