Beet yields 2020

[Niteforce]

Lots of sugar beet lost to frost in France. Have many been lost here?

Lost quite a few plants to frost but not sure how many yet while full emergence is complete. (If it rains !!!!!)

 

[Laggard]

Go quicker and use the same nozzles

I’ll never stay on the seat[emoji16]

 

[Laggard]

out of curiosity how much are they?

The Teejet are about £3each. Hypro are only£1.25 each. Are Hypro much cheaper for a reason, do they have an orifice plate?

 

[davidroberts30]

The Teejet are about £3each. Hypro are only£1.25 each. Are Hypro much cheaper for a reason, do they have an orifice plate?

think i payed 3.50 for the bilarickys

 

[Laggard]

Teejet XR 110 015 Flat fans have served us well over the years. Fine spray from 1 to 4 barg. I run them at 4 barg 8 kph to give me 102 litres per hectare.
Cheap and cheerful though not low drift. Nothing really is low drift that will give a fine spray and decent coverage at those volumes.

This year I am trying some Arag 110 02 that don't have a star rating but are supposed to be low drift. I think they were an end of line discounted sale as can't seem them available now.
I'd go for the Teejets as above. No orifice plate so less to block up, easy to clean etc.

But you can spend more and maybe get more use out of them on other crops. We use 03 low drift on all other crops as we like a bit of water volume.

I’m concerned that I may get blockages with 015 and 02 nozzles. Would 025 @ 100l/ha be a happy compromise?

 

[two-cylinder]

I’m concerned that I may get blockages with 015 and 02 nozzles. Would 025 @ 100l/ha be a happy compromise?

what speed/pressure?
2 bar at 10kph?

 

[Flat 10]

I’m concerned that I may get blockages with 015 and 02 nozzles. Would 025 @ 100l/ha be a happy compromise?

I have sprayed those products at higher water volumes and been satisfied with performance

 

[Hindsight]

Will 2021 be the year of the bolter? Just to add to the potential risks of growing beet. I expect we shall see come July. Maybe the delayed sowing due to the Neonoc fiasco will save us!

 

[spin cycle]

I have sprayed those products at higher water volumes and been satisfied with performance

i sprayed my little area of fodder beet last coupla years at 200l/ha on a low dose rec and had near perfect results

 

[Drakey]

How’s is your beet looking ? I managed to spray the first herbicide this morning not sure if was the right decision with it going to turn colder again ! The weeds where getting away though !

 

[Flat 10]

How’s is your beet looking ? I managed to spray the first herbicide this morning not sure if was the right decision with it going to turn colder again ! The weeds where getting away though !

Early drilled good but slow. Later patchy. I would have been spraying but for a breakdown today

 

[Breckland Boy]

My beet look terrible. Wind damage, frost and skylark.
Had second post em last Friday including a sniff of oil. Its done a job but really curled the beet up. Hopefully last night was the last frost.
They are two weeks behind last years crop which were late/ behind too.

 

[robbie]

I'll have to get my hoe sharpened up ready to do some chopping out!!!
Unless anyone wants some plants to fill in gapsfree to collect!!!!

 

[DrWazzock]

Second post em applied Friday. Beet at 4 leaf now but very small. Herbicide curls it a bit but no serious damage. Wondering how many bolters there will be after a month of frosts following emergence.
Been using a litre of oil every time. Weeds difficult in cold dry time. You can see any misses. Green over. Very glad of this rain.

 

[robbie]

Beet are very slow moving here, this morning you could just see a row of green up field.
I'm planning first herb later this week once they've had some rain to perk the beet up and soften the weeds.

What have you used both times @DrWazzock, I'm missing desmedipham

 

[DrWazzock]

Beet are very slow moving here, this morning you could just see a row of green up field.
I'm planning first herb later this week once they've had some rain to perk the beet up and soften the weeds.

What have you used both times @DrWazzock, I'm missing desmedipham

First time round at fully expanded cotyledon it was metamitton, phenmedipham and ethofumesate plus oil, all generics.
Second time we dropped the metamitron and added venzar, and still added a litre of oil. Frosty nights and drought were a worry but letting cranesbill get a hold was a bigger one. Despite the dry weather anything I have missed is green over. Been drilled since 22nd March.
I did a pass with 1.5 litres glyphosate on rgexwirsr bits just before emergence. Doesn’t seem to have done any harm though difficult to say whether it’s actually done any good.

 

[robbie]

Brave man adding oil at cotyledon stage especially with the frosts, lack of rain ect.
But fair play

I haven't ordered yet but I'm thinking of using the "new" betanal product plus metamitron.

 

[DrWazzock]

Brave man adding oil at cotyledon stage especially with the frosts, lack of rain ect.
But fair play

I haven't ordered yet but I'm thinking of using the "new" betanal product plus metamitron.

I haven’t added oil before at that growth stage but I have a new agronomist! Temperatures were low enough and the beet plants seemed hardened off having sat for weeks not really moving and I have often found that those old generics do very little without oil here. Kill or cure. It is a risk.

 

[robbie]

I'm like you I do find the generics somewhat lacking poke. Oh to have max pro back, 0.75 +meta then twice more at 1.25+meta/venzar and jobs a good'un

 

[Laggard]

Got one field with mostly cleavers coming. Should I just give it some Debut? 10/20/30g?