Avadex granules in your sprayer

[Feldspar]

Which is better than 37mm in the last 4 days... The forecast is better later this week so you'll be able to crack on then. You might even have another flush of blackgrass for spraying off first. Someone needs to relax a little! 200 ha with a 12m drill won't take very long.

We finished cereal drilling last week so it's not a problem for me (except getting pre-ems on). Only have 80ac of beans to do.

 

[Hindsight]

Which is better than 37mm in the last 4 days... The forecast is better later this week so you'll be able to crack on then. You might even have another flush of blackgrass for spraying off first. Someone needs to relax a little! 200 ha with a 12m drill won't take very long.

May be some of the folk who drilled into 'perfect' seedbeds a fortnight ago might be redrilling in a couple of weeks.

We shall see now it has finally rained if the blackgrass has the last laugh. No one knows until the crop gets to 2 to 3 leaf stage by which time the blackgrass situation is settling out if the drilling decision was correct or not.

 

[Feldspar]

May be some of the folk who drilled into 'perfect' seedbeds a fortnight ago might be redrilling in a couple of weeks.

We shall see now it has finally rained if the blackgrass has the last laugh. No one knows until the crop gets to 2 to 3 leaf stage by which time the blackgrass situation is settling out if the drilling decision was correct or not.

As per your name, hindsight will allow us to know what was right. I have no regrets with what we have done. A lot of our worst fields are due to go into fallow this year, so we took the view that we could tolerate a bit higher risk than normal.

 

[Hindsight]

As per your name, hindsight will make allow us to know what was right. I have no regrets with what we have done. A lot of our worst fields are due to go into fallow this year, so we took the view that we could tolerate a bit higher risk than normal.

Yes, my epitaph will be 'if I had only known that now'

My glass is permanently half empty. Disappointment is my middle name and for every little victory I anticipate the next defeat. Hey ho. Best wishes,

 

[Feldspar]

Yes, my epitaph will be 'if I had only known that now'

My glass is permanently half empty. Disappointment is my middle name and for every little victory I anticipate the next defeat. Hey ho. Best wishes,

Already have a smattering of bg coming through in the winter barley, but not enough to be worried about. I think we'd know there if we were in for a disaster. On the plus side, I reckon we'll get some of the most even establishment across the entire area that we've got in a lot of years, and for us with our soil type that's normally where we cock things up.

 

[Hindsight]

Already have a smattering of bg coming through in the winter barley, but not enough to be worried about. I think we'd know there if we were in for a disaster. On the plus side, I reckon we'll get some of the most even establishment across the entire area that we've got in a lot of years, and for us with our soil type that's normally where we cock things up.

Yes, similar here. Though less drilling been completed to date as we missed the rains a couple of weeks ago that went 50 mile south of us. Be a lot of drilling later this week once fines up. Assuming it fines up!

 

[Feldspar]

Yes, similar here. Though less drilling been completed to date as we missed the rains a couple of weeks ago that went 50 mile south of us. Be a lot of drilling later this week once fines up. Assuming it fines up!

We have been extremely lucky with rain. Just enough at the right time but not too much. I'll say that for us since the start of harvest that the weather for our land has been pretty much perfect this year. Only slight negative might be a bit too dry and hot for pre-ems in the last few weeks, but overall it's been really nice to have a relatively stress free harvest and drilling period.

 

[yellow belly]

Bg will show to 35 mm long before it gets done by the pre em
The problem bg is that that is hiding under clods
This rain will mobilise the pre em
A thick vigorous plant of wheat will also smother it more than a weak November emerged crop
Warmer early land will be fine from late planting provided it is planted when the soil has dried out enough allowing it to be rolled firm to counter the inevitable slugs
Earlier drilling with enough rain always helps with countering the slugs

 

[Hindsight]

We have been extremely lucky with rain. Just enough at the right time but not too much. I'll say that for us since the start of harvest that the weather for our land has been pretty much perfect this year. Only slight negative might be a bit too dry and hot for pre-ems in the last few weeks, but overall it's been really nice to have a relatively stress free harvest and drilling period.

Yes similar here except OSR sown after the August Bank Holiday weekend is a variable disaster dependent on soil texture.

I was out with my headlamp and torch Saturday evening from dusk until 10.30 inspecting crops and collecting flea beetles. Bizarre 21C in a t shirt and shorts on my hands and knees on totally dry soil Another one to put away in the memory bank to ramble on about and bore some poor young farmer/care home worker when I am in the care home in a few years.

 

[Feldspar]

Bg will show to 35 mm long before it gets done by the pre em
The problem bg is that that is hiding under clods
This rain will mobilise the pre em
A thick vigorous plant of wheat will also smother it more than a weak November emerged crop
Warmer early land will be fine from late planting provided it is planted when the soil has dried out enough allowing it to be rolled firm to counter the inevitable slugs
Earlier drilling with enough rain always helps with countering the slugs

Have been watching closely for slugs and because we have got good seed to soil contact and cultivations will have killed a fair few. A lot of ours is up and no sign of any worrying damage. Put pellets down with the seed at a very low rate. I keep trying it but think the pellets don't last long enough or available enough to the slugs to be of any good.

 

[farmerfred86]

Already have a smattering of bg coming through in the winter barley, but not enough to be worried about. I think we'd know there if we were in for a disaster. On the plus side, I reckon we'll get some of the most even establishment across the entire area that we've got in a lot of years, and for us with our soil type that's normally where we cock things up.

Was thinking about going with axial on the winter barley where there is a little coming through... think it will do anything? The bg is very small and might work. If not it will mostly be smothered anyway.

 

[Feldspar]

Was thinking about going with axial on the on the winter barley where there is a little coming through... think it will do anything? The bg is very small and might work. If not it will mostly be smothered anyway.

I've always been told it won't do much at all. At full rate it's jolly expensive. We occasionally use some in the spring and often I'm surprised how little ends up at harvest. I'm never sure how much of that is natural crop competition and how much is the spray. There's a small acre patch with quite a bit in on one field. More effective I think to just use a top up of flufenacet / PDM etc rather than Axial and a lot cheaper.

 

[Gong Farmer]

In my frustrated experience Axial does not control black-grass, full stop.

 

[farmerfred86]

In my frustrated experience Axial does not control black-grass, full stop.

Even at this early stage? Probably best as stated above to top up the pdm. Tbh I could l leave it as it will mostly be smothered.