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dave6470 said:

Sead growing was challenging this year
tonnage is down
Im personally down 20 present over a normal year
And as pre basic grower next year for me will be worse
as I had King Edwards that should have been pb fg 2 this year down graded to s fg 1 for virus
so i cant plant them
so ill be short of seed to sell next year

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Iben said:

Your right. There will be another years knock on yet.

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dave6470 said:

Sead growing was challenging this year
tonnage is down
Im personally down 20 present over a normal year
And as pre basic grower next year for me will be worse
as I had King Edwards that should have been pb fg 2 this year down graded to s fg 1 for virus
so i cant plant them
so ill be short of seed to sell next year

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ridger said:

Did you get all dug in the end?

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Hillseed1 said:

Most of my yields were down too last year, lost two varieties due to virus too, no idea where it’s came from and we’ve a strict spray routine, most the home seed went away in January early February this year instead of March/April which was far better for us.think seed will be tight next year too as a lot of the seed boys here are getting offered £290 for ware going next December or £330 for seed in March

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Hindsight said:

PVY ? Have you looked or involved in research using straw applied after planting - deflection technique?

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Hillseed1 said:

Na, straws hard enough to find here this year as it is without spreading it in a tattie field, think it came in with high grade seed as the two kinds had been multiplied side by side the year before. Not easy with all the food aphid sprays getting banned.

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dave6470 said:

yep its getting harder to control aphids as you say all the good aphidsides are getting banned yet there is zero tolerance for virus
in what I grow
The inspectors found one virus plant in a half acre plot
I know where ot came from a local gardener growing potatoes half a mile away
they where full of virus

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Hillseed1 said:

Na, straws hard enough to find here this year as it is without spreading it in a tattie field, think it came in with high grade seed as the two kinds had been multiplied side by side the year before. Not easy with all the food aphid sprays getting banned.

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ridger said:

Does the virus do much harm

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Hindsight said:

Appreciate your comment. But I was more interested if you were aware of the research using straw as a deflection technique, really to cover those initial few days / weeks post emergence. Straw plus applications of Mineral Oil more effective than insecticides. I witnessed the effect of a barley cover crop in Sugar Beet in 2020. And it looks very much as though the reduced BYDV pressure in direct drilled cereals is due to deflection resulting from the previous crop stubble and trash. I am aware the evidence from field edge and intercrop strips of flowers is limited effect.

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dave6470 said:

Ive tried mineral oil the problem with it is in hot conditions it can scorch the tops

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Hindsight said:

Appreciate your comment. But I was more interested if you were aware of the research using straw as a deflection technique, really to cover those initial few days / weeks post emergence. Straw plus applications of Mineral Oil more effective than insecticides. I witnessed the effect of a barley cover crop in Sugar Beet in 2020. And it looks very much as though the reduced BYDV pressure in direct drilled cereals is due to deflection resulting from the previous crop stubble and trash. I am aware the evidence from field edge and intercrop strips of flowers is limited effect.

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