I could push my nail through this evening. What's that?
Harvest 2023
- Thread starter APJ
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I haven't calibrated that test
What we've usually found here is that, once it starts sprouting, even if not very many visible, the grain will naturally do its utmost never to dry out again.
Not sprouting.
Yet.
Trying to drizzle all morning sun came out about 5.
My thumb nail test suggests early/mid 20's.
Really don't understand how some parts of the country MC drops so rapidly! The number of times I read "Had 10ml this morning but got going by teatime at 17%"
Might try some oats tomorrow first.
Daniel
Member
- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
More art.
If you can just leave a nail mark, its 30% moisture. Yours is wetter than that...
- Location
- North West
Back in some Dawsum to start the day, but something felt a bit different 
Got new combine
- Location
- North West
Chopping straw , luving it .
They’re not very ideal are they
- Location
- North West
- Location
- North West
Chopped that block as it was just too wet for the balers (or the trailers).Chopping straw , luving it .
on a better block of Extase now and swathing.
- Location
- Cirencester
5mm but that horrible drizzle that soaks everything, 27mm on Sat didn't help either, got going in the end, dried out very well all things considered
- Location
- Cirencester
went over and checked at 4 and it was 20-21% so cut enough to fill the drier up, ended up in the middle of the field 16/17% so pleased I started, will push on tomorrow.
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
That’s good news, glad it went well for you. Impressive to have dried 10% during the afternoon.
Was still fairly soft here at 6ish. Fingers crossed the heat tomorrow will pull it down.
- Location
- Cirencester
Yes was very surprised, although chatting to a neighbour and he found the same, it is rotten ripe though!!
4course
Member
- Location
- north yorks
depends wether you wear nail extensions but assuming you dont reckon on about 20% mindst ive had to regularly get our moisture meter tested /calibrated as the nashers are defunct due to age , ho ho