Anyone top dressing yet?

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4course

Member

Location

north yorks

• Feb 23, 2016

• #101

static said:

Will do the OSR this week. Wheat can wait a month.

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a beer says you dont wait a month !!!

 

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DRC

Member

• Feb 23, 2016

• #102

4course said:

should have maybe said that another reason for going now is that going skiing next week and dont want to be thinking I should have been at home putting fert on whilst cruising the blues and dancing on the tables

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The truth will out! Bloody arable farmers off skiing!
Enjoy yourself, and at least 6 weeks potential winter snow here yet.

 

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Wombat

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BASIS

Location

East yorks

• Feb 23, 2016

• #103

Just ordered my fert, no rush. Just drying up nicely again

 

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franklin

New Member

• Feb 23, 2016

• #104

4course said:

a beer says you dont wait a month !!!

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Probably not. But tramlines got water in places, so wont be going until they're gone.

 

Nearly

Member

Location

North of York

• Feb 23, 2016

• #105

I couldn't hold back any longer
Started on the rape and went round the lot while I had it on. Urea.

 

Gone Shooting

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

hereford

• Feb 23, 2016

• #106

Top link a bit short ?! - great views.

 

strip-till-phil

Member

Location

DN5

• Feb 23, 2016

• #107

Got my bus out and done the OSR

 

average farmer

Member

Location

North Notts

• Feb 23, 2016

• #108

Did our first bit today, urea @ 45kg N/H on some osr, we plan to keep picking fields off that will travel. a bit more osr in the morning then on to the barley. Can't see any of the wheat that wants a bit being fit to travel for a week or two same for the osr on the stronger land, luckily all the stronger bits had sewage sludge before drilling and looks well atm.

whats peoples thoughts on how much if any sulphur is required if muck or sewage sludge has been applied before drilling ?

 

Rob Holmes

Moderator

BASIS

Location

Ashbourne, Derbyshire

• Feb 23, 2016

• #109

Will be hopefully going tomorrow with Urea/Sulphur on OSR and 2nd wheats

 

Nearly

Member

Location

North of York

• Feb 23, 2016

• #110

Gone Shooting said:

Top link a bit short ?! - great views.

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Have to run at that angle to get the width, part of the charm of a centerliner.

 

Colin

Member

Location

Perthshire

• Feb 23, 2016

• #111

Got started yesterday, some AS liquid to get things moving. Sprayer got stuck in first field where river had piled up silt, mostly not too bad though. Also spreading sylvinite and fibrophos for beet, lime spreading to do, ploughing for root crops and carrot digging.

 

Flat 10

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Fen Edge

• Feb 25, 2016

• #112

WB had 40kgs while I was putting PK and kieserite on.

 

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4course

Member

Location

north yorks

• Feb 25, 2016

• #113

spreading fert beginning of the week has set the neighbours off had one in the yard asking if they could borrow some as theirs not delivered yet as promised

 

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billboy 1

Member

Location

derbys

• Mar 9, 2016

• #114

done wheat at beginning of week .Bit wet again now !!

 

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Mr Charisma

Member

Location

stratford on Avon

• Mar 9, 2016

• #115

If anyone sees my double top floating past them this morning please give it a kick up the arse and send it home please

 

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billboy 1

Member

Location

derbys

• Mar 9, 2016

• #116

Mr Charisma said:

If anyone sees my double top floating past them this morning please give it a kick up the arse and send it home please

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Better on , be a while before you can travel again here

 

MrNoo

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Cirencester

• Mar 9, 2016

• #117

billboy 1 said:

Better on , be a while before you can travel again here

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Not sure it'll be doing a lot, next door put theirs on on Monday, we had 26mm rain last night with fields flooded quite badly, not sure where their N ended up but could hazard a guess!!

 

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Iben

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Fife

• Mar 9, 2016

• #118

Learnt years ago to miss first opportunity in the spring and be very cautious on second chance, as it usually ended up in a drain.

 

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Mr Charisma

Member

Location

stratford on Avon

• Mar 9, 2016

• #119

MrNoo said:

Not sure it'll be doing a lot, next door put theirs on on Monday, we had 26mm rain last night with fields flooded quite badly, not sure where their N ended up but could hazard a guess!!

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I gave a field of barley a tickle of something just to help it perhaps when most folk would of said I was way too early , even agronomist told me I was wasting my time ,,,,,,,,, but when talking to him this week he said that it had really picked it up and looked far better than the bit which didn't get done

 

MrNoo

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Cirencester

• Mar 9, 2016

• #120

Yes but you didn't have over an inch of rain straight after application though did you? Grass here still seems to be growing, all be it very slowly, so would expect the crops to take it up. I think the danger being that crops aren't deep rooted currently and the amount of rain could wash the N deeper down into the soil profile and out of reach. I suspect the majority will have washed off, never seen the fields look so bad here, worse than in the middle of winter.