Anyone thinking of sowing !

[Davylad]

As the title , anyone considering starting or feel it’s too early yet ?

 

[DrWazzock]

Winter barley next week if the surface dries a bit. Winter wheat end of month.
Direct drilling so can’t risk it too late. All stubbles sprayed off today.

 

[APJ]

We’ve made a steady start, weather too good not too.

 

[bobk]

Going tomorrow , can't rely on our weather

 

[Davylad]

Do you ever think that early sowing leads to yields compromised? Just interested in opinions .. ploughing myself and going to start Saturday!

 

[Wombat]

Going week of the 26th on some first wheats I think

 

[ploughman1963]

Well, my lads have pushed hard last year and this to go earlier than I’ve ever felt comfortable but it worked well last year so, our barley is all drilled up and we will be starting on 1st wheats on Friday.

 

[Grass And Grain]

After couple of weeks of rain, dry last few days, so started drilling barley today. Bit earlier than ideal, and recon soil very warm, but might be only dry week of the Autumn. Who knows.

Hardly enough moisture to germinate the seed on the heavy land, so might be a while before emergence.

 

[sjt01]

Cover crops after barley a while ago, after maize this week. Short term leys in last week, multispecies leys into grazing platform yesterday. Bean/oat mix today, barley as soon as the last of the seed arrives. All direct tine drilled.

 

[Zebbedee]

Ploughing and combi drilling Wheat here now, north Scotland ideal conditions

 

[Chae1]

Started today. Demo sower.

 

[Northern Luke]

Just finished spraying stubbles off, so next week will start on w.barley and rye. Last week sept before any w.wheat goes in.

Just watching forecast closely, as it just feels like a wet autumn is highly probable!

All cover crops been drilled and 4/5 are out now.

 

[Zebbedee]

Lovely drill Chae1 and lovely conditions Amazone for the off?

 

[DrWazzock]

It’s too wet to drill here at the moment. 6” of rain during last 3 weeks.

 

[Chae1]

Lovely drill Chae1 and lovely conditions Amazone for the off?

Probably not!

They offered us a demo a few months ago, so interesting to try in same field as our Amazone.

Was first demo it had done

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Started yesterday, 40ac wb and 45ac ww sown, another 55ac ready for first wheat tomorrow and 75ac wb before the weekend then that’s us out of seed

 

[Sandy]

Started today. Demo sower.View attachment 1063448

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You’ll be ordering you’re 728 now !

 

[Barleymow]

Still too dry here need 2 inches plus of rain cracks still half inch wide

 

[Davylad]

Ploughing up nicely here after 100 mm rain past week … just trying to hold back on sowing as soil temperature has to be warm after all the dry, warm weather.. Day temperatures still high

 

[KB6930]

There's thousands of acres drilled and growing in the east Scottish Borders our neighbours started at least 2 weeks ago on wheat .

We just started on Mon past which is probably 5 days early for us stuff that's usually heavy and wet is ploughing over nicely after last weekend's rain