they didn't have resistant rygrass then tho did they? bl00dy stuff don't want burying!Well if you can’t kill them youll need to bury them, worked for 100s of years
2019 all over again?
- Thread starter Jsmith2211
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- Location
- northumberland
- Location
- NE Derbyshire
I don't know how you folk in Lancs manage to farm, let alone crop with the rainfall you have.Different world, a quad bike won't travel some fields here (lancs)
- Location
- Darlington
Forecast here looks good for next week, but I've seen that disappear to many times before
We keep getting a bit more in, the earliest stuff is out of the ground
This year has been like my sex life, grab a bit whenever you can and no opportunity declined.
yellow belly
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- Location
- south west lincolnshire
When crops were harvest for the thrashing drums they did not lose Many heads as the cut stooks earlier than a combine harvester and the wives followed up gleaning and that were lostWell if you can’t kill them youll need to bury them, worked for 100s of years
When we lost a lot of spring barley at harvest a few years ago I expected a sea of volunteers
but had very few in winter linseed the following spring
the pigeons and rooks had all the barley in the untouched notilled stubble the pigeon shooters found the pigeons crops full of dirty barley
- Location
- Lincolnshire
It didn’t rain yesterday and it dried a bit. Dull but dry this morning. Needs another few dry days. Torn between banging some slug pellets on the ploughing with my Bateman on fat tyres or clearing my very neglected greenhouse out. Mowed the lawn yesterday. Massive crop. 1st gear job. Grass was still a bit wet at 4 o’clock but needs must. Some big hornets munching on the few diseased apples left in the orchard. Almost compete Apple crop failure here this year due to fungal type disease I think. New radiator on order for the big tractor. It just seemed to spring a leak sat in the shed but better than just as I get drilling in the field.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Just stop looking at it. Won't travel for roundup this week, so book a weekend away. Looking at it every five minutes will just make you sad. Get on booking.com and have a break from the bloody farm for two days.
lloyd
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Sounds like one of your better days.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I thrive on this kind of thing,Sounds like one of your better days.
serf
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- Location
- warwickshire
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I reckon I’ll even need to order round up for the ploughed land as it’s greened up considerably where there are less slugs. Glypho and pellets on next week.
It won’t travel here today that’s for sure. Should indeed be taking the Mrs out and about while she still can but we are kind of stuck in drilling limbo and chemo limbo. One of those years.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
But if it does up dry up nicely it good be very good. Rain has mellowed the clods so it won’t take much working down. And we’ve had a flush of vonteers and grasses, and it’s getting later which is better agronmically on many fronts.
- Location
- East meath/dublin
Second nice autumn day here Doc , cool windy with sunny spells .But if it does up dry up nicely it good be very good. Rain has mellowed the clods so it won’t take much working down. And we’ve had a flush of vonteers and grasses, and it’s getting later which is better agronmically on many fronts.
Its on its way to you Doc and you should get drilled in good conditions .
More power to the 30 ..
Me im getting the combine ready to attack the last field of barley .
Then hopefully we can put this miserable harvest to bed and get started on next years hopefulls !!!
Got the last of my wee bit in this morning. Been dry for a few days and was suprised how well it was travelling, just the odd tender spot and 1 wet head rig. Don’t think I’ll risk rolling, rain forecast tomorrow.
yellow belly
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- Location
- south west lincolnshire
Too wet on one farm needs about 2 weeks blowing dry and sun
when we cultivated and ploughed it once it got too wet it never produced a crop
another field or 2 on a farm that has been dryer May go tomorrow but rain forecast for tomorrow evening
more spring crops or sfi is now likely
when we cultivated and ploughed it once it got too wet it never produced a crop
another field or 2 on a farm that has been dryer May go tomorrow but rain forecast for tomorrow evening
more spring crops or sfi is now likely
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Too breezy to spray off the rubbish, so no way thinking about drilling. Been a good day. Not looking at forecast.