Flora and Fauna Changes During Conversion from Conventional to Organic Farming

Appendix B.2.   Basic field treatments in the organic period. Field 3 was not part of the experiment in 2000 and field 1 was not included in 2001 (for field location see Fig. 1.1) Field 1 Field 2 Field 3 Size: 31 ha. Soil type: JB no. 6 Size: 30 ha. Soil type: JB no. 6 Size: 36 ha. Soil type: JB no. 6 29.03 Hoeing 30.03 Slurry (18 t/ha) (66.6 kg N/ha) 30.03 Slurry (17 t/ha) (62.9 kg N/ha) 06.04 Slurry (14 t/ha) (51.8 kg N/ha) 17.04 Slurry (8 t/ha) (29.6 kg N/ha) 21.04 Slurry (9 t/ha) (33.3 kg N/ha) 12.04 Sowing barley (Ferment, 180 kg/ha) / rye grass (Tetramax, 10 kg/ha)   27.04 Weed hoeing   (spike-tooth harrow) 27.04 Weed hoeing   (spike-tooth harrow) 27.04 Rolling 27.08 Harvest (56 hkg/ha) 26.08 Harvest (50 hkg/ha) 02.05 Weed hoeing   (spike-tooth harrow) 08.05 Weed hoeing (spike-tooth harrow) 04.09 Stubble hoeing 27.08 Stubble hoeing 05.06 Sowing / white clover   (Milo, 4 kg/ha) Weed hoeing (spike-tooth harrow) 26.09 Ploughing 28.08 Stubble hoeing 14.06 Weed hoeing) (inter-row cultivation) 27.09 Hoeing 22.08 Harvest (29 hkg/ha) 28.09 Hoeing / sowing wheat (Terra, 200 kg/ha) 29.09 Rolling 01.12 Ploughing 23.10 Weed hoeing (spike-tooth harrow) 09.04 Slurry (32 t/ha) (118.4 kg N/ha) 11.04 Hoeing 25.04 Weed hoeing (spike-tooth harrow) 13.04 Slurry (26 t/ha) (96.2 kg N/ha) 03.05 Weed hoeing (spike-tooth harrow) 15.04 Hoeing 08.05 Sowing rye grass (Tetramax, 8 kg/ha) / white clover (Milo, 2 kg/ha) 17.04 Sowing Barley (Otira, 183 kg/ha) 09.05 Weed hoeing (spike-tooth harrow) 01.05 Weed hoeing (Blind) (spike-tooth harrow) 15.05 Weed hoeing (spike-tooth harrow) 20.08 Harvest (44 hkg/ha) 25.05 Weed hoeing) (inter-row cultivation) 28.05 Sowing rye grass (Tetramax, 16 kg/ha) / white clover (Milo, 4 kg/ha) Weed hoeing   (spike-tooth harrow) 15.08 Harvest (42 hkg/ha)