I have some that has gone quite sad. Problem is wouldn't have got it drilled if I hadn't done it.
Spring drilling 2017
- Thread starter Flat 10
- Start date
- Location
- Cirencester
Glad I left my 2 heavy fields in plough, was going to PH them, then in with the Vaddy, fear if I'd done that I wouldn't be drilling them till May!
Seriously why are people panicking and forcing seedbeds, especially with systems that are supposedly designed for later sowings, with the ability to cover lots of acres in a short space of time. It isn't even April yet. Be patient, and crops will fly out of the ground in a couple of weeks.
- Location
- Cirencester
That's not even "Boys ground" Bobk, that's "Girls land!!!"
Looks some lovely stuff mind!
Looks some lovely stuff mind!
Not exactly forced is it though?
Ha ha, Howard . That was me yesterday on the light end of the farm. It was a grass field ploughed up as well.
I won't be doing the heavier ground in a hurry.!
Used to be the village allotments. dad earned a shilling an allotment for ploughing it, back in the day. It's only 6 acresThere's a sticky bit on the far side
- Location
- North Kent, UK
Much drier here than last spring with higher soil temperatures.
Barley and triticale have gone in nicely but bean ground ( our heaviest soils) will need to dry a bit more.
Off to drill my uncle's barley tomorrow if we don't get much rain tonight.
Barley and triticale have gone in nicely but bean ground ( our heaviest soils) will need to dry a bit more.
Off to drill my uncle's barley tomorrow if we don't get much rain tonight.
If I had to chose whether the 15acres of barley I have yet to drill or the stuff I drilled late feb which will yield better I know which one I would back. Saying that the later stuff MIGHT do better but all you can do is what you think is best as the time. As ever hindsight would allow you to chose the best drilling date every year!
Depends where you are in the country, as you wouldn't get much drilling done around here in February. It's all about using the little pockets of dry weather we get, to do a bit of something, but stop when the weather turns and remember that it will dry up again.
We haven't had a plum tree winter yet!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I'm waiting for these cold winds to pass. Last thing we need are seeds or seedlings sitting there in a cold dry windswept seedbed, getting sandblasted while the rubbish creeps up on it, unchecked by preems that either blow away or won't work in the dry.
I hate the wind more than anything. Brings back childhood memories of big sand storms in the spring with the old folks stressed out seeing all their work gone. Hopefully we have learned a bit about erosion avoidance since then. I reckon once we are past the Equinox, the worst of the winds are behind us, although I do recall sitting on the skerry ridging up the beet on May Day bank holiday one year.
At least I can get on with finishing the shed.
I hate the wind more than anything. Brings back childhood memories of big sand storms in the spring with the old folks stressed out seeing all their work gone. Hopefully we have learned a bit about erosion avoidance since then. I reckon once we are past the Equinox, the worst of the winds are behind us, although I do recall sitting on the skerry ridging up the beet on May Day bank holiday one year.
At least I can get on with finishing the shed.
Yes, it was our daughters 18th, and she and her friends had to stay in. 22 today, where's the time go?2013 we had this...
4 years this friday iirc.... brrrrr.
Chae1
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Started yesterday. Looks like a good forecast going forward.
Yes, a 5 furrow. I've still got my nerve too!
It will dry out eventually. The seedbeds are pretty cold - ground frosts most nights at the moment.