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Block 15: Kaski

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Block 15
Kaski

Block basic information

Area: 1.64 hectares
Soil type: fertile sandy loam (mHtMr)

Diverse block, with a moist eastern edge. Due to its difficult shape, usually used as pasture.

Crop rotation

2026 Pasture
2025 Silage grass
2024 Mixed crops (barley-oat-miscellaneous)

Cultivation practices

Pasture
6.5.2026 Fertilization, Nevel luomuravinne 18 tn/ha
29.5.2026 Cleaning cut

Growth observation

kaski 2.6.2026
2.6.2026 Some northern dock’s are still standing even though the field has been mowed.
kaski 11.6.2026
11.6.2026 Aerial view of the field.
kaski 23.6.2026
23.6.2026 Grass has started new growth after cleaning cut.
kaski 29.6.2026
29.6.2026 Grass has not grown much on the pasture.

Cultivation measures

Cultivation measures

Mixed crops
17.5. Fertilization: 16 tons/ha of cattle manure
18.5. Plowing
20.5. Harrowing with a flexible tine harrow
20.5. Sowing: 125.1 kg/ha of Harmony oats, 113 kg/ha of Feedway barley, and 30 kg/ha of Naturcom Grazing Mixture

Cultivation measures

Pasture
8.5.2023 Fertilization, cattle manure 22th/ha

Cultivation measures

Pasture
6.5.2022 Fertilization, 20 tons/ha of cattle manure
19.7.2022 Reseeding, Pasture grass mixture

Cultivation measures

Pasture
16.5.2021 Fertilization, cattle slurry 20.2tn/ha
1.6.2021 Mowing with a horizontal shredder

Cultivation measures

Pasture

Cultivation measures

Silage grass
27.4.2019 Fertilization, cattle manure 20 tn/ha
6.5.2019 Plowing, 2 times
8.5.2019 Seeding, (ryegrass 36.4 kg/ha, Yellow sweet clover 0.5 kg/ha, Cumin 0.5 kg/ha, Chicory 0.5 kg/ha, Perennial forage grass mixture 27 kg/ha)
5.8.2019 Harvest, observations: abundant daisies

Cultivation measures

Barley
18.5.2018 Equalization cultivation
24.5.2018 Flexible spike cultivation
22.5.2018 Sowing, Barley 200 kg/ha
25.5.2018 Sowing, Perennial white clover 2 kg/ha + Grass seed mix 35% timothy, 20% meadow fescue, 15% tall fescue, 15% English ryegrass, 5% reed canarygrass, 5% meadow foxtail, 5% red clover 20 kg/ha
3.9.2018 Harvesting 2955 kg/ha

Cultivation measures


The plot is a nature conservation field. The plot was plowed in autumn 2017.

Cultivation measures


The plot is a nature conservation field.

Soil fertility analysis result on 26.11.2021:

Sampling line:

Soil fertility analysis result on 2.5.2018:

2026 Pasture
2025 Silage grass
2024 Mixed crops (barley+oats+miscellaneous)
2023 Pasture
2022 Pasture
2021 Pasture
2020 Pasture
2019 Pasture
2018 Barley Elmeri (cover crop)
2017 Nature conservation field
2016 Nature conservation field