Fertilizing winter cereal

[Plough on]

Whats everyone elses position. The wheats looking really hungry now and its so wet wondering whether just go and make a mess or be patient?! Must be loosing yield surely.

 

[teslacoils]

If I put some on, I'm fairly sure I'd be adding it to my "stuff I did that I wish I hadn't" list, which is alresdy a big list this year.

 

[ollie989898]

Noting worse than staring at messy tramlines all year. As soon as it dries up and warms up a bit the soil will spring to life and start trickle feeding it.

Lot of folks will be looking out the window and hoping to with some digestate on their cereals as soon as it will travel. Needs to be properly dry for that.

 

[Shutesy]

We did just shy of 1000 ac on Tues-Wed this week just gone, mix of first and seconds wheats, actually travelled much better than expected, some wet corners and a bit tacky but overall worth getting it on. Lot of the wheat started to look like it needed it once you get out into the field. Small amount of grass and osr in that figure as well but we've got another 2000ac of wheat to do and 800ac of that to turn around and put Polysulphate on straight away as well so we thought it best to get some on asap.

 

[Shutesy]

Noting worse than staring at messy tramlines all year.

I'd argue looking at a crop that's getting hungry is worse, osr and wheats are moving despite the rains. Messy tramlines will be cultivated and gone once harvests done. Although fair enough if someone is direct drilling and doesn't want rutted tramlines but you are trying to grow a profitable crop at the end of the day.

 

[benny6910]

I need to put Pollysulfate on and urea so I think I’ll be putting my 900 tyres on next week and having a go. Have had rain today and forecast is some more tomorrow but next week looks dryer so will have a walk around on Monday to see how brave I need to be.

 

[Chickcatcher]

All done here on wed 28th kept no weight on front and only 1 tonne in the hopper at a time no mess like last years.

 

[Brisel]

Osr and some of the wheat done, but the rest won’t travel, including some hungry looking barley. It is still early days though but I will be nervous if we can’t get on, not least because of a big spring drilling area too.

 

[APJ]

covered all our cropped area on Tuesday/Wednesday 710 tyres have only just marked no tuts anywhere, if you walk it you sink more, I’m totally amazed because I didn’t think it would actually travel. It was tacky but so glad it’s on.

 

[Clive]

did 20kgs on least forward wheat and all barley 3 weeks ago. - hopefully will go again this week with 60 more

Barley looked hungry driving past today

 

[teslacoils]

Foggy. No real frost. Glad I stayed in bed.

 

[Wigeon]

Did urea then pokysulphate on wheats tues&weds this week. Might have been a waste of time given the weather since, but it travelled surprisingly well really.

 

[kevindb880]

If we had done any last week it would be in the rivers today after the rain we had yesterday!

 

[fudge]

No hurry here. Our wheat is in poor shape because of water logging. Yield potential is way below our usual level, exact timing of the first dose of top dressing won’t change that.

 

[DrWazzock]

So this months dilemma and rave about : put the terras on or wait for it to firm up a bit?
Couldn’t ever be easy could it?

 

[Gong Farmer]

Barleys and second wheats will need something soon. First wheats only respond to an early N dose when later doses are compromised by drought, i.e. at least at this time any N applied is likely to be available and taken up.

 

[farmerm]

Would need a bloody hovercraft here and that is if I could find any field really worth investing fertiliser on given the lack of yield potential and falling grain price.

 

[T Hectares]

Last couple of weeks we have put Polysulphate on the OSR and Wheat
Then half the total Urea on OSR
Next job will be Urea on wheat, which really needs it now, hopefully this week, will up the rate from 40 kg/haN to 65

 

[Michael S]

We did just shy of 1000 ac on Tues-Wed this week just gone, mix of first and seconds wheats, actually travelled much better than expected, some wet corners and a bit tacky but overall worth getting it on. Lot of the wheat started to look like it needed it once you get out into the field. Small amount of grass and osr in that figure as well but we've got another 2000ac of wheat to do and 800ac of that to turn around and put Polysulphate on straight away as well so we thought it best to get some on asap.

I'd argue looking at a crop that's getting hungry is worse, osr and wheats are moving despite the rains. Messy tramlines will be cultivated and gone once harvests done. Although fair enough if someone is direct drilling and doesn't want rutted tramlines but you are trying to grow a profitable crop at the end of the day.

We covered a similar area here, interesting that no-till land went just fine, even in the odd bits with water standing in the wheelings. Decided to prioritise N over Polysulphate and did grass, winter barley and hungriest looking wheat. On my walk today one field of wheat that looked fine mid week and we didn't do looks hungry today.

 

[Clive]

being able to travel is not something we ever give a moments thought to these day even with a heavy 36m 6000L trailer sprayer full of liquid fert, it used to be a big issue and i’ve had tractor mounted spreaders and bateman self propelled well and truly stuck in the past

really shows how much better souls structure under long term no till