Drought

[Shutesy]

We had 42 mm but I suppose it's a bit like when you walk into a pub when you've been working hard in the sun , " 2 pints of your best please barman " the first one doesn't touch the sides !!!!!!!
I suspect it was the same for the wheat " oooh 20 mm of rain , ahhh that was lovely , but same again pls"

So although things are okay at the moment after the warmth this week I wouldn't mind one of those rogue thunderstorms that's going past tomorrow evening

Superb analogy there @Mr Charisma very true of our wheats and spring crops as well last weeks rain has been taken up and gone now i recon. Its also made me quite thirsty lol!

 

[Bossfarmer]

There some parts around Stirling way looking hellish bad

heavy ground round there

 

[Cowmangav]

My Grandfather struggled on carse land at Grangemouth - now its an oil refinery.

 

[Jerry]

I could do with another inch soon. Wheats in ear, spring barley looks ok and growing fast. Maize at 4 leaf stage.

Grass is slowing in this heat.

 

[rob1]

I could do with another inch soon.

My wife has said that before now

 

[Flat 10]

my crops are looking well now, we will look back at this thread at harvest time and laugh, yields should be unaffected

f**k off

 

[Flat 10]

I doubt I will be laughing.

 

[DRC]

I'm surprised how inactive this thread has been recently. We haven't had a lot of rain here and not very much forecast.

same here, but can't do much about it. Got some maize that hasn't chitted after nearly a month in ground, as we seem to miss the heavy showers.

 

[DRC]

my crops are looking well now, we will look back at this thread at harvest time and laugh, yields should be unaffected

your in a world of your own sometimes. There are plenty of places that haven't had much at all.

 

[bobk]

same here, but can't do much about it. Got some maize that hasn't chitted after nearly a month in ground, as we seem to miss the heavy showers.

We had as usual a fair bit but it's disappeared now , not sure what to wish for .

It is very pleasant weather , also a bit cooler than Monaco

 

[DRC]

We had as usual a fair bit but it's disappeared now , not sure what to wish for .

rain at night, sunny during the day, after you have baled your hay of course.
don't want a thunderstorm on my barley either. some has been flattened already in south shrops

 

[bobk]

rain at night, sunny during the day, after you have baled your hay of course.
don't want a thunderstorm on my barley either. some has been flattened already in south shrops

We're not baling hay now ..... the workers say it's too hot

 

[Brisel]

We're not baling hay now ..... the workers say it's too hot

I'm not surprised if you're clearing off to Monaco this weekend...

 

[Jerry]

My wife has said that before now

Poor you.......not a complaint I've ever heard!
(Where's the smug smiley??)

 

[bobk]

I'm not surprised if you're clearing off to Monaco this weekend...

Did my laps last week .

 

[franklin]

Linseed has now germinated! So I have some 5" tall and some at cotyledon in the same row. Alas.

 

[Brisel]

Linseed has now germinated! So I have some 5" tall and some at cotyledon in the same row. Alas.

Ditto here

 

[Arthur Living]

When in the past that's happened here, Arthur Living, as it has rather more than one cares to remember, secondary tillering after good rain has always immediately become the next problem.

Does anyone know if there's a soil type and/or varietal variation to this?

Guess new tillers could be a problem but doesn't seem to be much activity. The variety is explorer, The advice is not to drill before mid march but earlier drilled varieties around here seem more lush. Very mixed soil types here from white clay to black sand within yards. The more medium type seems worst affected.

 

[Bossfarmer]

My Grandfather struggled on carse land at Grangemouth - now its an oil refinery.

good wheat land though?

 

[franklin]

Ditto here

Thought it was blackgrass in the crop, but turns out its ryegrass instead