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Cover Crop Demonstration
No-till symposium
Drakensville
4-6th September 2012
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Soil analysis:
P = 4 ppm
K = 245 ppm
Zn = 4 ppm
Mn = 7ppm
pHKCl = 4.33
Acid saturation = 2%
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Fertilizer applied
► 80 kg P per hectare (Single
superphosphate). Broadcast and left on the
surface before planting.
► Planted on 10th May 2012.
► Topdressed with N @ 50 kg/ha on 4th July &
16th August.
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Crops
Oats (Maida)
Stooling rye (SSR1)
Stooling rye (Echo)
Triticale (Rex)
Pink Serradella (Emena)
Grazing vetch (Max)
Saia oats (black oats)
Sweet lupin
Canola
Persian clover (Nitro Plus)
Saia oats plus grazing vetch
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Acknowledgements
The No-Till Club would like to thank:
Agricol
Valtrac
M.P Badenhorst
Drakensville ATKV
KwaZulu-Natal Department of Agriculture &
Environmental Affairs.