Tim Ashley

Systems thinker helping farmers improve soil function, crop resilience and profitability. Independent agronomist & agroecologist.

[Tim Ashley @AgronomistTim]

@Longwool Untreated Arnie with untreated Extase to the right - as @RBoldan says "Variety horses for agronomy courses"

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Serious photosynthesisin'

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Is Groundswell worth the ticket price? https://t.co/hQXKGLO8Eo

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@cutlerstom No leave it, don’t top up. Monitor moisture, temperature (and smell)

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@cutlerstom @FarmerRobin @ArableSam Hear your pain. As with direct drilling etc . Context is everything. What’s the SOM, your clay%. When we introduce a new ‘loop’ into the system we need to be vigilant and learn especially from negative feedback. Do not throw the baby out and all that.

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@cutlerstom @ukeastcoast Even in conventional systems it takes years to ‘run-down’ the P Index so unless your soil is really low AND your adopting more biological systems then probably not really.

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@cutlerstom @ukeastcoast To your first question yes and the plant being healthy will start to divert more energy to feeding / trading with biology. to your second the ‘available’ that we can use is only about 1-3% of total P! .

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@ukeastcoast @cutlerstom Biology is accessing existing otherwise “chemically unavailable” nutrients (mainly phosphorus) - regen doesn’t deplete per se you’re just tapping into a new system.

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Check out my latest article: Phoma in Oilseed Rape: Beyond Fungicides https://t.co/4Bh0xxriV2 via @LinkedIn

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Time to prepare for autumn phoma sprays in oilseed rape! Explore management strategies that go beyond just fungicides in our latest blog post. Read more: https://t.co/jhWHNhDa3f #OilseedRape #FarmingTips

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How can AI democratise farm insights and empower all farmers? Find out in our latest post! https://t.co/HIoPRgzyq1 #AgTech #DataInFarming #AI

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This summer's drought poses challenges, but there's a way forward! Learn how to bio hack your autumn with compost, biology, and liquid catch crops from our latest blog: https://t.co/2TAwSAoj0Y #Farming #Agronomy #SustainableAgriculture

[Tim Ashley @AgronomistTim]

This summer's drought poses challenges, but there's a way forward! Learn how to bio hack your autumn with compost, biology, and liquid catch crops from our latest blog: https://t.co/2TAwSAoj0Y #Farming #Agronomy #SustainableAgriculture

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@johnkempf https://t.co/3gykhzBAYT

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@OliFletcher @cutlerstom @Groundswellaguk @IntegratedSoils Only "stuck my head into a couple" then you can hardly give a objective review on Groundswell - some of your comments raised valid points but most where based on ignorance and there you where perfectly placed to gain a bit more understanding!

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This season's issue of yellow rust is exposing critical weaknesses in our cereal cropping systems. Want to understand more? Read our latest blog for insights! https://t.co/GXXTZrFFyH #Agriculture #YellowRust #Wheat2025

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I would suggest higher air circulation in the IBC, as @RBoldan suggests. Oxygen will be your limiting factor and especially if you add any food like molasses. You ideally need a rolling boil where the surface starts to break but doesn't splash everywhere. If oxygen is limited below 6ppm (6mg/L) you'll start to select for facultative biology, which is not disastrous but not ideal but if you start going below 4ppm thats when oxygen is low and only anaerobes will flourish as only their enzymes function = smelly.

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@unbeleafableuk hi sorry to say had a poor bag of salad. Always been top notch quality so no big deal but could you dm so I can send details please?