Wheat drilling
- Thread starter Clive
- Start date
only done 10% here. rest is bad blackgrass land. first appreciable rain was last Sunday. surely 7-8 days isn't long enough for bg to chit and emerge?? I know time is marching on, but …..
Jon
Member
- Location
- South Norfolk
Spraying off what blackgrass is through, I'll start drilling Monday, and see what nature brings.
- Location
- East yorks
Problem I find is there are very few drying days in Nov so you might not turn a wheel for ages on our soils then it could take 3 weeks to emerge and it's battling slugs and crows and water all winter
- Location
- Snodland kent
Sprayed off wheat ground 2weeks ago, I’m amazed at the amount of new flush of grass weeds, may be tempted to left another week before planting.
Failed? How?
There's a fine line between waiting long enough for BG and compromising winter wheat crops. Conditions are good at the moment if you wait until November on this land you could very easily end up with more blackgrass and wheat that has a lower GM than spring barley. The last 300ha will go in over the next 4-5 days allowing for late starts and early finishes because of dew and wet residue.
I agree @ajd132 , pre ems will do well now temps cooling, conditions good for drilling, it will be nov by the time it’s up, could get windy to spray and the weather forecasters are not accurate beyond 12 hrs if weather is changeable.
Also time for glyphonpre emergence, this week I’m going get drilled up.
Also time for glyphonpre emergence, this week I’m going get drilled up.
- Location
- Lincs / Cambs border
What you need is my Frankenstein subsoiler , we made it when having the same problem as you . I don’t know what it weighs but it never fails to go in and stay in .
Devon James
Member
- Location
- Devon
What sort of legs and points are they?
- Location
- Lincs / Cambs border
They are Cousins legs with the the Quickfoot point . About as far from a low disturbance leg as you can get . This leg disturbs the soil so much we can go straight into stubble and combi drill behind .
Late drilled due to wet summer into wet seedbeds and drowned in Wet West Wales
There’s your clue....
- Location
- Mid Lincolnshire,UK
Sprayed Roundup yesterday and drilling today into superb seedbed. Might be the sun but sure there is more BG than yesterday. Combi drill giving it all a headache but note to myself - roll and Preem as quick as possible, including Avadex!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Not started yet!
- Location
- Snodland kent
Having seen yesterday’s forecast and heard snow on way might decide to push on now
Snow?
Same here want to be finished by Friday,waited long enough and a wet cold week would see us finished till spring