The biological bit ,

Ok here we go , this morning my daughter and i mixed up the Twin N in its mixing jar , we then had to let it brew for 4 hours. What is Twin N i here you ask;
TwinN is a reliable, cost effective selection of high yielding nitrogen fixing microbes for use as a soil improver in all crops, leguminous and non-leguminous. TwinN operates by converting atmospheric nitrogen into a plant available form. In effect, TwinN microbes function like millions of tiny nitrogen fertiliser factories to provide nitrogen in a readily available form directly to the plant tissues and root zone. TwinN also improves yields by other mechanisms , wow you couldn`t make it up .
4 hours later i added it to the clean sprayer tank using clean non chlorinated water. we also added Biomex Sa from Omex which is
A liquid solution containing plant growth promoting rhizo bacteria. For use on a range of crops to enhance rooting, promote growth and phisically shield roots from pathogen invasion.
And Biomex SA which is:
A natural growth stimulant which results in improved crop germination and vigour leading to increased yield. Its use may also enhance tolerance to a range of soil borne diseases, including Fusarium sp., Pythium sp., Rhizoctonia sp. and Sclerotinia sp.
As you probably have gathered i have copied the techincal bit from various websites
I was told you need to apply to a cool damp target , it was raining, ideal .So we now wait and see i am expecting approx 6okg/ha N equivalent from the mix.

Plant tissue analysis

Heres a plant tissue analysis we had done last week

A confession

Ok we have had to reach for the spray can, as i explained earlier , this is not a organic trial and we need the trefoil to grow .So we have sprayed a 1/4 litre/ha of permasect to control the flea beatle that was giving it an absolute hammering. i know it goes against the basics but once we have a strong crop established then we will be in a postion to argue , and besides its my ball and i`ll play with it how i want to.Before we applied the permasect i did a bit of research and apparently a healthy crop shouldnt need a insecticide because insects are only drawn to crop thats under stress , which i understand , normally this is caused by high nitrate loading but why werent they attacking the fools parsley and charlock , theres more to this bio-logical agriculture then the odd soil test ,The next application f something should be the Twin N and all the other bits now thats a bit more bio friendly.The wheat is growing well, the charlock is in flower and i`m glad you can`t seethis field from a road , most of my friends whilst being interested still think its slightly daft.

Weeds love or loathe them

Another title , could be trefoil does it grow? , any way we went for a walk this afternoon , with the camera and here are the results , my big concern is the fools parsley , docks , and every other weed growing in the field , so now i have a dilemma, do i spray out the weeds , in the hope that the clover takes off more strongly or do i in the best tradition of organics leave it. My intial thought is this , its not an organic trial, so therfore i am tempted to knock out said weeds , however i am just alittle bit worried about soil life so perhaps abit more research is required . I have 2 people advising me on this project and until i check with them that i can use there names i will call them Roger and Neil .(have now checked) Anyway Roger our regular agronomist reckons i can spray the wheat and trefoil with MCPB , i will have to find out whether i can buffer its effects with something like fulvic acid to protect the soil, any thoughts .

Adding a little bit more

Put the second lot of nutrition on today it consisted of the following
2 l/ha of AM1009 which is A multi-mineral formulation containing 176g/l Potassium, 218g/l Phosphorus, 16.3g/l Manganese & 27.8 g/l Zinc essential amino acids, auxins, betaines, & a range of organic chelating agents.

And 2 lha of Microboost extra which is A Nitrogen-free multi-mineral formulation containing Manganese 78 g/l, Zinc 30.4 g/l, Copper 7.3 g/l, Sulphur 117.5 g/l and a trace of Boron.

And 25 l/ha of liquid UAN which is 28% Nitrogen giving approx 9kg/ha of N.

The trefoil is just beginning to take and looking good,the wheat is flying , we do however have some weeds coming this is where all my good intentions could go for a burton .

I will endeavour to put some photographs up tomorrow.