Spring barley looking poor...

bankrupt

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Thought the oats were better but you can actually pull them out of the dust with zero force. Panicles will be out next week. 8" high.



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First panicles out today - drilled 28th March 125kg N

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Shutesy

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The benefits of heavy land.
No Fendt tractor, Michelin tyre, Horsch drill or trailed sprayer was used in the making of this crop. But surely that's impossible I hear you say.
Just trying to make my mind up whether it needs 0.35 of Terpal tomorrow.
The bits of ours that look like that on our heavier land had 0.35l of Terpal early this morning before the wind and heat got up, the lighter bits which dont look like that I left it out and just did the fungicide.
 

Wombat

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The benefits of heavy land.
No Fendt tractor, Michelin tyre, Horsch drill or trailed sprayer was used in the making of this crop. But surely that's impossible I hear you say.
Just trying to make my mind up whether it needs 0.35 of Terpal tomorrow.

Unfortunately the establishment on our heavy land has been poor this year with some massive empty areas, struggled to get a chit
 

snarling bee

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Bedfordshire
Unfortunately the establishment on our heavy land has been poor this year with some massive empty areas, struggled to get a chit
We went straight into an autumn seedbed with the vaderstad at full depth. Dry on top, still wet 20mm down.
Anybody that moved their ground round here were only saved by the 25-30mm we had at the end of April. We were up in rows by then. I guess you missed that welcome rain.
 

Wombat

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We went straight into an autumn seedbed with the vaderstad at full depth. Dry on top, still wet 20mm down.
Anybody that moved their ground round here were only saved by the 25-30mm we had at the end of April. We were up in rows by then. I guess you missed that welcome rain.

Autumn was so wet we got nothing pulled up and so clouldn’t go straight in and yes we missed all the rain end of April. Never made it this far up the country

I think half an inch in a day to get into the soils would have made a difference but we never had it
 
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jh.

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fife
Unfortunately the establishment on our heavy land has been poor this year with some massive empty areas, struggled to get a chit
Same . Dad's always said get it ploughed before Christmas or it's only half a crop .

Only thing I would say is winter ploughing in wrong conditions can be just as bad as March or April ploughed .

My worst barley field is one I never even tried to plough in winter . By febuary I was planning to fallow it but then it got dry and the sun came out so took the risk to sow it . It was ploughed April , power harrowed 48hours later , drilled I'm sure 48hours later and rolled tight behind drill . Looked good as I left field thinking it'll be fine . Patchy mess .

The oat field pictures near start of topic , had many ploughing attempts form November to mid March. Walking it now the best bit was a single day I got going well in January. Rest is pretty poor and patchy so shows the wrong conditions before Christmas can be just as bad as good conditions in March.

Another field that I had left as stubble got a last minute claydon demo and finished with min till , it is some of the best emergence I have had from fence to fence , with just last years combine wheelings showing up .

Pic 1 April ploughed mess. 2 claydon . 3 mintill

Tough year all round 2020 . Definitely year of the cluster for the world .
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7610 super q

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Still hanging on, but the last few days of wind have taken their toll. Burning up in patches, and a few more weeks of dry weather, then the rest of it'll follow suit. :eek:

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