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nick...

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

south norfolk

• Aug 14, 2021

• #1

Growing some rape again this year after not bothering last year and 2 disastrous years prior to that.this is land that was not drilled last year due to the wet and ploughed in April,disced and left.variety is aurelia and drilled at 3.16 kg ha.pick with dog was yesterday at 10 days and other this morning.zero slug damage and only odd shot hole round edge of field.very pleased so far.
nick…

 

Laggard

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Suffolk

• Aug 15, 2021

• #2

Good luck Nick

 

Chae1

Member

Location

Aberdeenshire

• Aug 16, 2021

• #3

My Aurelia is slow to emerge. Exstar drilled same day is away.

 

chickens and wheat

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Boroughbridge, york

• Aug 16, 2021

• #4

Expansion 7 days nicely up.

Spread broiler litter in morning drilled pm.
Harvested last years crop 2 days later

 

TheEarlOfMoray

Member

Location

Morayshire

• Aug 16, 2021

• #5

Hope it does well. Harvested our rape on Thursday/Friday never seen so many beetles. Shed is black with them. Doesn’t fill me with confidence for next years crop

 

nick...

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

south norfolk

• Aug 16, 2021

• #6

Just had a walk round and a big improvement on Saturday.tiny bit of flea beetle damage but I’m sure crop will get away now.other bit on some really heavy land was ploughed due to ruts left by neighbor collecting straw.it was drilled within 24 hours and the crop is there but getting a bit of slug damage and hopefully agronomist will be out today to advise.
nick…

 

ajd132

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Suffolk

• Aug 16, 2021

• #7

nick... said:

Just had a walk round and a big improvement on Saturday.tiny bit of flea beetle damage but I’m sure crop will get away now.other bit on some really heavy land was ploughed due to ruts left by neighbor collecting straw.it was drilled within 24 hours and the crop is there but getting a bit of slug damage and hopefully agronomist will be out today to advise.
nick…

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Don’t wait for the agronomist put some pellets on it

 

teslacoils

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Lincolnshire

• Aug 16, 2021

• #8

ajd132 said:

Don’t wait for the agronomist put some pellets on it

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This.

 

Against_the_grain

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

S.E

• Aug 16, 2021

• #9

Ill say it again adults are not the problem........Larvae

 

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Lincsman

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Lincolnshire

• Aug 16, 2021

• #10

Against_the_grain said:

Ill say it again adults are not the problem........Larvae

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Correct, its what you find in March that matters.

 

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DrWazzock

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Lincolnshire

• Aug 16, 2021

• #11

We are chancing some this year. The hope is the gods can't ruin everything. If it rains and makes harvest difficult then at least if will help the rape get away so there will be an upside. Though at the minute its raining a tiny bit and making harvest difficult but not raining enough to guarantee the rape gets away. It really is a corker at times.

 

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juke

Member

Location

DURHAM

• Aug 17, 2021

• #12

without wanting to sound negative for farms that suffer with csfb your about 15 days away from the main migration period of csfb so dont count your chickens yet

 

teslacoils

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Lincolnshire

• Aug 17, 2021

• #13

I think we will drill Aurelia this week.