Best product for lifting specific weight in oats.?

[einstein]

Spring oat specific weight has been poor recently.Any thoughts on the best products either fungicide or nutrient to lift weights.

 

[ajd132]

Don’t drill at high seed rates and hope it rains over the next few weeks

 

[teslacoils]

Rain.

 

[snarling bee]

H2O

 

[teslacoils]

So far my spring oats have had no sprays they look so crap. Inevitable now they will grow another six feet tall; be all at different stages; shake out in the wind; then go flat.

 

[Brisel]

Change variety! I will probably stop growing Elyann next year & switch to Isobel. Otherwise it's being sensible with seed rates, N and rain at the right time.

 

[Spencer]

Another vote for rain... mine could do with some as well

 

[DrWazzock]

We grew Gerald winter oats and first year was a spectacular yield and sample.
Thereafter we never could get oats to fill, despite identical agronomy. Moved to spring oats same problem. Too dry.
No accident they are favoured north of the border like swedes.

 

[Colin]

Heavy soil, dull weather and H2 to the motherf**king O

 

[chipchap]

Lots of land around here is infected with Oat Mosaic Virus, which is soil borne and very similar to Rhizomania in sugar beet. So we changed to spring oats years ago, because they are not affected. Low seed rate and a good draft on the combine will go a long way, but moisture is the real answer.

 

[2wheels]

Spring oat specific weight has been poor recently.Any thoughts on the best products either fungicide or nutrient to lift weights.

mobile drier.

 

[robs1]

Lots of land around here is infected with Oat Mosaic Virus, which is soil borne and very similar to Rhizomania in sugar beet. So we changed to spring oats years ago, because they are not affected. Low seed rate and a good draft on the combine will go a long way, but moisture is the real answer.

What do you call low seed rate ?

 

[chipchap]

What do you call low seed rate ?

80-100 kg/ha, possibly up to 125 if the seedbed is poor

 

[DieselRob]

80-100 kg/ha, possibly up to 125 if the seedbed is poor

What does this equate to in plants per m²?

 

[Pebd99]

Normally sowing at 225kg/ha 70 units of n and getting mid 50’s weights. Thinks it’s pot luck really.

 

[DieselRob]

Normally sowing at 225kg/ha 70 units of n and getting mid 50’s weights. Thinks it’s pot luck really.

What's the tgw of oats?

 

[DrWazzock]

Water

 

[Pebd99]

What's the tgw of oats?

Farm saved so much the same.