Cover crops
Mustard
Mustard is a rapidly growing annual that will help reduce nitrogen leaching and also suppress weeds.
Product benefits (ACRES)
- In ACRES, a mixture of at least two crops from the prescribed list must be sown.
- Mustard cover crops must remain in place until after 1 January.
- White or brown mustard is available.
Usage instructions
| Rate | White – 15kg/ha; Brown – 7kg/ha |
| Time | Sow from mid-July up until 15 September if sowing for ACRES |
| Frost tolerance | Low, but this helps in its incorporation as it will be largely diminished over the winter |
| Biomass | Good |
| Pests and diseases | Generally not a problem, but clubroot could become an issue if brassicas are used as a cover crop over a period of years |