2018 - Flea beetle attacks in OSR
- Thread starter jkw1706
- Start date
- Location
- S. Staffs
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Drilled 17/8 at 4.5kg/ha elgar.Nothing fancy, it followes spring barley in a continuous cereal rotation, no muck.
i pig tailed the stubble quite deep and vigorously then KKK, roll drill roll. 2.5cwt of 12.20.20+te same day as drilling. It's had 2.5lt/ha mn and 1lt/ha boron with the falcon.
Interestingly the part of the field I drilled with new seed-for next year's fss was much slower to get going and even now you can see to a line where the seed of the heap is. It just makes me even more sure new seed is shite and fss is the way to go with everything.
i pig tailed the stubble quite deep and vigorously then KKK, roll drill roll. 2.5cwt of 12.20.20+te same day as drilling. It's had 2.5lt/ha mn and 1lt/ha boron with the falcon.
Interestingly the part of the field I drilled with new seed-for next year's fss was much slower to get going and even now you can see to a line where the seed of the heap is. It just makes me even more sure new seed is shite and fss is the way to go with everything.
Seed treatments in a dry time can be a big hindrance to establishment. That may explain some of the difference.
- Location
- Leicestershire
Still finding the little B∆$T∆[emoji768]D$ in OSR today. Did someone forget to tell them it's October.
- Location
- South Lincolnshire
Sprayed a latish drilled field after dark last night. Hallmark, 200ltr/ha, with wetter. Stopped to look for beetles and they were very easily found, though not a plague - perhaps 1 per 10 plants or so. Have just been back to look. Tonight they are not easy to find at all, maybe 1 per 50 or 60 plants. I left a small area unsprayed and here they are just as numerous tonight , 1 per 10 plants again.
Have you seen many tell tale holes in the petioles yet? Walked a few fields of mine today. Still hopping about but not in big numbers.
- Location
- Leicestershire
Not yet. Adult population like you, not large numbers but still there. Crop desperately needs rain, so hoping it materialises tomorrow!
Has anyone on here been companion cropping osr this year? Wasn’t this supposed to help with csfb? I think @RTK Farmer has done it in the past but this year I believe he put up a cracking photo of straight osr? Was it all just too expensive.
Its not really the cost, did it last year and it had a good result, had the mustard inn stock ready for this year, but it was just to dry to spread it on top after I'd drilled to OSR.
- Location
- Darlington
Hmmm I drill my OSR with the vaddy every other coulter blocked and have been wondering if I could make an mini individual hopper for each coulter so it would work more like a beet drill, using something like an upturned plastic bottle. If I did I could put companion down the gaps. Just need a way to fix the mini hoppers in place.
- Location
- Darlington
Yes very old and does what it's supposed to do. How do I get around @Adeptandy s comment?Box drill?
Saying that I still need to work out my individual supply system firstYes very old and does what it's supposed to do. How do I get around @Adeptandy s comment?
It might be me being thick, but I assumed you wanted OSR out of every other coulter and CC out of the rest so the shaft would be turning the same speed for both , unless you were thinking a separate unit for the CC and sending it down the unused coulters ?
- Location
- MK43
The clover in my osr is coming quite nicely now, just a shame about the osr!
Interestingly the field that I first tried clover in osr for harvest 17 was the best yielding bit of wheat that we had this year, out yielding the neighbouring field (same drill date, variety, treatments etc.) By about 0.6t/ha.
Interestingly the field that I first tried clover in osr for harvest 17 was the best yielding bit of wheat that we had this year, out yielding the neighbouring field (same drill date, variety, treatments etc.) By about 0.6t/ha.
- Location
- Darlington
Yes