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Will I face penalties for failed wild bird cover crops?

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  • 22-05-2020 12:46pm
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    GardenMan1981
    Registered Users Posts: 42 ✭


    Hi All,
    Hope you can help, our Bird Cover sown under the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environmental Scheme (GLAS) has failed to germine and was severely impacted by the lack of rain over the past eight weeks.
    Can anyone advise, should I replant ?
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    memorystick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,580 ✭✭✭memorystick


    GardenMan1981 wrote: »
    Hi All,
    Hope you can help, our Bird Cover sown under the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environmental Scheme (GLAS) has failed to germine and was severely impacted by the lack of rain over the past eight weeks.
    Can anyone advise, should I replant ?

    It’ll be different in a week. Keep dockets


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    HillFarmer
    Registered Users Posts: 580 ✭✭✭HillFarmer


    wildflower seeds can take a long time to germinate.
    I sewed in 2018 and thought they all had failed.

    However late summer the field came alive.
    Major drought at the time as well.

    Sorry cant help re penalties if they don't germinate, but as long as you keep the receipts for seed and work done etc I presume you would have a case.


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    Cavanjack
    Registered Users Posts: 2,560 ✭✭✭Cavanjack


    GardenMan1981 wrote: »
    Hi All,
    Hope you can help, our Bird Cover sown under the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environmental Scheme (GLAS) has failed to germine and was severely impacted by the lack of rain over the past eight weeks.
    Can anyone advise, should I replant ?

    In the same boat here. Wouldn’t worry too much about it. It’ll grow something green in the next couple of weeks


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    JustAThought
    Registered Users Posts: 5,323 ✭✭✭JustAThought


    Cavanjack wrote: »
    In the same boat here. Wouldn’t worry too much about it. It’ll grow something green in the next couple of weeks

    weather due beautiful this week too. Surely you can improvise re watering efforts or reseeding - it’d be the first question in damage limitation I’d ask.


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    garyc007
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    Did you sow it very early? It should not have failed already. If you are sure it has you need to re seed


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    Tileman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,141 ✭✭✭Tileman


    Op if it hasn’t germinated yet you will be fine as next two weeks look dry anyway. Most of these deeds are quite hardy. I remember the 2018 drought allot of crops looked very bad for a few weeks but still managed ok later in the year. There will be plenty of people in the same boat. Don’t worry too much about it.


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