- Location
- Breckland
It's definately taxing my brain cell.
Rain stops play.
Beet 2024
- Thread starter carbonfibre farmer
- Start date
Rain stops play.
- Location
- Essex
This is the extent of our efforts. Tried the power Harrow on Friday. Too sticky,went home, 2 mm rain overnight again!
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
https://x.com/CommonsEFRA/status/1759954681378288106?t=-KDKOhelF0AlmE5jlr0_fA&s=08
Thought I'd put this here, perhaps growers would like to share their experiences of dealing with BS with the EFRA committee.
Thought I'd put this here, perhaps growers would like to share their experiences of dealing with BS with the EFRA committee.
- Location
- south norfolk, uk
Have you drilled any yet? Or still tamping!
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Not yet, still got some corn to drill on heavy land and only just got a wet spot on the last field to muck for beet.
Hopefully be near to drilling of not drilling by the end of the week.
Drilled now? Ploughed in standing water on some of mine and drilled sat.
That wants starting as another thread in Agricultural Matters
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Little later than normal but not by a lot.
I try every year for mid march. Last year drilling early bit me as I suffered badly with black leg which I reckon was because I had peri emerged beet sitting in cold wet ground being blasted by a horrible easterly.
There will be a lot of beet going in around here from the end of the week.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Good idea flatty, it just needs someone whose more tech savvy that me to add the links ect.
In an ideal world I’d finish by end of March but it never happens!
Daniel
Member
- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
No rush!
alomy75
Member
I remember when the advice was as soon as possible after March 1st; when conditions allow. Who knows thesedays with these weather patterns and virus when is best
- Location
- Lincolnshire
8th of April was always a realistic target date for us, though sometimes we’d be able to drill as early as 20th March.
4th March is a pipe dream here. Don’t think it would gain much even if it would go.
No beet again this year. Miss it a bit but not a lot!
4th March is a pipe dream here. Don’t think it would gain much even if it would go.
No beet again this year. Miss it a bit but not a lot!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Finished beet drilling,time will tell if it was the right thing to do,had a motor pack up last night on a cell wheel FFS, rang all my neighbours to see if they had a spare,I didn't want to bother my mechanic who looks after my drill but had to ring him in the end and he came out first thing, he was sat at my gate at 7.45 am with a new motor,I did pick up a Easter egg for him when picking up the news paper,thanks Mark.
So a hour later back up and running, only just beat the rain tonight,got a tad damp at the end.
So a hour later back up and running, only just beat the rain tonight,got a tad damp at the end.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
It'll be interesting to see how your beet come @Heathland
I'm always dubious about drilling beet into damp ground.
In my mind beet needs to be drilled into a hazed out seedbed and then have atleast 24 hours dry weather post drilling to let the ground settle, something which isn't going to happen this year.
I drilled into damp ground last year and combined with crap weather post drilling I got hit hard with blackleg.
Also I've seen on neighbours poor establishment of the rows that are drilled into the tractor wheelings, I still use row crops but most seem to run wide normal tyres now and this year could be the year it catches them out.
I'm always dubious about drilling beet into damp ground.
In my mind beet needs to be drilled into a hazed out seedbed and then have atleast 24 hours dry weather post drilling to let the ground settle, something which isn't going to happen this year.
I drilled into damp ground last year and combined with crap weather post drilling I got hit hard with blackleg.
Also I've seen on neighbours poor establishment of the rows that are drilled into the tractor wheelings, I still use row crops but most seem to run wide normal tyres now and this year could be the year it catches them out.
Daniel
Member
- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
Same with the narrow wheels, we always put them on but most people don’t seem to bother these days? I assumed maybe the monosem drills weren’t as sensitive as the mighty Stanhay Rallye?!It'll be interesting to see how your beet come @Heathland
I'm always dubious about drilling beet into damp ground.
In my mind beet needs to be drilled into a hazed out seedbed and then have atleast 24 hours dry weather post drilling to let the ground settle, something which isn't going to happen this year.
I drilled into damp ground last year and combined with crap weather post drilling I got hit hard with blackleg.
Also I've seen on neighbours poor establishment of the rows that are drilled into the tractor wheelings, I still use row crops but most seem to run wide normal tyres now and this year could be the year it catches them out.
alomy75
Member
With the old 18 row on the 7530 I left the fat tyres on all the time as the thing was so heavy I needed 900kg on the front to keep it balanced round the ends. A-blade eradicator tines (x2) behind each tyre which meant that two rows were running in each tyre track; albeit 5-10cm from the edge. Beet always came better behind the wheels. BUT. We’ve basically had drought periods from my drilling time onwards for the last 3 years. As you say; if it’s damp it could have been very different. Rowcrops on now for my current drill; mainly because of the dd tinkering but am planning to hang the drill on a power Harrow for the mintill stuff and still run on rowcrops unless it’s very dry.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Ive got a KV monopil and several run them in chunkies but I still fanny about on dual 13.6 tyres.
Snap. Have seen very poor beet behind wheels where others have done it