Bossfarmer
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- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
the long range forecasts ive looked up on the usual weather websites seem to support their claims unfortunately
Drilling anyone?
- Thread starter kevindb880
- Start date
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Weather forecast at ten pm was wrong about the rain we had at 4am.
- Location
- Dorset/Wiltshire
Spring drilling is currently much cleaner than the autumn campaign was 
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Are you drilling into a cover crop?
- Location
- Dorset/Wiltshire
Yes, rye and vetch. Not a particularly impressive one admittedly.
Just back in from putting last 3ac field of Elicit W.Wheat in.
Would have been fine 3 wk ago, the day I KKK'd it, had I not run out if seed. Too wet ever since.
Gone in fairly well actually, wind last two days has made lot if difference.
Would have been fine 3 wk ago, the day I KKK'd it, had I not run out if seed. Too wet ever since.
Gone in fairly well actually, wind last two days has made lot if difference.
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- Location
- Darlington
Bloody hell I forgot about YAMS
will try some in the morning but will probably end up going.- Location
- East yorks
Drying like mad, Taking the day off tomorrow as think we will get another 25ac and finish off on Friday. Looks like will have to miss Yams but hey ho
Warp Land Farmer
Member
- Location
- Hazzard County
Is anyone worried about drilling now and then the seed sitting in a swamp again if we get the 30mm forecast for Sunday?
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winters or springs?
- Location
- East yorks
Dammed if you do, dammed if you don’t. I am going to risk it, the stuff we drilled sat as the first bit of harvest 2020 is already starting to chit so hopefully by then it will have a chance.
- Location
- Darlington
The last stuff we drilled did the same, and we have the makings of a crop. Not a ten tonne one but a crop non the less.
I'm more scared of the crop not vernalizing but time will tell.
- Location
- East yorks
I spoke to the breeder on the 2 varieties i have in and they were very helpful so hopefully have while mid Feb for the last one. (i drilled it on the 29th Jan last year and it was fine)
Spring drilling is currently much cleaner than the autumn campaign was
Spring barley? What seed rate & variety?
Hard to see the detail from an iPhone but the slot closure looks pretty good from here.
- Location
- Dorset/Wiltshire
Planet at 400 seeds. It’s going in really well, much better than anything I planted in the autumn. Although the cover has died back a lot there’s a mass of roots which is lovely to drill into.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Rain here totalled 201mm, stopped at midnight.
Widespread evacuation going on at the moment!
Thought I'd drive the pickup on it "Gabe Brown style" when I went to check slug traps
Surprisingly few slugs, no need to bait them based on what I found, and a bit of a chit pleased me greatly
Widespread evacuation going on at the moment!
Thought I'd drive the pickup on it "Gabe Brown style" when I went to check slug traps
Surprisingly few slugs, no need to bait them based on what I found, and a bit of a chit pleased me greatly
Where are you @Kiwi Pete ? We had a very wet day at Wanaka yesterday and trouble getting here from Fox Glacier due to the road being washed out. Lovely here today though,
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
We're right down on the southeast coast, about 20 minutes south of Balclutha, about 3 hrs from Wanaka (if you could get here!)