SilliamWhale
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That is a rubbish picture! Bloody window frame in it!!
Kws funky winter barley
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That is a rubbish picture! Bloody window frame in it!!
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- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Funky looks a good all round 6-row, only weakness we have picked up so far is higher than average screenings. It will certainly compete with hybrids in good soils and conditions as will some of the 2-rows! The Hybrids may be a better option when going in late or on thinner less productive soils.
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- Location
- whitby
Havent got a pic but our funky is about 4 inch off the top of a 13.6/24 tyre, and i think it just may go down...
it just may go down...
Ours is very unlikely to go down because of its extremely short ears produced here this time.
Has anybody else yet done a grain site count comparing Funky, Bazooka, Volume, Meridian, etc.?
Funky might still be the best yielder, of course, but its TGW would probably need to be at least 60g.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
After not growing W barley for some time I have some Belfry in the ground as a third cereal. ATM it is looking all straw and not over numerous small ears. The weighbridge will tell I guess. I am not over enamoured with the high seed price and inability to home save, but it really does smother the blackgrass though.
Not got any Belfry here, but sounds very much like our Funky.
I'm pretty certain the later developing varieties will do better this year.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
My bazooka looks to be thick with lovely big ears, wheather it yields well enough to earn me extra or just cover the extra seed cost remains to be seen but if a hybrid is going to do well id like to think a difficult year like this one is the one.
Having said the above my cassia still looks as good as anything.
Perhaps next year I'll try a bag of libra/bazooka vs funky vs cassia drilled side by side in the same field and see which has the best yield and more importantly best margin.
Having said the above my cassia still looks as good as anything.
Perhaps next year I'll try a bag of libra/bazooka vs funky vs cassia drilled side by side in the same field and see which has the best yield and more importantly best margin.
My thoughts are exactly the same here, Shutesy.
Being able to go for an increased margin by growing from FSS a conventional variety of equal merit, on yield and quality, to the hybrids.
That was until walking, today, our very best field of Funky which we had intended to keep for seed, when I discovered a better than 5% or so two-row contamination.
This was a bit of a shock, so I then went to check another two or three fields of Funky.
All the same.
Must have come in with the seed as we haven't grown any two-row here for more than 30 years.
like this??? Ground hasn’t had barley for 15 years. Samples are at niab now to see what the contamination isMy thoughts are exactly the same here, Shutesy.
Being able to go for an increased margin by growing from FSS a conventional variety of equal merit, on yield and quality, to the hybrids
That was until walking, today, our very best field of Funky which we had intended to keep for seed, when I discovered a better than 5% or so two-row contamination.
This was a bit of a shock, so I then went to check another two or three fields of Funky.
All the same.
Must have come in with the seed as we haven't grown any two-row here for more than 30 years.
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Very similar, maybe a bit worse.
At first I thought is must just be a bit of two-row in one bag following a bad changeover at the cleaning plant.
But we've got the same problem from every one of the bags we bought.
It surely can't have been in the seed crop or it would had to have been rejected by the crop inspector.
So must have been contaminated somewhere in someone's store before treatment..
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It seems, Green oak, that the only two-row currently on the HGCA list with a height just above Funky is Talisman.
Nevertheless, it's usually wrong to jump to conclusions.
One hopes that you'll be able to post your definitive results here in due course.
- Location
- Essex/Herts Border
Can't like that, b****y annoying and nothing you can do about it other than buy in seed again and hope its clean this time.My thoughts are exactly the same here, Shutesy.
Being able to go for an increased margin by growing from FSS a conventional variety of equal merit, on yield and quality, to the hybrids.
That was until walking, today, our very best field of Funky which we had intended to keep for seed, when I discovered a better than 5% or so two-row contamination.
This was a bit of a shock, so I then went to check another two or three fields of Funky.
All the same.
Must have come in with the seed as we haven't grown any two-row here for more than 30 years.
You're too pessimistic, Shutesy.
I suspect they'll end up by sending us a load of replacement seed, cleaned and dressed, at close to our own cost of production (£225/tonne)
- Location
- Essex/Herts Border
Like your thinkingYou're too pessimistic, Shutesy.
I suspect they'll end up by sending us a load of replacement seed, cleaned and dressed, at close to our own cost of production (£225/tonne)
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
With the exeption of it not ripening at the same time and putting a few green ones in the tank, It's all feed and if you grow it on you'll just have a blended variety which may help increase bushel weights and give a better sample.
I have wondered about mixing cassia and hybrid to be able to drill a conventional seed rate.
If it is Talisman, which seems quite possible considering its height and the ramularia it's carrying, its specific weight is actually lower than Funky.
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- the brecks norfolk
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