- Location
- West Suffolk
My agronomist reckons I need to put in a couple of fields of linseed instead of a second wheat on some black fen we have. Is he mad?
@Daniel @Honest john
@Daniel @Honest john
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Tompkins
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- NE Somerset
Sprayed ours with 3lt Roundup about 4 weeks ago. Started cutting today in brilliant sunshine between 9-10% and yielding just under 1t/acre.
Pity we will be finished in an hour, I wouldn't of minded a couple hundred acres when it goes that well!
Pity we will be finished in an hour, I wouldn't of minded a couple hundred acres when it goes that well!
Sparky South Wales
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- Location
- South Wales
Wish I didn't have any linseed , night mare never grow it again
Daniel
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- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
My agronomist reckons I need to put in a couple of fields of linseed instead of a second wheat on some black fen we have. Is he mad?
@Daniel @Honest john
Put a bit of muck on and direct drill it. The stuff we ploughed this year dried out and didn't establish very well in the dry spring.
Not a great average yield to be honest this year, 1 good field and 2 bad ones. Which is basically linseed for you!
So the good one was the DD'd field? looked bloody good in the pics
Daniel
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- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
Yep, looked good all the way through, but a much sandier field was cultivated first to mix in the muck and then 'dd'd' (so really min till?) and didn't do so well, but a much poorer field. The ploughed field was just dreadful, moisture retention the key early on it seems.
- Location
- West Suffolk
Thanks Daniel. Is that spring sown?
What is the margin like compared with other spring crops?
Daniel
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- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
You're better off with beet and spuds! But linseed fills that other gap to get a 6 year rotation with no 2nd wheats. If you can average £100-£150/ac profit from it (not inc rent) you're doing ok, it certainly won't make you rich. But it gives a very nice entry to the following wheat so is worth a bit extra there. Plus there's a bloke locally who will buy the straw to heat his greenhouses so that's worth another £50/ac or so.
I'm sure you can let land locally for lettuces or maize and make far more, in return for a ruined soil structure!
Honest john
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- Fenland
My agronomist reckons I need to put in a couple of fields of linseed instead of a second wheat on some black fen we have. Is he mad?
@Daniel @Honest john
Well how would you describe your soil. What are ave wheat yields on that soil ?
Ie is it 3 ton fen land or 4 ton fen land ?
mikep
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- Location
- Arse end of Surrey, UK
Whatever you do dont use rubber or it will wrap quicker than you can kill the header. I found out to my cost rubber and linseed don't mix, so apparently did quite a few Lexion owners when it ripped the rubbers off the rotor tops.
mikep
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- Location
- Arse end of Surrey, UK
As this is a linseed thread just a question to growers. We have a real problem with rosebay willow herb in lnseed. We have used an SU and hbn but this is not effective. Any ideas?
- Location
- South Lincolnshire
Any of you guys who have been cruising through linseed using a Lexion? We started this afternoon with our 570 in sun and a light breeze, but slow going. Rotors vibrate and "bump" a bit at times. Sample in tank has quite a few unthreshed capsules. Have engaged de-awning plates. Can only manage 2kph. Maybe we're a bit too soon, but seed is about 10%. Regloned 8 days ago. Should ALL the stems be dead...right down to the knife position?? What settings are other Lexion users on, please? Had a interesting episode when I noticed from the tractor that a trail of straw had burst into flames, half way down the field. Managed to put it out with the tractor wheels and then by stamping on the embers. Flames were about 4-5ft high and about 6ft of trail burning when I got to it!! A wad of red hot straw must have been spat out from the rotors!
At least it fell out the combine!
I had problems on black with weed control. But @Daniel and others have managed. You need an SU + Flagon (and MCPA but you are not allowed to use it!).
- Location
- West Sussex
You need to thresh linseed really hard with a lexion to get a good sample. I put the threshing segments in (the ones they tell you never to bother with), de awners in, near flat out drum speed, concave closed right down, rotors at least as fast as the drum and quite a high fan speed. This gives a really good sample but your returns will quite high so bomb doors closed.
You need a much faster forward speed to keep the material accelerating through the machine, this should stop the bumping and wrapping. Basically keep her loaded. If you can't go faster than 2kph then it's not fit enough. My 750 was doing 6-7kph on dry but not particularly sunny afternoons. Don't bother starting until 1pm especially with damp nights.
Can usually cope with a few green stems but you might need a new knife.
Cut our last field of linseed that for some reason was fit a week ago like the others last night, finished in dark at 9.30 so sun not always required more often just patience !
Settings as above, as aggressive as you can set it and try keep it full for a good sample
Settings as above, as aggressive as you can set it and try keep it full for a good sample
- Location
- South Lincolnshire
Very helpfull comments..many thanks. Will be trying again this afternoon if we get some sunny spells. (unfortunately the east is not going to enjoy unbroken sunshine) Yes, a brand new knife yesterday did wonders.
Depends if you like the idea of using sprays that were previously fine for use in linseed, but now have had linseed removed from the label
Tompkins
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- Location
- NE Somerset
Have cut Linseed with a hybrid lexion in the past but cut this year with JD C670i. The JD seemed to give a better sample than we've ever managed with the Claas in the past, a lot less balls in the tank.
Plus, the Premiumflow header feeds sooo much better than the Claas!
Plus, the Premiumflow header feeds sooo much better than the Claas!