Ear of Wheat in May

[Chickcatcher]

I have one just in time

 

[DRC]

Firefly and Extase

 

[4course]

no ears here yet ,only just at flag,

 

[AndrewM]

Skyfall drilled end of sept

 

[Chickcatcher]

@AndrewM looking real good.

 

[Outsiderofthree]

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Extase on a very sheltered field. photo taken 30-05-21

 

[Two Tone]

My Extase Ears on the way out

 

[Jerry]

Graham...

 

[thorpe]

this sun and heat today really pulling oct drilled gleam out today there wasnt a sign last night!

 

[robbie]

My Extase Ears on the way out

Is that black grass in the left hand corner of your first pic

 

[bobk]

Flag leaf just arriving here , big yields come later ime .

 

[Trying]

pic taken this afternoon. Extase drilled 27/9.

 

[Bovril]

Thursday last week, flag leaf not fully out, thought I'd better order t2 chem just in case. Yesterday ears poking out. Good job I had the chem...

 

[Two Tone]

Is that black grass in the left hand corner of your first pic

Could be. The photo was taken from a headland tramline in a bad BG area of that field. Just shows you how BG control is helped by crop competition.
The saying, “Never does the month of May go by without an ear of wheat on the farm” very nearly didn’t happen and I had to look hard to find any this year. I wonder if those ears were there because it is right beside the tramline and got more light.

 

[Farmertom1988]

Extase just starting to break out into ear here too (West Midlands)

Is it good if wheat heads in May? Why is it important?

 

[PSQ]

This is the closest I could find yesterday. Mid September sown Grafton, Scottish Borders.

 

[Two Tone]

Extase just starting to break out into ear here too (West Midlands)

Is it good if wheat heads in May? Why is it important?

No, it’s not important other than in the south of the country, some ears are usually out by the end on May which might give an indication as to when harvest is likely to start. I have known some years when all the ears are well out by the end of May. But I’ve never known one where absolutely none are visible at the end on May here yet. This year was close though!

 

[robs1]

Thursday last week, flag leaf not fully out, thought I'd better order t2 chem just in case. Yesterday ears poking out. Good job I had the chem...

Same here

 

[teslacoils]

First ears out in Graham. Sown 16oct. Bit of a shock as I had the weekend off spraying t2

 

[e3120]

There seems to be theme here. Been at grass since Sat, thought no issue until now. Good bit of grafton ear poking out. Toying with chancing leaving a couple of days to catch a decent bit of ear and close the gate. Risky? 1l adexar with multisite applied 23 days ago. Sdhi + prothio on hand.