- Location
- south norfolk, uk
Last 3years.
But also feed peas, on and off for the last 30years.
As well as periods growing spring beans and spring linseed. Generally a period of around 6-7year cycles. Sometimes more sometimes less.
Drilling anyone?
- Thread starter kevindb880
- Start date
But also feed peas, on and off for the last 30years.
As well as periods growing spring beans and spring linseed. Generally a period of around 6-7year cycles. Sometimes more sometimes less.
Just noticed it's now gone from 15mm forecast to 2mm.
And nothing much more then for a month or three.
We've recently spread 100t or so of Extran here which always needs at least 2mm of rain to dissolve its clay coating.
So for us tonight's weather's going to make the really big difference between the poor, and the disastrous, 2020 harvest.
edit- funny how we're now desperate for just 2mm of rain when, in only 6 months, we've already had 1200mm more than we needed.
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- Location
- North West
Drilling oats for a customer (still!) said I’d rip up the headlands for him so he could go rolling.
Well I’ve definitely not been convinced to change colours any time soon ??
Well I’ve definitely not been convinced to change colours any time soon ??
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Worked the crap out of what we have drilled in an attempt to get on.....now not a dot of moisture in some of it ?.
Contractor booked to drill rest in an attempt to conserve a bit of moisture.
God knows on the fert front!
Contractor booked to drill rest in an attempt to conserve a bit of moisture.
God knows on the fert front!
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Lots of moisture here. Going straight in with the vaddy so as not to loose any.
In some fields I can push my finger vertically down into the soil, in soil that was last moved in September.
In some fields I can push my finger vertically down into the soil, in soil that was last moved in September.
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Weaving GD I think
Looks great. Spring Barley? I reckon first loss is best loss so I'm sticking with some crap OSR and late drilled WW. Budgeting 1t/ac if lucky and 2.5t/ac respectively but I doubt anything spring sown would beat those now. Just don't look at them..............
Dian Landman
Member
What subsoiler do you use?
I’ve got a 3 leg cousins with a packer on . Will put pig muck on , then plough first before subsoiling on the ploughing
Your probably right, but the field looked such a mess after potatoes and the crop was 50% at best , with nothing on headlands . Unbelievable amount of water had run down it from other fields that their was a sink hole in it.
Happy now it looks ok for my OCD of wanting the farm to look tidy
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Last field drilled. Just rolling it now.
- Location
- In the middle.
Well as things were drying out so fast yesterday morning I parked the drill up and got court up on cow and calf jobs and a couple of things back at home before heading out to drill the last 25ac of triticale. Started about 8.30pm and after finishing it arrived back in the yard just in time to pull a calf out of a cow and now home.
Mr Charisma
Member
- Location
- stratford on Avon
We finished S Barley yesterday, wasn't a huge rush tbh, we were going to get some S Oat seed but to be honest looking at the forecast I think I will not bother, will possibly prepare the seedbed for linseed but won't plant until conditions are better
Jon 3085
Member
- Location
- Worcester, UK
Drilled 2 weeks.
