Rape/kale

mengele

Is it too late now for sale? Is rape the only choice? How would 2/3 rape and 1/3 kale work?

yewtree

mengele wrote: »

Is it too late now for sale? Is rape the only choice? How would 2/3 rape and 1/3 kale work?

Use redstart it's a hybrid of kale and rape.
It's too late for kale alright

K.G.

Kale going in this week here but we are way down by the sea.just think it offers most potenial for feed

Reggie.

yewtree wrote: »

Use redstart it's a hybrid of kale and rape.
It's too late for kale alright

A lot of seed reps recommending going down the redstart route

yosemitesam1

Reggie. wrote: »

A lot of seed reps recommending going down the redstart route

Must be a good margin on it...

Bo dearg

Reggie. wrote: »

A lot of seed reps recommending going down the redstart route

I have silage field that needs to be resseded it's grown nothing since first cut was taken. Was thinking redstart might provide more feed than trying for a second cut. No experience with it so opinions welcome

yewtree

K.G. wrote: »

Kale going in this week here but we are way down by the sea.just think it offers most potenial for feed

We set redstart this year 1st time in years sowing a foddet crop. Kale definitely better yield but I always thought after 1st of July was getting a bit late for it. Wouldn't be an expert

Mooooo

As a forage crop for outwintering i think it's fine, good for yearlings with a bale of silage but if lads are talking of baling it i wouldn't be keen on that idea.

yewtree

Mooooo wrote: »

As a forage crop for outwintering i think it's fine, good for yearlings with a bale of silage but if lads are talking of baling it i wouldn't be keen on that idea.

It that restart Mooooo? What were the issues baling?

Keepgrowing

K.G. wrote: »

Kale going in this week here but we are way down by the sea.just think it offers most potenial for feed

Too late for kale. You won’t get enough crop at this stage for the investment. Grass would be more of an option than kale. Rape or redstart are options but only when rain is in the offing

Mooooo

yewtree wrote: »

It that restart Mooooo? What were the issues baling?

Redstart, only have experience outwintering on it, had incalf heifers on it was am average winter here but found they were a bit heavy on it yearlings would have been better for the ground. 're baling, may well be wrong, but dunno would it be suitable as adding extra cost would it need more plastic,? Dunno how it would save either. Id view it as something to stretch silage if you can outwinter on it but if baling just think there may be better options such as meal etc. Part of the performance aspect of those crops I think is more to do with the stock being outside and little to no adjustment period when they go to grass after and that's when they take off then, not so much on the crop itself.

Reggie.

Bo dearg wrote: »

I have silage field that needs to be resseded it's grown nothing since first cut was taken. Was thinking redstart might provide more feed than trying for a second cut. No experience with it so opinions welcome

No experience of it but pictures are surfacing on twitter of fields that are sown in the last 5 weeks with redstart and a right crop on it. It got no rain either according to the account holder.

Looks impressive if it's true

Reggie.

This is the tweet here