- Location
- Stratford on Avon
Why????
Am I a twit
- Thread starter idle git
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Why????
serf
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- Location
- warwickshire
Wouldn't trust that the water comp has done the full treatment to spec in the first instance given their track record on dumping crap down the ditch ect , who knows what is down the track with such things , there is always 'findings ' coming out later on with these sort of things,
and with all the contaminats that may be slipping through the net , why take the risk of contaminating your best asset with this waste .
The trouble is if there is some related risk found down the road everyone will be thrown under the bus with it because there won't be any any differentiation between those that use this stuff and those that that don't in eyes of the public and Co.......
They see me rolling
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Is it too late for an insecticide? Is it being shredded or just gone? Apologies if stupid question..
off to walk it again
Scrambler
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- Location
- Leicestershire
I sprayed mine yesterday evening.
Pidgins have also given some parts a hammering as well.
its going to get glyphosate not insecticide. that has to be the fastest £2k ive ever lost.
- Location
- Stratford on Avon
Well my experience has been different, had to wait because a batch had been rejected due to a excessive contaminant, that batch had to be disposed of . It has also been the only way I have found of increasing my phosphate index after many years of spreading compound fert and plenty of FYM
ollie989898
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I know people who have taken and spread sludge for years. Managed well it is a good source of nutrients but I must admit the microplastics side of things would concern me a bit.
Mine was up Sunday. Combied into min till-small area after plough better. (Well 90% that has germinated in the dry) I had to spray it weds morning as soon as it warmed up as it was absolutely alive with flax flea beetle and they were winning. Bit of a mystery to me where they come from as I don’t know of any linseed that’s been drilled anywhere near here for years. Anyway first insecticide used on farm for 4 years (edit forgot about teppeki on beet 2 years ago) to have had a serious impact on numbers. Applied with a wetter and Mn. Gave it 50kgs N yesterday, wants a rain desperately. Really don’t want to lose it. Already have some fallow after failed osr.
What are pidgins?
Scrambler
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- Location
- Leicestershire
Haha. Pigeons not pidgins!
My dyslexia (saved by spell checker) caught (that’s a difficult one as well) me out.
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
If only you would ask I could help you with that last point…….
- Location
- Stratford on Avon
The FYM or bulls**t
Cab-over Pete
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- Location
- Kenilworth, Warwickshire
You know it makes sense….
- Location
- Lincolnshire
With more linseed into a population of hungry beetle? Or with barley off the heap?
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
In 2013, my best Spring barley was drilled 4th May.
The cuckoo had lost her voice by then!
I think mine might need a second insecticide....
- Location
- Stratford on Avon
My flea beetles need a drink of water as much as the linseedI think mine might need a second insecticide....