Huntstreet
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This is DD wheat after OSR drilled end of September. No slug pellets applied.
DD wheat post OSR
- Thread starter Wheatseeker
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ollie989898
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- Location
- Foothills of the Quantocks
Did you notice any slugs about or were they just all gone?
Gave mine 7kg at drilling because they're always a problem but this year I could probably have got away without. The slugs were easy to find, as usual, but very lethargic and had engorged mantles, as if they were all parasitised.
Gave mine 7kg at drilling because they're always a problem but this year I could probably have got away without. The slugs were easy to find, as usual, but very lethargic and had engorged mantles, as if they were all parasitised.
Huntstreet
Member
This is my first year DD so I might have got lucky. My second WW was hit harder by slugs. I'm also no putting any insecticide on for the first time. I could only find a few aphids in this field so it doesn't justify killing everything else. Could be big mistake.
Huntstreet
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yellow belly
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- Location
- south west lincolnshire
Wheat after beans is the biggest risk from slugs here
imho it is because the slugs have nothing else to eat
the key is drill early and a well closed seed slot and rolling with a sharp heavy ring roll
heavy land after beans can be very hard so disc drilling needs to be slower to ensure depth
with a tine drill cloddy slot can be hard to roll tight enough
Huntstreet
Member
With this field and a couple of others I rolled after harvest to encourage a chit. I didn't roll after drilling. This is quite light land well two thirds of this field is anyway.
Huntstreet
Member
Be interesting to see how my 25cm avatar rows go. Few people around my way have their doubts.
ollie989898
Member
Excellent job there. Looks well.
ollie989898
Member
I do not recall seeing slug issues behind beans though I accept it could happen.
Unless you plan on growing vast areas of spring wheat you won’t have any issues.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
With RTK it wouldn't take much to double drill it anyhow (ie put rows inbetween)
Yeh or just drill at two angles.
drilling inbetween last years rows is really easy with a tine drill.
But with a disc drill it usually ends up pulling itself into last years groove/slot on this soil.
Huntstreet
Member
Easily done in the middle of the field. However the headlands will be tricky. I’m going to try a few ways this spring as well as drilling some with the vaddy so I have a comparable.
Will Blackburn
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- Location
- Cheshire
A compromise would be to cross drill, I do it for grass, not at 90 mind, it’s too bumpy.
Flatland guy
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
How do you guys control blackgrass in the OSR if dd the following crop with wheat?
Huntstreet
Member
Can't really cross drill a headland.
Huntstreet
Member
I always find osr difficult to control grassweeds in unless it is a super crop of osr which has been hard to achieve in recent years. If you have bad grassweeds one option is to spray the volunteers osr off early and then dd your wheat as late as possible so your pre m can have as much impact and you get a chance to put a little bit more roundup in the mix.
We’re plagued with badgers which have eaten our hedgehogs that would have eaten our slugs
Flatland guy
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
At this stage I am not ready to grow an OSR crop without kerb/astrokerb just relying upon centurion max yet which might have bigger repercussions down the line, i have omitted it on certain areas to use as a trial and i always feel/viewed its use is certainly justified for the seed return/plants growing. Perhaps I have been a bad farmer and I have a larger seedbank than others but in the distant future I will hope to be able to grow crops more cost effectively.