Second one is slug damage wouldn't you say?
Optimum to sow rape
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Chae1
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I've a fair heap of damage in one field too.
Could well be, but flea beetle damage too. Look at the munching on the left cotyledon that isn’t all the way through the leaf.
4course
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.all osr sown , tue ploughed and worked traditionally ,wed 1/2 next field traditional thur other 1/2 a compromise scratch ,time will tell though despite my misgivings all gone in to good tilth and just been round and after the rain all are chitting but will have to go some to beat this years yields ,fert on next couple of days . cant find flea beetle holes behind combine but there certainly was some in the seed as harvested
APJ
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- West Midlands(Shropshire borders)
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- Darlington
I used to. Slight change of policy now, gone conventional variety and full rate, going to accept a yield penalty for better weed control, hopefully.
4course
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- north yorks
that we put in last monday /tuesday is emerging rain and warm soil is helping ,now on slug and beetle watch
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- Darlington
I have some beetle damage but hopefully below the threshold to spray, it's fairly romping away, been in a fortnight today
4course
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- north yorks
hoping we can manage without insecticide, but will go with a low rate phos mang foliar feed as soon as a green covering puts the blighters off and helps growth
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- Darlington
I like your thinking, had seed bed fym and gypsum, slugs really don't like gypsum, then Liquid N + So3 in the seedbed.
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- Lincolnshire
Will you be trying the 5lt/ha Mn you mentioned elsewhere?
Yep. Better order an IBC first. We’ll use it in the spring if not.
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- Darlington
When would you apply it?
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- Darlington
Why do you think the campus did so well? Just shear plant numbers? I was happy with mine. Possibly not quite as good as the Extar but a poorer field and later flowering which on a year like last was a bonus.
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- south norfolk
22 days growing now
nick…
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- Lincolnshire
Ours has stalled at cotyledon due to dry weather. Best time to sow …. before a decent rain. If only forecasts were accurate.
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- Lincolnshire
Indeed. Not going to grow until we get a rain, and that's not liking likely.
4course
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- north yorks
combine not turneda wheel for9-10 days, osr sown last monday to thursday emerging ,cant have everything,mindst weve today turned some straw for the second time