Bit of a dilemma

[nick...]

Ok all my winter barley and wheat only had half dose of nitrogen.barley currently around 8 inches tall and the stem is starting to fatten up for ear emergence.agronomist advises to get rest of nitram on but having had no rain for 5 weeks it’s pretty dry.still getting a good dew in mornings but still bitterly cold and possibility of rain later in week then getting warm after next weekend according to forecast.do I do it and hope rain comes or hang back.really not sure what to do.I’m in south norfolk on ,medium land and there is moisture under the surface.
nick...

 

[Brisel]

I've had a similar dilemma. All the N has been done on winter feed barley a while ago & we've just finished the final N on feed wheats. Only spring cereals to do the final dose on & I plan to do those when they have tillered.

I had 3mm 10 days ago, so anything applied before that has been washed in ok. Since then the prills are just sat on top but we should get some kind of precipitation this week. I doubt it will be enough to see crops through but it should at least wash the prills in. I aim to finish winter crop N programmes in April. In May, it will just get warmer and the days are longer so I'm optimistic that the N will get taken up. JFDI!

 

[farmerm]

probably be 5 inches of rain in June to balance things out....

 

[Zippy768]

And what do us urea users do.....? (Tho I do have just enough AN to finish ww)

 

[teslacoils]

Agrobomist says leave it. I say fert was bought well and grain price is high. On it goes. At worst it will turn to protein or be there for the next crop.

 

[teslacoils]

And what do us urea users do.....? (Tho I do have just enough AN to finish ww)

If you've a canopy over the soil, get it on. Quarter will go down cracks here.

 

[Zippy768]

Agrobomist says leave it. I say fert was bought well and grain price is high. On it goes. At worst it will turn to protein or be there for the next crop.

Your agronomist suggested not putting ur last dose on? Because of potential (lack of) or just lack of washing in rain?

 

[teslacoils]

Your agronomist suggested not putting ur last dose on? Because of potential (lack of) or just lack of washing in rain?

Lack of rain in part, and good dose on so far. Potential there. Just need to see some rain on the horizon.

Tbh.....I'm going to put a bit on anyway. Last dose was digestate and I've a few misses to top up.

Concern I suppose that a warm, wet week would see it go too mental? I think less issue of this from urea tbh.

 

[Brisel]

And what do us urea users do.....? (Tho I do have just enough AN to finish ww)

Since you're in the land of milk and honey (so I was told!), you'll have enough crop canopy to shield the urea granules from the worst of the sun. If you have rain forecast, I'd look to apply it in front of that.

 

[bobk]

My 2nd N went on 3 weeks ago , still lying on top ...

 

[SilliamWhale]

Get it on. It will rain some time

 

[DrWazzock]

Even if it doesn’t rain much, a bigger dose on top will hopefully still mean more at the roots than with half a dose on top.
So I have put it on.

 

[Steevo]

Crops have had 160kgN/ha here so far - all as urea and on by 3 weeks ago. None lying on top the ground now thankfully. All milling wheat.

Will likely put the remainder on in the next week or so, saving a bit behind to mix up some liquid as a late protein spray.

 

[Jon]

Ok all my winter barley and wheat only had half dose of nitrogen.barley currently around 8 inches tall and the stem is starting to fatten up for ear emergence.agronomist advises to get rest of nitram on but having had no rain for 5 weeks it’s pretty dry.still getting a good dew in mornings but still bitterly cold and possibility of rain later in week then getting warm after next weekend according to forecast.do I do it and hope rain comes or hang back.really not sure what to do.I’m in south norfolk on ,medium land and there is moisture under the surface.
nick...

Get it on.
Miss Rizzini says it's going to be wet on Friday.

 

[nick...]

Get it on.
Miss Rizzini says it's going to be wet on Friday.

I hope she is meaning the weather
nick...

 

[deleted user 837354]

And what do us urea users do.....? (Tho I do have just enough AN to finish ww)

Get it on.

 

[Wombat]

Get it on, we had 150kg on the wheats before by late March and the rest on last week, all but 25 acres of spring barley has had everything and it just needs its last 40kg

Won’t grow with it in the bag

 

[teslacoils]

Last 200kg urea on at the weekend I think. Sod it. Been in the shed two years and I want a big heap.

 

[Will 1594]

I hope she is meaning the weather
nick...

Only you would say that

 

[2wheels]

Only you would say that

maybe but we all thought it.