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Been looking in to this last week, found this, but I like the idea of the guttering and leaf blower, simples!!Like the idea of cleaning your own osr, have you any dimensions available of your cleaner?
Been looking in to this last week, found this, but I like the idea of the guttering and leaf blower, simples!!Like the idea of cleaning your own osr, have you any dimensions available of your cleaner?
Enough people do stubble turnips this wayNo need to clean it , just mix with a bit of fertilizer as a carrier and throw it in the spinner, twice across the field, maybe scratch the stubble if you think it needs a bit of tilt and roll. Job done for minimal cost. Works perfectly
Was your fss crop desiccated with diquat, swathed or left to ripen naturally? No dressing either is take it? Thanks
Ps Your crop looks well!! Indicative of this year for you?
Cleaning is if you’ve got the time and inclination. Micro feed rollers don’t like pods and chaff - fine for you with a cereal drill and high seed rate. You could also screen or aspirate out the smaller seeds for the “better” bigger ones.
You could but you don’t need to do what’s the point.
On your simple system, none.
Love the simplicity. A high-risk crop getting the appropriate attention.Yes dessicated with glyphosate. No cleaning, no dressing. Straight off the combine into a tonne bag and sown at 15kg/ha. No flea beetle sprays either. It’s had 2 herbicides now and will get digestate this week for its N1. We’ll follow N2 in probably 6 weeks as we are a bit early with N1. Then it’ll be dessicated and harvested. That’s it.
It’s really interesting. This will Be our fourth harvest without rape and I am keen to get back into it because I feel there is good money to be made if done properly and it also allows me to zero till a crop with multiple companion crops and get on top of BG, then have a safe situation to zero till wheat into the next year. All I’ve seen looking in for years is mad amounts of spraying and money being spent, osr being grown in the wrong places and fields because ‘it was coloured yellow on the map’ - I quote he made Chris green there.@ajd132 Do you have a view on a reduced OSR input system? What @warksfarmer is achieving is impressive. We are on a purchased seed, a 3x APPLICATION (Phoma, LL spot, Sclerotinia) fungicide programme and 180kg/ha of N (120kg/ha SO3) - way, way too much spend. The wheat (feed only) is on a T0, T1, T2 & T3 fungicide split and 220kg/ha of N (60Kg/ha) - again, inputs way over the punchy side. We do get yield / quality results (N. Herefordshire / S. Shropshire border) but margin definitely suffers!!! It's all under significant review as we speak, so very keen for views/thoughts/feedback. Cheers!!
Also, and im getting more and more religious about this. It’s ALL to do with the soil.@ajd132 Do you have a view on a reduced OSR input system? What @warksfarmer is achieving is impressive. We are on a purchased seed, a 3x APPLICATION (Phoma, LL spot, Sclerotinia) fungicide programme and 180kg/ha of N (120kg/ha SO3) - way, way too much spend. The wheat (feed only) is on a T0, T1, T2 & T3 fungicide split and 220kg/ha of N (60Kg/ha) - again, inputs way over the punchy side. We do get yield / quality results (N. Herefordshire / S. Shropshire border) but margin definitely suffers!!! It's all under significant review as we speak, so very keen for views/thoughts/feedback. Cheers!!
works a treat made one last yearBeen looking in to this last week, found this, but I like the idea of the guttering and leaf blower, simples!!
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Sounds a fair strategy!! Will you buy in every year due to CFAs or look to save?It’s really interesting. This will Be our fourth harvest without rape and I am keen to get back into it because I feel there is good money to be made if done properly and it also allows me to zero till a crop with multiple companion crops and get on top of BG, then have a safe situation to zero till wheat into the next year. All I’ve seen looking in for years is mad amounts of spraying and money being spent, osr being grown in the wrong places and fields because ‘it was coloured yellow on the map’ - I quote he made Chris green there.
I would be inclined to do similar to lee but I think 15kg is too much, would probably go for 5 in the field and 7 on the headlands (remember I need to buy seed in). Also only drill it if there rain coming and sack it off if it’s not going to get away. Best advice is to probably ignore farmers weekly scare mongering and keep it simple, that’s what I plan to do anyway.
Think we would save as long as we are sure it’s not contaminated with anything .Sounds a fair strategy!! Will you buy in every year due to CFAs or look to save?
Love the simplicity. A high-risk crop getting the appropriate attention
Love the simplicity. A high-risk crop getting the appropriate attention.