Come Monday it'll be 10 days or so of go, go, go here and then we'll all be praying for some.
Drilling anyone?
- Thread starter kevindb880
- Start date
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I will never pray for rain. Ever.
- Location
- Cirencester
Walked some this afternoon, dried out nicely, a decent crust on the surface but very wet just below the surface, next week should get going again with some SW.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
Been spraying seedbeds this arvo. Bateman RB25 on 680 tyres. Almost got stuck 4 times in same field. Still plenty wet enough.
- Location
- the brecks norfolk
Chae1
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Started drilling laureate spring barley here yesterday. Speed sensor on drill playing up this afternoon so lost a few hours.
Big decision here tomorrow is whether to re-plough what was ploughed in September.
Problem goes back to the dry autumn in 2018, crops planted in tilths of idea structure, dry winter, dry spring, dry summer, ploughed up like dust in September, turned to mud, October - no frost since.
Quite unlike 2012/13, which all ploughed up like plasticine in September, shed off the rain until February, only to succumb to three weeks frost with a wonderful natural tilth everywhere by end of March.
On the plus side, however, looks less and less like planting any SOSR here this time.
Same old problem here - interesting random mix of clays and shales - some has, some hasn't.
Decision variable is how long it's going to stay dry - 5 days and we'll go shallow, 10 days and we might go ploughing, 15 days and it's another drought and I'll be giving up.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
All my soil has been crushed by the wet. The issue is if we move it it will be a sod to plant. Better leave it another month and get it in doing the minimum.
- Location
- Lincs / Cambs border
Late start today as we had abit of rain this morning didn’t get to where we wanted to be tonight but may get there before it rains tomorrow. Ground is all like bloody concrete, doesn’t matter if it’s ploughed , min tilled or stubble .
- Location
- East yorks
- Location
- Lincs / Cambs border
It’s drying out hard on top here but like pudding underneath.Ours is like concrete fresh out the mixer wagon
- Location
- East yorks
Dust flying on rolls here today too and we aren’t even on the beach.....
it’s very firm, except in the wet bits
This. Less is more.
- Location
- East yorks
Another 5mm so far this morn so cannot see much happening this week
Rained every day of the last 7
Rained every day of the last 7
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I have direct drilled everything this spring and where it hasn’t flooded it’s coming through ok. If I had moved the soil at all it would be no better, probably much worse.
Just wait till it will travel and the surface is dry enough to crumble then drill into it. Don’t bother about what’s deeper down. Leave it undisturbed. It’s been a bit slotty in places but best compromise.
I have ploughed ready for the beet as it won’t cope as well with slumped wet heavy land where it’s going this year and there is time yet for that to weather down to a tilth.
Just wait till it will travel and the surface is dry enough to crumble then drill into it. Don’t bother about what’s deeper down. Leave it undisturbed. It’s been a bit slotty in places but best compromise.
I have ploughed ready for the beet as it won’t cope as well with slumped wet heavy land where it’s going this year and there is time yet for that to weather down to a tilth.
- Location
- Lincolnshire
It was drying up nicely at the end of the week but this rain has stopped us now for at least 4 days. Wind and sun dries it fast at this time of year. We just don’t get enough of it in a row.