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Block 7: Uusikylä

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Block 7
Uusikylä

Block basic information

Area: 7.51 hectares
Soil type: rich loamy clay (rmHeS), rich loamy sandy moraine (rmHtMr)

A block directly bordering a field road, which is very irregular on one side. The block has water management problems at both ends. Part of the block is a protected zone, commitment started in 2015.

Crop rotation


2024 Winter wheat, Ceylon
2023 Peas, Astronaut
2022 Silage grass, Colombia

Research and experiments


2023 Pea cover crop trial (Uvidi), seeding density trial
2022 Clover trial (Uvidi), seeding density trial

Cultivation measures


Winter wheat Ceylon
7.5. Fertilization: cattle manure 32.5 tons/ha
8.8. Harvest, feed grain 3,373 kg/ha
9.8. Cultivation: 5.5 hours

Uusikylä
18.6.2024
Uusikylä
4.7.2024
Uusikylä
4.7.2024 view of the field.
Uusikylä
30.7.2024 aerial view

Cultivation measures


Peas + cover crop
25.4.2023 Plowing
26.4.2023 Sowing: peas Astronaut, 80 pcs/m2, sowing density test strips 110 and 125 pcs/m2
26.4.2023 Sowing: English ryegrass 10 kg/ha on 1.5 ha area
26.4.2023 Rolling
14.-16.8.2023 Harvesting by test plot
110 pcs/m2: 171.5 kg from test plot, equivalent to 3430 kg/ha
126 pcs/m2: 190.5 kg from test plot, equivalent to 3810 kg/ha
80 pcs/m2: 195 kg from test plot, equivalent to 3900 kg/ha
17.8.2023 Cultivation, goosefoot harrows
9.9.2023 Plowing
11.9.2023 Plowing with a flexible tine harrow
12.9. Sowing: Ceylon 275.1 kg/ha

In the plot, the effect of different seeding densities on weed incidence and yield will be studied. The highest yield was obtained with the lowest seeding rate.
The payroll has started! Photo taken on 3 July.
Weeds were equally abundant in different areas of the plot, so the seeding density had no effect. Scentless may weed, field blackgrass and field elder grew tall and took over as the pea dried out and sunk lower.

Cultivation measures


Grass silage
9.5.2022 Weed harrowing
12.6.2022 Mowing
13.6.2022 Harvesting of silage, yield 2200 kg DM/ha
30.7.2022 Harvesting of silage, yield 1000 kg DM/ha
22.9.2022 Harvesting of silage, yield 292 kg DM/ha

15.6.

Cultivation measures

Grass silage
20.4.2021 Harrowing for grass patching, supplementary sowing mixture 10 kg/ha
30.4.2021 Rolling
10.6.2021 Grass silage harvesting, yield 3316 kg DM/ha
23.7.2021 Grass silage harvesting, yield 1608 kg DM/ha
18.9.2021 Grass silage harvesting, yield 893 kg DM/ha

Field plot scanning: Uusikylä

8.6.2021 Field photo
21.7.2021 Clover

Cultivation measures

Barley – RGT Planet (protective grain)

27.4.2020 Plowing, leveling plow
28.4.2020 Fertilization, Soilfood Boost NK Vinassi 2 tn/ha
29.-30.4.2020 Plowing, penetrating goosefoot blade
30.4.2020 Sowing, Barley, RGT-Planet, 280 kg/ha
17.8.2020 Harvesting, Yield 4009 kg/ha
20.8.2020 Straw collection

12.5.2020 Barley has started to grow
26.5.2020 Warm weather has been good for vegetation
22.6.2020 Growing at a good pace, although suffering a little from drought
3.8.2020. Good and fairly even growth.
Harvest map 2020

Cultivation measures

Broad beans, Kontu
28.4.2019 Cultivation leveling
30.4.2019 Cultivation, cross-cutting goose foot blade (2 times)
30.4.2019 Sowing, pollination strip (3 m) Pollination-Diana mixture (red clover, oilseed radish, sweet clover, vetch)
1.5.2019 Sowing lupin Kontu 260 kg/ha
1.5.2019 Sowing 1-year-old Italian ryegrass 10 kg/ha
22.7.2019 Observations: an average of 25 beans/plant, 75 plants/m2, estimated yield 6300 kg/ha (some fall before harvesting). The pollination strip is growing sweet clover, Persian clover, and red clover. Vetch and oilseed radish have disappeared.
27.8.2019 Harvest, yield 2700 kg/ha
19.9.2019 Plowing

Buffer zone
Along the Riuskanoja river, there is a buffer zone. The area has been used as a pasture for a long time. In the past, pigs grazed the area, and later on, horses.

