When liming can be carried out in autumn on rapeseed stubble, Polish experts explained.

As a rule, lime is applied after harvest. This is the best option, but not the only one. Although its application should be considered more as an emergency measure. However, sometimes liming is truly necessary. When it is not worth waiting with lime application until after harvest, Farmer.pl explains. As Polish experts note, this year in many cases there was not enough time to prepare the field for rapeseed. There were situations when almost immediately after harvesting cereals, the field began to be prepared for rapeseed sowing. In some scenarios, previously planned treatments were canceled due to the short period between harvest and sowing. There were also situations when soil cultivation was minimized to prevent additional soil drying. "Despite heavy rainfall in July, rapeseed was sown in very dry soil in many regions. Lime was not applied under rapeseed everywhere, however, this crop is very sensitive to inappropriate pH. Of course, the problem of too low pH also affects ...