Cobblers field, which was grass for 2 1/2 years and then planted with peas this spring. The crop yielded 8.5t/ha and was hand picked for the garden pea market in early July. The covercrop is made up of turnips, red clover, white clover, vetch, mustard, buckwheat, phacelia, maize, sorghum, red and white millet, radish, linseed and sunflowers. The crop has grown brilliantly through the summer and was sampled it on the 6th September to yield and test the nutrient status. The crop had a fresh weight of 25t/ha and a dry matter of 6.4t/ha. The exciting stuff is the nutrient content of the cover crop, with a nitrogen content of 269kg/ha, phosphorus of 43kg/ha and potash of 260kg/ha. At today’s market prices this has a financial return of Nitrogen £273/ha, Phosphorus £45/ha and Potash of £165/ha. In addition there was substantial levels of Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn, B and Mo.
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