Cultivation measures

Silage grassland
9.5.2018 Weed control
23.5.2018 Fertilization, 10 tons/ha of cattle manure
20.5.2018 Weed control, cover crop sowing, 2 kg/ha of annual white clover and 2 kg/ha of Italian ryegrass.
8.8.2018 Harvest, 3938 kg/ha
10.8.2018 Raking of straw
10.8.2018 Baling of straw, 12 bales
23.10.2018 Plowing

17.5.2018 The aerial photo shows the sowing errors. The spring on the seed drill’s ground wheel had been bent, causing the ground wheel to not rotate. During the winter, when bales were retrieved from the edge of the field, the crop was trampled. In the autumn, there were problems sowing the block.
17.5.2018 In places, however, the growth is even.
24.5.2018 The average length of squirrels is 23-27 cm.
1.6.2018 The uncertainty is starting to level off.
1.6.2018The growth of the spike has begun.
8.6.2018There is quite a lot of shade variation in the vegetation
8.6.2018 Wheat is mostly at the flag leaf stage, with some scraps emerging here and there. The growth is 30-35 cm high.
12.6.2018 The aerial photo shows the autumn sowing problems, as well as the compacted field.
20.6.2018On the eastern edge of the block, there is a Scentless mayweed.
20.6.2018 The growth is very shallow, about 20-30 cm.
28.6.2018 Scentless mayweed can be seen.
28.6.2018 The growth is about 50 cm tall.

28.6.2018 The growth is about 50 cm tall.

Cultivation measures

Pea, Rocket and oats
The field has been plowed in autumn
10.5.2017 Flexible tine harrowing
12.5.2017 Application of liquid manure 10m³/ha (27-5.8-30)
15.5.2017 Fertilization during sowing. Herne Rocket, 300 kg/ha and oats as a support crop 30 kg/ha. Fertilization with Yarabela Suomensalpietar 67 kg/ha (18-0-0.6-2.6 kg/ha)
16.6.2017 Herbicide spraying with Basagran SG 1 kg/ha
24.8.2017 Harvesting
25.8.2017 Raking
25.8.2017 Baling of whole crop silage 102 bales of 800 kg each, dry matter content 34.8% = 278.4 kg DM/bale = 3781 kg DM/ha of whole crop silage.
The field has been treated with MCPA, which limits the use of the crop as feed for dairy cattle. The bales can be fed to beef cattle or heifers.
28.8.2017 Weed control with Envision 4 l/ha + binder
4-5.9.2017 Disc harrowing
6.9.2017 Fertilization during sowing: Winter wheat Ceylon 255 kg/ha and fertilization with YaraBela Suomensalpietar 112 kg/ha (18-0-0.6-2.6 kg/ha)

23.5.2017 The pea has not yet come to the surface, the roots already reach a depth of 10 cm. Pea 23.5. The sprout buds do not yet reach the surface, the average sowing depth was 5 cm.
30.5.2017 Peas have been steadily sprouting, and oats sown as a stover crop have also sprouted. There has been some over sowing and, in addition, seedling establishment has been more efficient due to the tractor tyre. The average number of leaves on the pea was 4. The density of pea seedlings was 99 plants/m², while the average density of oats was 27 plants/m². Seedling rates are close to the target.
30.5.2017 Peas have sprouted on 30.5. The roots reach up to 20 cm above the ground in some places

