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16-10-2011, 07:09 PM
|  | Officer of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: South Bedfordshire
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| | | Field Crop ID please
Spotted today, though it looked like the second growth of an earlier crop as it was sparce.
Could someone ID please.  
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16-10-2011, 07:15 PM
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| | | Re: Field Crop ID please
One of the Mustard/Cabbage family.
Cheers,
aDAM |
17-10-2011, 04:17 AM
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| | | Re: Field Crop ID please
Looks rather like White Mustard, Sinapis alba. |
17-10-2011, 08:18 PM
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| | | Re: Field Crop ID please
What use would this crop be, if White Mustard or other? |
17-10-2011, 09:14 PM
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| | | Re: Field Crop ID please
Apart from it being grown for its obvious use, Mustard is frequently used as a 'cover-crop', due to its rapid autumn growth which helps suppress weeds. Also used as a green manure due to its ability to gather and fix nutrients. Another use is in pest management. Like most Brassica species, Mustards release chemical compounds that are toxic to soil borne pathogens and pests, such as nematodes, fungi and some weeds. The mustards usually have higher concentrations of these chemicals than other Brassicas.
It is also used as a 'rotational' crop, giving the field a rest, especially after potatoes.
An all-round good plant!
Dorts.
Last edited by Dorts; 17-10-2011 at 09:20 PM.
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19-10-2011, 08:35 PM
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| | | Re: Field Crop ID please
Thanks Dorts - so interesting. | | |
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