Too early for planting OSR

snipe

Member

Location

west yorkshire

• Jul 24, 2022

• #1

We have normally planted 10th to 15th of August ish the past few years. Got a few days spare and a good bit of rain. is it to early to make a start ??

 

Chae1

Member

Location

Aberdeenshire

• Jul 24, 2022

• #2

Go for it.

 

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DanniAgro

Member

• Jul 24, 2022

• #3

snipe said:

We have normally planted 10th to 15th of August ish the past few years. Got a few days spare and a good bit of rain. is it to early to make a start ??

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Just let us know next year how you get on.

 

snipe

Member

Location

west yorkshire

• Jul 24, 2022

• #4

forecast has changed and not much chance of much more rain now. Plus I think it would bolt before winter. Going to wait a little longer.

 

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Midnight plough boy

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Location

Hertfordshire

• Jul 24, 2022

• #5

I’d be drilling if we had moisture. Dry as a bone here though.

 

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jessop123

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Mixed Farmer

• Jul 25, 2022

• #6

if the area is big enough why don't you drill in 2 separate batches. do half now and half in couple of weeks. If you've got rain you must be west and probably have more rain in a couple of weeks

edit = just seen you're north. you'll still have moisture in August

 

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DrWazzock

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Lincolnshire

• Jul 25, 2022

• #7

Cabbage root fly.

 

nxy

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Haute Vienne, France

• Jul 25, 2022

• #8

Must have found a bit of moisture

 

Hesstondriver

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Huntingdon

• Jul 25, 2022

• #9

go for it . its got two chances . and you can always top up later if you need to

 

Bogweevil

Member

• Jul 25, 2022

• #10

snipe said:

We have normally planted 10th to 15th of August ish the past few years. Got a few days spare and a good bit of rain. is it to early to make a start ??

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Check local cabbage root fly egg laying dates: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/lifesci/wcc/research/pests/activity2022/crfforecast/

If the pest is troublesome in your district there might be high risk, but perhaps not if local populations lowish.

 

Andy12345

Member

Location

Somerset

• Jul 25, 2022

• #11

Pulled up some tramlines and trafficked areas today in Winter Barley stubble with the shakerator..... lets just say I'd not be chancing OSR until we had some rain!!

 

snipe

Member

Location

west yorkshire

• Jul 25, 2022

• #12

nxy said:

Must have found a bit of moistureView attachment 1051891

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Volunteers or planted?

 

Green oak

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Arable Farmer

Location

Essex

• Jul 25, 2022

• #13

Next doors rape has been in 3 weeks!!

 

nxy

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Haute Vienne, France

• Jul 25, 2022

• #14

snipe said:

Volunteers or planted?

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Drilled after Triticale. Or rather the seed was dropped behind a Kverneland CLC cultivator in one pass and rolled tight behind. Its very light land and it surprised me its come so soon, despite a few spots of rain its still dry here. We were forecast a proper rain so we pushed on and drilled it or else I would agree with everyody else better to wait for rain. We have two weeks of hot dry weather forecast now and I reckon its 50/50 if we will be redrilling it in August.

 

snipe

Member

Location

west yorkshire

• Jul 25, 2022

• #15

When do you normally harvest your osr. Do you suffer with flee Beatles or pigeons.

 

nxy

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Haute Vienne, France

• Jul 25, 2022

• #16

snipe said:

When do you normally harvest your osr. Do you suffer with flee Beatles or pigeons.

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OSR harvest is normally at the end of June and planting OSR is normally second half of August. Flea beetles are a major problem and completely wiped out our OSR last year, we are told early drilling might help so I am trying a bit.. We have lots of insecticide resistant flea beetles too and like you no insecticide seed treatments allowed.

Pigeons are nothing like the problem they are in the UK helped by the fact that two million Frenchmen like to shoot at anything that moves. If I told them there are a few hundred pigeons on my rape there would be about 20 people straight round here to shoot at them.