6.6.2017 The pea root system has continued to strengthen, with the pea now having 3 pairs of leaflets. Oats are at 13 on the Zadoks scale.
6.6.2017 The pea has strengthened its root system, and has grown 3 new leaves. The rootstock of the plant is at the 3-leaf stage, Zadoks 13.
6.6.2017 The vegetation is not yet very green from the air, even if it looks that way from the ground. The green in the area of the red circle was revealed to be powdery mildew.
6.6.2017 There was plenty of ground mustard on the site – this photo is from inside the red circle.
12.6.2017 The pea crop is also growing out of control. However, there are weeds on the parcel.
12.6.2017 Feeding traces of the pea weevil in the pea
12.6.2017 Pea growth has been rapid. The crop shows signs of damage from the pea blight.
12.6.2017 The plot is quite rich in weeds, mainly powdery mildew.
22.6.2017 The previous week’s weed spraying has worked well, the crop is catching up, and there is little room for new weeds.
22.6.2017The development stage of peas.
22.6.2017 Pea has started nitrogen fixation. Bacterial knuckles can be found.
26.6.2017 Orthoimage
26.6.2017 Planthealth, the picture shows areas in darker green where the staple crop oats grows better
29.6.2017 Vegetation
29.6.2017 Vegetation
29.6.2017 Vegetation
7.7.2017 Vegetation
7.7.2017 Vegetation
7.7.2017 Vegetation
14.7.2017 Vegetation
14.7.2017 Vegetation
14.7.2017 Vegetation
21.7.2017 Vegetation
21.7.2017 The height of the pea crop is almost 120cm. The 36 centimetre spraying furrows have almost completely closed. The first flowers have already formed pods on the plant.
21.7.2017 Vegetation
26.7.2017 The stalk of the pea is very slender, and the height of the plant is almost 120. Let’s hope there will be no strike.
26.7.2017
26.7.2017
9.8.2017 Most of the block has gone on strike. The upper oat-rich area, as well as the driveways, are better preserved.
9.8.2017
9.8.2017 eaten by a pea leg caterpillar.
16.10.2017 Wheat growth rate is 12-14, with a slightly uneven growth habit.
21.8.2017 The shrivelled pea is already almost completely browned.
The peas can still be split with the claw.
4.9.2017 Traces of sludge wagons are still clearly visible.
28.8.2017 Peas were harvested as whole grain silage for baling on 25.8.
Concentrations of whole grain silage pea and oat crops according to the Valio Artturi service.
16.10.2017 The soil has been compacted where bales have been driven into the ground.
9.10.2017 Wheat has a growth rate of 12-13 (Zadoks).
9.10.2017 Apart from pea, there are hardly any other weeds to be found on the plot. Peas compete for light and space in the autumn, but die during the winter.
9.10.2017 The angle of view matters; from above the wheat spikes do not yet cover the ground.
2.10.2017 Stand growth rate 11-13 (Zadoks). Straw depressions are weaker.
2.10.2017 Traces of feeding in squirrels.
25.9.2017 Wheat is budded, with a growth rate of 11-12 (Zadoks). There is a slight unevenness in the crop, with spring silt traces showing as weaker growth.
User comments25.9.2017 The peas that fell to the ground when harvesting whole grain silage have also germinated.
11.9.2017 After sowing, there has been enough rain, too much of it.
11.9.2017 In the spring, the sludge tanker did not remove the depressions caused by the sludge tanker. Water was standing in the plot, both in the disc mulch layer (0-5 cm) and above the ploughing furrow (25 cm), below the furrow and between the areas was drier.
11.9.2017 While digging, water “burst” above the plough bed.

Cultivation measures

Spring rapeseed, Proximo

Soil fertility analysis result 27.11.2020:

Soil NIR-analysis (27.11.2020)

Sampling line 2020:

Soil fertility analysis result on May 2nd, 2018.

Soil fertility analysis result 2014:

2024 Winter Wheat Ceylon
2023 Pea Astronaut + cover crop
2022 Silage grass
2021 Silage grass
2020 Barley RGT Planet
2019 Faba bean, Kontu and buffer zone
2018 Winter wheat, Ceylon
2017 Pea, Rocket
2016 Spring rapeseed, Proximo
2015 Pea Rocket
2014 Spring wheat Wellamo
2013 Sugar beet Diana and oats Aslak
2012 Sugar beet Diana and barley Tiril
2011 Perennial pasture grass
2010 Perennial pasture grass