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User: Joe Simmons

Created on: 2007-06-15

Observation Date 2006-05-19

Comment:
Nicole Beeching flail mowed rye in main site treatment 3, reps 6, 3, 2, 4, and 5, treatment 4 reps 6, 2, and 5. Flail mowing was completed with JD 7420(a) tractor and JD 115 flail shredder. Gala rode with Nicole for treatments 3 reps 6, 3, and 2, treatment 4 reps 6 and 2. Nicole mowed treatment 3 reps 4 and 5, treatment 4 rep 5 by herself. The decision to flail mow the rye was based on the height and stage of development of the rye. The majority of the rye was between 18-31 inches tall and had developed the seed head. At the time of flail mowing the rye had not pollinated and therefore did not have viable seeds. I was concerned that if we had just chisel plowed some of the rye could have still matured enough to produce viable seeds. We did not want our cover crop of rye to become a weed problem in the annual crops.

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T3R2 T3R3 T3R4 T3R5 T3R6 T4R2 T4R5 T4R6

Observation Type:
Mowing

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