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ollie989898 · Jun 2, 2019

Clive said:
Yet still managed to buy entire farms out of single year profits however

How Unimaginable that is today !

Welcome to the world of commodity production. All in the hands of huge corporations today!

ollie989898 · Jun 2, 2019

ZXR17 said:
The prize for the correct acreage is a " Free day out rougeing ryegrass on the stunning Dorset Coast " . Lunch can be provided and you can stay for several days if you like . Oh , and feel free to bring family and friends .

Tell us about the ice cream, I understand there is plenty of that available in your region. And the surfing, how far away are you from:

Flat 10 · Jun 2, 2019

robs1 said:
They also didn't have the advantage of chems having lowered levels of the bad guys so we can have a year or two without too many issues, they are now building and likely to cause problems, we can only hope that the predators catch up quickly or there could be some real issues , weve not used any insecticide for quite a few years and didn't use deter last year, so far so good but bydv was an issue before and may become again

I found all this interesting so have started a new thread @Brisel @Feldspar @Badshot @John Slejpner

Clive · Jun 2, 2019

ollie989898 said:
Welcome to the world of commodity production. All in the hands of huge corporations today!

Without doubt - synthetic agriculture only has one winner ........ and it’s not farmers

Brisel · Jun 2, 2019

All for the greater good

ollie989898 · Jun 2, 2019

Clive said:
Without doubt - synthetic agriculture only has one winner ........ and it’s not farmers

But then whenever you discuss the removal of subsidies half the forum is up in arms because their cake rep, fertiliser trader and JD salesman will feel the pinch!! In that kind of insane asylum you soon lose track of who are the inmates and who are the wardens!

ZXR17 · Jun 2, 2019

@ollie989898 , I think that is the Clavell Tower in the Purbecks about 25 miles to the east . Purbeck ice cream is very good . Not sure about the surfing although the wind surfing and kite surfing in Portland harbour is excellent hence the 2012 Olympics were held here .

ollie989898 · Jun 2, 2019

ZXR17 said:
@ollie989898 , I think that is the Clavell Tower in the Purbecks about 25 miles to the east . Purbeck ice cream is very good . Not sure about the surfing although the wind surfing and kite surfing in Portland harbour is excellent hence the 2012 Olympics were held here .

Oh, you are near the more upmarket part of the coast then??

ZXR17 · Jun 2, 2019

I think you're getting us mistaken with Sandbanks , we're more donkeys and Punch and Judy down here .

ollie989898 · Jun 2, 2019

ZXR17 said:
I think you're getting us mistaken with Sandbanks , we're more donkeys and Punch and Judy down here .

So the all important question is are you closer to Casterbridge or the mouth of Wey?

ZXR17 · Jun 2, 2019

Weymouth .

Wombat · Jun 3, 2019

Will definitively do one, been hot, humid and overcast this last week and stuff has slowed down so will need something

4course · Jun 3, 2019

Feldspar said:
What will actually kill the 2nd generation of aphids? I could see lots of spiders (but do they catch the wingless ones), but not a huge number of ladybirds.

i can remember a number of years back the ladybirds at harvest had the grain moving in the store what would the assurance lot would make of that?

ollie989898 · Jun 3, 2019

4course said:
i can remember a number of years back the ladybirds at harvest had the grain moving in the store what would the assurance lot would make of that?

Shut the doors and hit it with methyl-bromide!

ollie989898 · Jun 3, 2019

ZXR17 said:
Weymouth .

I know it well. And much of that area.

yellow belly · Jun 3, 2019

Seeing on aphid colonies on headland but but also plenty of parasitised carcasses

Plenty of lady birds here in all crops

No sign of bydv on late September planted wheat

T3 of teb if it looks like rain or rains very clean crops 4 fully green leaves

4course · Jun 3, 2019

ollie989898 said:
Shut the doors and hit it with methyl-bromide!

im fairly sure its banned, I thought you would have known

ollie989898 · Jun 3, 2019

4course said:
im fairly sure its banned, I thought you would have known

I was jesting. I havent seen anyone treat a heap of corn with that in a long time.

4course · Jun 3, 2019

ollie989898 said:
I was jesting. I havent seen anyone treat a heap of corn with that in a long time.

good job I havnt followed any of your advice in the past. ho ho

ollie989898 · Jun 3, 2019

4course said:
good job I havnt followed any of your advice in the past. ho ho

Christ no don't go doing that. Sell those spare cans of methyl bromide to me instead.

I'll sell em to my mate Kim Jung Il.

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