I left one tramline untreated & it died. 3 t/ha. The rest nearby on gravel did 6.4 t/ha. JB Diego at T1 last year. Full of mildew & yellow rust too.
Drought
- Thread starter shakerator
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I left one tramline untreated & it died. 3 t/ha. The rest nearby on gravel did 6.4 t/ha. JB Diego at T1 last year. Full of mildew & yellow rust too.
Hindsight
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- Location
- Lincolnshire
That is impressive. I shall look at magphos K in a different light now.
Sandy
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Bugger!
This year is very unusual, MrNoo, in that many of us have had little recent experience of drought.
Fortunately, my expectations for this year were always related to the yields we had in the similar years of 1976, 1964 and 1955 (1933 being a little before my time).
So, unsatisfactory, yes - frustrating, yes - financially stressful, yes - disappointing, no.
- Location
- Cirencester
I told him that at least he's not having to dry it too!!! But he did say it has produced a lot of straw, I actually think that as we get into later drilled SB he will be very happy with his yield!!
Steady on! I may have misled you there. The crop was suffering mild stress, not dead. I didn't tissue test it then (no point) or afterwards so I've no idea which bit helped it. I was sceptical before and still am but it may be worth a punt on a few tramlines if you think there's enough life to take it in. It was mixed with Talius, Adexar, CTL & straight epoxi so the disease on the untreated may have enhanced the leaf loss. I did a similar cocktail without Magphos K elsewhere & it didn't seem to yield any less, in fact it did better though it was a different variety on better soil. For £2.27/litre a couple of litres is worth a tramline trial or two.
Niab Tag have never shown consistent responses to trace elements in multi year trials. IMO here it tipped the balance in favour on this occasion.
4course
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- Location
- north yorks
im convinced foliar feeds are of benefit foliar p helps retarded crops in the spring and late foliar k increases bushel weights and helps green leaf retention, or at least it does/has here plus there seems to be less disease pressure, we are gradually moving to whole farm applications as have been experimenting this last 2/3 years
Mark C
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- Location
- Bedfordshire
Started spring barley here (Bedfordshire)yesterday drilled early March on light land with plenty of muck. Lots of straw but only yielding about 2t/ac 15% Mc straw a bit green but at least it’s not all brackled like last year when we lost a lot of heads on the floor.
- Location
- South Wales UK
Lot only put SB in end of May here?
dyer !
dyer !
Some arsehole was driving round this area and lit 3 fires apparently. What a prat. Luckily most fields were saved I gather.@Woodlander ........ up by Mount St Bernards Abbey. Heard its under control now.View attachment 695466
- Location
- Leicestershire
Oh no. Which road is that taken from? Often get grass fires on the Charnwood Lodge Nature Reserve up that way which are probably started deliberately.@Woodlander ........ up by Mount St Bernards Abbey. Heard its under control now.
Sister who lives at Erpingham in Norfolk has just sent a picture of a straw stack on fire, just a stubble field away from her house,. Sounds like local farmers and fire brigade have it under control.
There's no consistency from year to year
What works one year in more extreme circumstances may not work the next year in more forgiving conditions.
A512 near the Bulls Head, Thringstone.... think its the ground near the sewage works in the block behind Cinder Hill Farm or close to.
- Location
- Leicestershire
Yes. I know where you mean.
- Location
- South Wales UK
Fry crisp and dry here.
Hotter due too.
Hotter due too.
Sprog
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- Location
- South Shropshire
Got the combine out for the first time this morning, did two fields of WOSR next door and then got rained off. First puddles in the yard for six weeks. As long as the forecast is right it won’t matter as it was 6-6.5%.
landslave the 2nd
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- near the zoo (m42 j11) east mids
And me