Crop
Time
Black fallow†
April-June
August
Autumn cereal
...
August
Perennial ley
...
July
Perennial ley
July
Perennial ley
July
August
Autumn cereal
August
November
Oats
May
September
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| Year | Crop |
Time |
Practice and comments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | Black fallow† |
April-June |
Repeated harrowing and plowing to deter weeds, especially couch grass (Elymus repens), thistles, and other vegetatively propagated weeds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
August |
Manure is spread in the field, and an autumn cereal is sown. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Autumn cereal |
... |
Autumn cereals are demanding of nutrients and absorb the nutrients mineralized during the black fallow and in the manure. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
August |
Harvest of cereals, plowing, and sowing of multidiverse perennial ley. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Perennial ley |
... |
During the ley the soil rests. Deep-rooted and leguminous crops enrich and aerate the soil. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
July |
Harvest of hay or silage. On most farms, an additional harvest is carried out in August or September. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Perennial ley |
July |
Harvest of hay or silage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Perennial ley |
July |
Harvest of hay or silage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
August |
Plowing of ley, sowing of autumn cereal. The autumn cereal absorbs the nutrients released from the ley. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Autumn cereal |
August |
Harvest of cereal. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
November |
Plowing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Oats |
May |
Sowing of oats. The oat crop is less demanding and is able to absorb the remaining nutrients. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
September |
Harvest of oats. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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