Daniel king
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Has anybody had success with getting the OSR ahead of the flea beetle with the autocast method just an idea !!!
Broadcasting treated seed illegal ant'it???
Untreated ok.No osr seed treatment worth the money now.
Here’s a cover crop broadcast into the standing wheat crop 4 days before harvesting.
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There are good reasons autocasting isn’t very popular.
There are always unexplained patches in the crop where it never establishes.
No gain in yield and herbicide choice is restricted - not worth doing pre em residuals and less reliable results from Kerb later on.
Slugs can work freely under the straw mat.
It slows the combine down but well trained operators and trailer drivers can mitigate the stoppage time
Long hypocotyl lengths believed to make the plants more frost susceptible.
Good bits;
Cheap
Timely
You could redrill later if necessary Mostly pigeon proof stubbles afterwards, just cut the ears off.
No fancy no till drill required, just a hard-to-calibrate Techneat. Twin hoppers for sluggies also available.
Is the hypocotyl when it has a stem before the stem? Noticing this in our oat drilled after the stripper header. Never seen it before. Small thin stem things for an inch or two above the soil then the big thick rape main stem.Here’s a cover crop broadcast into the standing wheat crop 4 days before harvesting.
View attachment 832801
There are good reasons autocasting isn’t very popular.
There are always unexplained patches in the crop where it never establishes.
No gain in yield and herbicide choice is restricted - not worth doing pre em residuals and less reliable results from Kerb later on.
Slugs can work freely under the straw mat.
It slows the combine down but well trained operators and trailer drivers can mitigate the stoppage time
Long hypocotyl lengths believed to make the plants more frost susceptible.
Good bits;
Cheap
Timely
You could redrill later if necessary Mostly pigeon proof stubbles afterwards, just cut the ears off.
No fancy no till drill required, just a hard-to-calibrate Techneat. Twin hoppers for sluggies also available.
Yes that’s the hypocotyl.Is the hypocotyl when it has a stem before the stem? Noticing this in our oat drilled after the stripper header. Never seen it before. Small thin stem things for an inch or two above the soil then the big thick rape main stem.
Here’s a cover crop broadcast into the standing wheat crop 4 days before harvesting.
View attachment 832801
There are good reasons autocasting isn’t very popular.
There are always unexplained patches in the crop where it never establishes.
No gain in yield and herbicide choice is restricted - not worth doing pre em residuals and less reliable results from Kerb later on.
Slugs can work freely under the straw mat.
It slows the combine down but well trained operators and trailer drivers can mitigate the stoppage time
Long hypocotyl lengths believed to make the plants more frost susceptible.
Good bits;
Cheap
Timely
You could redrill later if necessary Mostly pigeon proof stubbles afterwards, just cut the ears off.
No fancy no till drill required, just a hard-to-calibrate Techneat. Twin hoppers for sluggies also available.
I can’t make my mind up if that stubble is really tall or not from the picture.
The stubble is about 9” tall there. I’ve just measured my Patterdale’s legs