Winter barley how early
- Thread starter Clive
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65 kg/hl this year. That's the same as my 2 row varieties. It is a risk though, as with most 6 row barleys. It tillers well if fed plenty of early spring N.
So when is it too late to drill?
Just been given half a ton of winter barley seed that I am thinking of direct drilling into some old grass lay on some pretty kind land
Was gonna be fallow but might as well put this in and see what it does.
Never grown barley before, always classed it as a weed!
Just been given half a ton of winter barley seed that I am thinking of direct drilling into some old grass lay on some pretty kind land
Was gonna be fallow but might as well put this in and see what it does.
Never grown barley before, always classed it as a weed!
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Under normal circumstances (plough based establishment on light ground) I'd say it's ok up to the end of this month.I do know of one Or two locally who drill w barley after beet at the end of Oct/first week of November.
- Location
- south norfolk
A friend drilled some winter barley in march 13.everyyone was wTching it but it grew and yielded ok
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Robbie we have a field to drill now with hybrid barley. For neighbour Hope to get it in this week mainly medium soil with a heavy band through it. .
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Is this the norm or a new idea? My agronomist has said he'd be more happy with hybrid going in late than conventional.
What seed rate are you going with?
What seed rate are you going with?
ollie989898
Member
Allegedly the hybrid gets away faster.
With barley the name of the game is tillers, adapt seed rate and use early N to get them and retain them. Avoid cold wet land where it gets starved in spring and goes backwards.
Tillers = yield, simple as that. I'd still go now, it's not deadly late in my book, not if you have a half decent seed bed and aren't in the swamps like me.
With barley the name of the game is tillers, adapt seed rate and use early N to get them and retain them. Avoid cold wet land where it gets starved in spring and goes backwards.
Tillers = yield, simple as that. I'd still go now, it's not deadly late in my book, not if you have a half decent seed bed and aren't in the swamps like me.
- Location
- West Suffolk
We're starting tomorrow.
ollie989898
Member
Barley just doesn't like it. I can't say it enough. If it hangs wet you are better off not drilling it there, the yields can be hammered by it.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Dust in barley and puddle in wheat.
Barley needs a feather bed, wheat can have any old bed.
Two old saying I've been told and they're both spot on!
Barley needs a feather bed, wheat can have any old bed.
Two old saying I've been told and they're both spot on!
So true, ollie989898.
My 10 acres of dry river terraces drilled to WB all looks fantastic at the mo.
The other 100 odd (750ft asl) are all wet, but not yet cold.
Given sufficient N on Jan 16th and anything like a typical spring and summer, I'm still betting on the wet ones.
edit : no 2 rows
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He wants 300 seeds. Worked out at 114 kg. it's going in quite well. About 6 acre round a pit very mauly
300 seeds/m2 of a hybrid? That is a) expensive and b) very small seed!