APJ
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- Location
- West Midlands(Shropshire borders)
Anyone close to putting roundup on there rape? Ours is turning rapidly.
Oilseed Desiccation 2022
- Thread starter APJ
- Start date
FarmerBruce
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- Location
- Yorkshire
Next week
Fiveospades
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- Location
- Norfolk Broads
Agronomist is saying put podstick on now (still 60%green) to minimise losses . Then podstick againbefore desiccation. Cannot think going through it three times is going to minimise losses to be honest. Prefer to podstick and desiccate in one pass when time comes.
- Location
- North Kent, UK
Save your money and cut it direct.
- Location
- Warwickshire
Podstick on yesterday morning 10 to 14 days away for roundup
Is this reliable..... asking for a friend
- Location
- North Kent, UK
It works for me. Only spray if particularly weedy. Here in the south east the seed often gets too dry to harvest and direct cutting helps keep the moisture up slightly. How much is the desiccation pass going to cost this year?
Does the agronomist have podstick to sell? That is ridiculous I’m afraid
Fiveospades
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- Location
- Norfolk Broads
But is it? Rapes worth more than its ever been so for the sake of a few quid an acre why not glue it right up?
- Location
- Berkshire
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Doesn't a podstick application last 6 weeks or so??
- Location
- Yorks
Depends if you've got bags of patience.
If you haven't got the patience, or combine capacity to cut rape when you should be in wheat, then I'd dessicate. Then there's the drying costs. On the flip side, pods are less brittle if left to die off naturally.
We left a bit unsprayed a couple of years back. Cut at same time, moisture was 2%+ higher in non-dessicated. Or alternatively, we'd have had to wait another 10 days, maybe 2 weeks. Who knows which system would hit the best harvest weather conditions!
Fish
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- Location
- North yorkshire
If it’s clean (no weeds) and most crops I’ve see are, why bother, just wait and cut when ready.
As for pod stick
As for pod stick
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
How much patience you got?If it’s clean (no weeds) and most crops I’ve see are, why bother, just wait and cut when ready.
As for pod stick
Fish
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- Location
- North yorkshire
lots
cut direct since 86
- Location
- hereford
Glypho and podstick together - dont like spraying twice nor unblocking a CR9080 with 30ft rammed in it .