Spring barley Australia

Well im havin a crack at my secind spring barley crop.

Sown 1st nov (bit late) at 250kg ha, might go as a hay crop hence high seed rate plus allowing for bugs slugs grubs and birds...also msrginal germination.

160kg ha DAP down the shoot

Sown with cross slot 6" spacings

Sprayed pironex insecticide over the top, weeds were negligble and on there way out.

Im on my knees praying for rain...

I plan to spray mn as soon as enough lraf is there, if i get rain...

Urea is hard to time on storms so UAN will be used like last time, seemed to work well.

Straw worth a fortune so not sure a sniff of pgr will be used?

Net blotch biggest disease concern

Lucerne flea biggest pest concern

Gone into clover silage paddock.

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glasshouse

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Well im havin a crack at my secind spring barley crop.

Sown 1st nov (bit late) at 250kg ha, might go as a hay crop hence high seed rate plus allowing for bugs slugs grubs and birds...also msrginal germination.

160kg ha DAP down the shoot

Sown with cross slot 6" spacings

Sprayed pironex insecticide over the top, weeds were negligble and on there way out.

Im on my knees praying for rain...

I plan to spray mn as soon as enough lraf is there, if i get rain...

Urea is hard to time on storms so UAN will be used like last time, seemed to work well.

Straw worth a fortune so not sure a sniff of pgr will be used?

Net blotch biggest disease concern

Lucerne flea biggest pest concern

Gone into clover silage paddock.

Ant...
that needs rolled
 
Seed to soil contact not good
Poss too late now, will knock shoots off

Swed soil contact not an issue with a cross slot, i keep the ridging to catch every bit of moisture as in summer can get storms. The centre of tge farm the soil gets like plasticine and rolling is detrimental to seedlings making it through.

Pic is from day 6, still more seeds emerging,

Sowing rate at 250kg is too heavy, i didnt bank on cross slot doing such a job.

Had 10mm last 3 days now...its cranking along.

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Iben

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Depends upon soil type and tillering ability.

320-450 established plants for me. Mn can go anytime really from just emerged. I hate seeing so much hit the ground if going early, so wait till tillering. But depends how bad the deficiencies are.
 
I use over 250kg in late planted crops 100 days from planting to harvest
had it go down but if harvest is dry and for feed should be no problem with a good harvester

This was sowed at 250kg, i thinl i will be around the 380ish for plant count, still got some coming up.

Last time i sowed at 170kg, very late, 1 month later than this crop, went 5 t ha, i am aiming for 6.

Was sown with 160kg DAP down the spout, into a Balansa clover crop that was nodulating, i use liquid n as impossible to time a rain here this time of year.

Last crop that worked a treat, fine nozzle straight to leaf...it loved it...25L ha with 100L of water.

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