SportingShooter 0 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 On our small little shoot, we have a few acres turned over into Cover Crop as most of us do. Well I've been given the permission slip to put a small strip of cover crop on a piece of ground that links two pens. I'm thinking this could be a goldmine for birds, drawing them in from around the pens, and best of all, its fairly high up over the line. Just one thing, the ground is absolutely soaking! It is littered with springs and is constantly wet, even in Summer this place has a real job to dry out. You can't see it much on the surface but an inch down its very wet indeed. Have any of you had particular success with a crop that likes to grow in wet soils? or can you suggest something to grow, I'm in a bit of a pickle about this Thanks SS Quote Link to post
alimac 882 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 never done it on our shoot, but a tarmer put in neaps and cal kale in a park to break the ground up, it was also very wet in places, and both seamed to grow well enough.... Quote Link to post
bmetson 0 Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 Might be a stupid idea but on one of the rough shoots I go on there's quite a lot of wet ground with reeds/grasses that the pheasants seem to love...also get a few woodcock in there in the colder months...not conventional cover but it would always be there and would hold birds if fed... Quote Link to post
burnie69 376 Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Look at reed canary grass not very good in 1st year but gets stronger every year onwards and no need for redrilling just burn off or top off each year and lasts up to 10 years Quote Link to post
foxdropper 17,092 Posted March 7, 2009 Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Why not change the paperwork and dig a flightpond mate . Quote Link to post
SportingShooter 0 Posted March 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2009 Thanks for all the replies Chaps, and sorry for being so late getting back, certainly given me food for thought Why not change the paperwork and dig a flightpond mate . I have thought about that several times FD and it really is a perfect place for it But I've also asked several times and been told I cant Seems the only reason I'm being let grow crop there is so that he can graze it afterwards. Alas Quote Link to post
tplumb 0 Posted March 8, 2009 Report Share Posted March 8, 2009 How about maize with millet and maybe kale round the edges? Because most of the cover on maize is on the top half, the kale shelters the bottom half. Tony Quote Link to post
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