Drilling rape

[Desangosse Ltd]

Yes. It is an Eu fert that has activity against molluscs. Like the Gld on Csfb it is working. We sell tonnes of it so it is not only my opinion that it works.

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[General-Lee]

What's peoples rape doing 1st of ours was drilled 28/8 and just seems really slow getting away?
Got some fertiliser on last week and has had a good drink now so hopefully alter now.

 

[Salopian_Will]

What's peoples rape doing 1st of ours was drilled 28/8 and just seems really slow getting away?
Got some fertiliser on last week and has had a good drink now so hopefully alter now.

Very slow - it either had an inch of rain on it within hours of drilling admit was only sown yesterday!

 

[nick...]

Mine was drilled 9 th august.emerged quickly and got saturated by 35 mm rain in half hour and soil has slumped.growing but very slowly.had a pre em and 2 dises of slug pellets too
Nick...

 

[solo]

Slow to emerge here too and with rain and fert should be racing away. I think those cold nights and the rain has cooled the soil down and the Indian summer has yet to materialise.

 

[Jon]

I think a flop of rain buried mine initially, it's been fighting ever since !

 

[Clive]

ours seems very slow - aug 21st drilled but seems to be moving very slowly

been concerned about giving it any N while its so small but think I might do this week

 

[Renaultman]

Plants are there, drilled last week in August first week in September. Had N and a drink but it certainly isn't thriving. Even the volunteer rape has been slow this year

 

[General-Lee]

Not good but reassuring to hear people are in the same boat!

 

[JCfarmer]

Got 20 odd acres to re drill tomorrow, went in 3 weeks ago. It was Barbados, conventional and has been slow to emerge in other fields. Dodgey seed or flea beetle??? I know what the seed merchant will say! Trinity drilled a week earlier looking well. Home saved Quartz the last drilled, coming well at the moment. All had at least 2 insecticides.

 

[Breakthru]

Please share your revolutionary product for the gain of all TFF members

Nothing revolutionary, one of at least two foliar feeds that have effects. Add to that N that @Clive refers to and there are a number of methods and very effective timings. Just like the CSFB control, no label recs but when you have 500 acres of Osr in Royston area where there was none last year that gives the clue that more than myself thinks it works.
Sell tonnes so not a small area product. My avatar.

 

[SilliamWhale]

I have problems with herbicide carry over. One field hasn't taken so will be spring barley.

It was only Fss luckily

 

[Wombat]

Well at least this morning may have drowned the flee beetle and slugs

 

[limestone brash]

Is anybody seeing many Slugs- far less than I anticipated so far!!

 

[Brisel]

Yes. Not bad but every acre of rape had and needed a dose of pellets post drilling. Strip tilled crops needed 3 - 4 doses but min tilled only needed one if that.

 

[limestone brash]

interesting that strip tilling needed more- Mr Claydon never mentions that in his adverts

 

[Brisel]

Less tillage = less mechanical destruction of slug eggs. I'm sure the no tillers will jump on this & state that long term the soil biology will cause slugs to decline but in the mean time it's a perfect storm of slug risk with trash levels, loosened soil & feeding the slugs freshly growing osr.

 

[T Hectares]

All osr has been pelleted at rolling after baiting seedbeds prior to drilling, the first drillings on 18/8 and 20/8 needed a follow up due to August's rain but everything since has been held with one dose ( untrendy mintill here )
Dariot drilled 18/8 up and away now @hybrid vigour.

 

[Brisel]

Lovely photos! Which white horse is that? Alton Barnes? Uffington?

 

[T Hectares]

Alton Barnes, we have a pair of white horses, the farm in middle feels a bit left out