2017 BG dormancy

Flat 10

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Arable Farmer
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Fen Edge
Any idea on the status this year? Had a quick google and can't find anything. Anecdotally there seems to be good germination in the bottom of my beans and in WB stubbles but perhaps this is just due to the regular rainfall?
 

Badshot

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Location
Kent
Last years seed is growing well in my winter beans stubbles. Which kinda goes along with the reported fact of only 20% was good to go last autumn.
 

Flat 10

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Arable Farmer
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Fen Edge
Last years seed is growing well in my winter beans stubbles. Which kinda goes along with the reported fact of only 20% was good to go last autumn.
I assumed it was this years germinating in my bean stubbles......:cautious:
Either way the f**king beans want cutting ASAP followed by a light disc.
 

Badshot

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Location
Kent
I assumed it was this years germinating in my bean stubbles......:cautious:
Either way the fudgeing beans want cutting ASAP followed by a light disc.
I've had fantastic control this year, to the point I was pleased and was considering winter wheat again. However, the turf coming up now, even in a patch that's been burned off 5 times since last autumn, has convinced me to follow them with linseed as planned.
 

Flat 10

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Arable Farmer
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Fen Edge
I've had fantastic control this year, to the point I was pleased and was considering winter wheat again. However, the turf coming up now, even in a patch that's been burned off 5 times since last autumn, has convinced me to follow them with linseed as planned.
I had good control in the beans and barley too so perhaps they are last years seed. Haven't burnt any patches off to be sure as you can have a bit of BG below the canopy in Winter beans and winter barley.
 

rob1

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wiltshire

franklin

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That 2" of rain in early August has resulted in any crops with BG in them dropping their seed and it growing. Great control in all but one field has resulted in only the shallowest of cultivations for next year's crops. One bad field is subsoiled and will green up until as late as I dare level it with a cultivator before linseed.
 

BenB

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BASE UK Member
Location
Wiltshire
Need to apply lots of chems then including autumn atlantis :rolleyes:. Then of course that will allow some spring stuff to keep the seed bank nicely topped up for next year.
Me a cynic never:D

Ha! Quite. Although, low dormancy = better chance of delayed drilling working!
 

Timbo1080

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BASE UK Member
Location
Somerset
Low dormancy happens when you get a hot spell as the seed matures, which we did.

Agree, always worked on the basis of "hot and dry at flowering, leads to low dormancy". Has anyone been pleasantly surprised how the cracks in the soil opened up during the Blackgrass flowering/seed set window (=brick myself that the seed will shed into the cracks), yet they closed up nicely with the deluges, as the Blackgrass was shedding? = all the low dormancy seed one the surface, ready to grow on the top. Personally won't be doing any subsurface work this year for fear of mixing it into the profile. (Except where absolutely necessary-Bit of drainage work going on imminently).
 

Shutesy

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Arable Farmer
Bad patch in winter barley greened up very quickly with new growth after stubble raking and numerous rain showers post harvest, patch in osr stubble also greened up well without any cultivation.
 

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