flippermaj Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 One of the farms I shoot has a field sown with this plant in. I have included a rape leaf for comparison. Can anyone ID the plant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stockybasher Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Immature Rape leaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 charnock ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Could be grown for Cattle or Sheep Winter feed like a fodder beet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windswept Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Possibly a fodder radish of some sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 1 hour ago, marsh man said: Could be grown for Cattle or Sheep Winter feed like a fodder beet 1 hour ago, Windswept said: Possibly a fodder radish of some sort. Yea that is what the leaf look like , very similar to O S R but the leaf is a lighter Green , with all this mild weather the crop is now losing it's Winter look and looking lush along with the O S R , very early this year as it don't normally start to freshen up till early March . MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted February 23 Report Share Posted February 23 Are pigeon eating it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippermaj Posted February 23 Author Report Share Posted February 23 Yes they are eating it along with a small patch off set side that had some sort of seed mix in. If it is a fodder radish of some sort I don’t think it is for stock to eat as it is a big field and this is basically an arable farm so no stock. I think it was undersown with the last barley crop. I guess it will be ploughed in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 (edited) Ask the land owner? 😁 They'll probably know what the sowed Edited February 24 by ShootingEgg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spr1985 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Siri knowledge would agree with the radish consensus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windswept Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 9 hours ago, flippermaj said: Yes they are eating it along with a small patch off set side that had some sort of seed mix in. If it is a fodder radish of some sort I don’t think it is for stock to eat as it is a big field and this is basically an arable farm so no stock. I think it was undersown with the last barley crop. I guess it will be ploughed in. Undersown radish makes sense, it's used to scavenge excess nitrogen and to improve the soil. As you say, it'll be ploughed in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph5172 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Yep ‘wild’ radish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 Yes a cover crop ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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