A month without rain?

[Mr Mackay]

I meant to say Tyfon ,not turnips

 

[Devil's advocate]

Aye, bird in the hand thing... at least you have a bit of grazing at the moment... Looking at my aftercut last week, I reckoned I could DD into the stubble with little competition. The seeds would not grow mind!!

Wondering on a root or a leaf crop?

Sprayed spring barley today, land that is infested with charlock USUALLY.

Hardly any charlock & some of it almost dieing with drought & finished off be flea beetles.

I think you can forget brassica fodder crops.

 

[steveR]

I meant to say Tyfon ,not turnips

What I was thinking of....

 

[steveR]

Sprayed spring barley today, land that is infested with charlock USUALLY.

Hardly any charlock & some of it almost dieing with drought & finished off be flea beetles.

I think you can forget brassica fodder crops.

I think all drilling is off the cards for the time being!!

Couple of inches of rain on very warm soil will see a very rapid emergence of anything.... what, is the question?

 

[Skintagain]

I was going to spray off some grass for stubble turnips 2 weeks ago but the wife stopped me !! In 2 minds now but best we left it as it is considering

I think you want to give her a big kiss

 

[Mr Mackay]

I think you want to give her a big kiss

Yes , its right next to the canal , if only I could encourage the water to jump onto the field

 

[steveR]

Yes , its right next to the canal , if only I could encourage the water to jump onto the field

Got a lightly used 4" pump fit on the PTO you can borrow, spot of night working...

Used to use it for trickle irrigation before it was banned... or least what I did was banned!

 

[Skintagain]

I don’t think I could live with the temptation

 

[teslacoils]

I know it's not accurate, but no rain now on my forecast going up to 11th June.

 

[Steevo]

I know it's not accurate, but no rain now on my forecast going up to 11th June.

Talk of some rain here end of next week....but whether it arrives or not I have no idea.

It's a bit like watching the forecast at harvest time, but the opposite. "Talk of a dry day or two in a week or so, but probably likely to change."

 

[Jerry]

Buggered here now.

 

[Chae1]

@agricontract on bbc news? Olly harrison

Well done for putting your point across about dry weather very well on BBC news.

 

[Steevo]

@agricontract on bbc news? Olly harrison

Well done for putting your point across about dry weather very well on BBC news.

He’s good like that!

 

[steveR]

Buggered here now.

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Poor mutt looking for a cooling swim seems a tad disappointed!

Not quite got a pond dried up like that, but drinking streams are looking dry now... Bowser and IBC at the ready!

 

[steveR]

I don’t think I could live with the temptation

I think if I dropped a 3" extraction hose in the one brook for a spot of night time working, I'd dry it up totally!

 

[steveR]

I know it's not accurate, but no rain now on my forecast going up to 11th June.

Beeb giving 40% chance for light showers on Wed...

But enough to be worth top dressing...? Dunno

Irrigators really got going in the past 2-3 days locally, spuds and cereals mostly from what I have seen. Beet looks to have managed to get that big old taproot down and finding some moisture.

 

[organic]

Just looked at Simon Keeling's site and I would think the chances of any rain in most of England and Wales is nil until July at least.

 

[capfits]

27 mm for May, including snow 2nd week.
10mm this week would be handy.

 

[Pluto]

In my experience dry/warm April and May’s tend to lead into wet summers. You have been warned!!
As soon as I get the hay mower out the heavens will open.

 

[steveR]

In my experience dry/warm April and May’s tend to lead into wet summers. You have been warned!!
As soon as I get the hay mower out the heavens will open.

I reckon that if you advertised a moneyback and guaranteed rainfall in the next 4 weeks and charged Farmers who subscribed a tenner, you will have happy customers all over.