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well my soya never even got to harvest and spring oats haven't done very well - I certainly loose some
What about the lupins?
well my soya never even got to harvest and spring oats haven't done very well - I certainly loose some
What about the lupins?
I'd rather not say...
Sorry for slow reply, but been busy getting Mulika in, albeit not as busy as all that. Averaging under 2.5t/a but 14% protein so should be worth a bit. Crop was too thin all through really, for a variety of reasons no doubt. Been waiting for it to ripen/dry but won't drop below 17%, so got to get it in now and dry it with the forecast being dodgy after today. Peas averaged under 1.5t/acre and barley was pretty good rubbish so all in all don't come to me for advice on dd spring crops on heavy land... Finished Invicta with some nice fields that were nearer 4t/a. I'd be happy enough with all this if everyone else wasn't banging on about their record yields!
For what it's worth (not much probably) when I saw your wheat in the spring after grass leys it looked to me like they were very hungry for N, I assumed from the breakdown of the root mass. Have you considered getting a derogation to put in some seedbed N as a trial at drilling to see if that helps?Haven't really heard how locals have done, one near neighbour on light ground (all dd) had to buy in 200 tonnes extra at Camgrain (wish I'd talked to him sooner, could have sold him some of ours...only way to get rid of it... but we are not talking Camgrain now) as his harvest was uniformly excellent. Certainly some of our winter crops sat with wet feet all winter which can't have helped. A lot of blackgrass in places, a bit of Simoning behind two year leys, brought Solstice average down. Even perfect looking Solstice failed to breach 3.5t/a, think there may have been a N application cock-up.
Mulika you saw on tour did 2.5, there were thin patches all over from low seed rate/Simoning behind covers/slugs etc etc and even where it looked best the crop never really shone. Worst areas more like 1 tonne. Thanks for all your reassuring words...made me feel a lot better
This weather this week has been a pig for not drying the grain, sun never came out for more than a few minutes at a time (despite the forecast) and no wind. You are welcome to borrow our combine Feldspar, we've finished with it now! I imagine you are having a barn-busting harvest if you have lots still to do...
Haven't really heard how locals have done, one near neighbour on light ground (all dd) had to buy in 200 tonnes extra at Camgrain (wish I'd talked to him sooner, could have sold him some of ours...only way to get rid of it... but we are not talking Camgrain now) as his harvest was uniformly excellent. Certainly some of our winter crops sat with wet feet all winter which can't have helped. A lot of blackgrass in places, a bit of Simoning behind two year leys, brought Solstice average down. Even perfect looking Solstice failed to breach 3.5t/a, think there may have been a N application cock-up.
Mulika you saw on tour did 2.5, there were thin patches all over from low seed rate/Simoning behind covers/slugs etc etc and even where it looked best the crop never really shone. Worst areas more like 1 tonne. Thanks for all your reassuring words...made me feel a lot better
This weather this week has been a pig for not drying the grain, sun never came out for more than a few minutes at a time (despite the forecast) and no wind. You are welcome to borrow our combine Feldspar, we've finished with it now! I imagine you are having a barn-busting harvest if you have lots still to do...
Haven't really heard how locals have done, one near neighbour on light ground (all dd) had to buy in 200 tonnes extra at Camgrain (wish I'd talked to him sooner, could have sold him some of ours...only way to get rid of it... but we are not talking Camgrain now) as his harvest was uniformly excellent. Certainly some of our winter crops sat with wet feet all winter which can't have helped. A lot of blackgrass in places, a bit of Simoning behind two year leys, brought Solstice average down. Even perfect looking Solstice failed to breach 3.5t/a, think there may have been a N application cock-up.
Mulika you saw on tour did 2.5, there were thin patches all over from low seed rate/Simoning behind covers/slugs etc etc and even where it looked best the crop never really shone. Worst areas more like 1 tonne. Thanks for all your reassuring words...made me feel a lot better
This weather this week has been a pig for not drying the grain, sun never came out for more than a few minutes at a time (despite the forecast) and no wind. You are welcome to borrow our combine Feldspar, we've finished with it now! I imagine you are having a barn-busting harvest if you have lots still to do...
Our Mulika has been disapointing, Disc drilled into linseed stubble late march, so no "simons" effect, it looked good untill the leaf started to die back. Then suddenly looked very thin with a lot of small ears. It seems to have done just under 2.5t/a. Still have the worst looking bits to do. Winter wheat in same stubble did about 4t (did n't get it all drilled before it rained). If I had to give a reason it would have to be rain fall and temperatures at critical times.
Are you allowed to say what the varieties were?We still have a lot to learn, I think varieties have a lot to do with it. I did a no-till variety trial for KWS, second wheat, 5 different varieties but everything else the same, the worst did 2.5 and the best 3.6.
Are you allowed to say what the varieties were?