Rolling spring barley this year

Flat 10

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Arable Farmer

Location

Fen Edge

• May 20, 2018

• #81

static said:

Need to get my spring oats rolled again. Given the dryness and the heat, do you reckon there it would be best to do later in the evening when cooler? Will bashing the crop in this heat actually make it sadder?

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Yes to evening. Wouldn’t be brave enough to do it in the heat of the day at the moment.

 

phil

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Location

Wexford

• May 20, 2018

• #82

It’s only an issue if you have herbicides to spray
Let crop recover before spraying
Some rain usually helps

 

T Hectares

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Arable Farmer

Location

Berkshire

• May 20, 2018

• #83

Flat 10 said:

Yes to evening. Wouldn’t be brave enough to do it in the heat of the day at the moment.

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I did 180ha of two leaf cereals last week in 20 + sunny days and it's fine...

 

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franklin

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• May 20, 2018

• #84

Flat 10 said:

Yes to evening. Wouldn’t be brave enough to do it in the heat of the day at the moment.

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Well, I'm going to do mine after tea. Will get me out of bathing the children.

 

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franklin

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• May 20, 2018

• #85

Late oats.

 

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ZXR17

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Location

South Dorset

• May 21, 2018

• #86

Did you roll your Canary Seed post emergence last year @static ?

 

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franklin

New Member

• May 21, 2018

• #87

No. But it is supposed to look like crap now. As long as you have the plants it will go mental fairly soon. That said, I rolled wheat with canary volunteers in and they didn't mind.

 

Douglasmn

Member

• May 21, 2018

• #88

jorgenbg said:

Thanks. Inexperienced farmer and virgin crop roller. Just worried the plants in the wheelings. Got 650/65r38s. No duals.

BTW. Never seen anyone roll post em over here.

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I did mine with duals but still better rolled with singles than unrolled. Crop immediately looked better afterwards. Also beneficial for weed control. Break down all the clods and encourage germination before applying the contact herbicide.

 

Brisel

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Arable Farmer

Location

Midlands

• May 21, 2018

• #89

Doing a few fields not rolled after drilling now. Partly to push the stones in but it will help it tiller more, mineralise more N and create another flush of weeds to take out in a couple of weeks when we do the T1 and herbicides.