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cover crops after wheat harvest
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06/27/2007 - 10:00 pm
reply from
I farm in central kansas, can i plant a cover crop after wheat harvest in june to keep something growing on that ground till fall? Some of the ground i plan on putting it back to wheat this fall, and the rest i'll plant to soybeans next spring. What cover crop would you recommend?
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12/27/2007 - 7:25 am
reply from
Ed Winkle
We are seeing 30-40 bushels more notill corn yields planting forage radishes after wheat, over ryegrass, oats and combinations of radishes. They are being called Tillage radishes in our region and give great tilth and energy for the following crops after wheat. This is where wheat in rotation gives us another great tool in a notill rotation.
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01/19/2011 - 10:21 pm
reply from
Mike Lock
Planted radishes , turnips and winter conola broadcast out the back of combined using the chaff spredder combining spring wheat. had a decent stand but it never grew very tall. soil test showed only 10-15 # of N. do i need more N to get good growth?
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