Variation 4 (V4) was treated in the same way as the Control Plot except that it was burned in April 2021 using practices learned from Den Barber in a Cultural Burning workshop. This variation may need to be monitored over a longer period to see if there are obvious differences from the Control Plot.
January 2021 before burning the long grass in April 2021.
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July 2021 when herbage mass was measured as 858 kgDM/ha which was the lowest measurement of all the trial plots. A diverse range of plant species were observed.
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November 2021 when soil test samples and herbage mass were taken.
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