Getting dry

[DRC]

Bet we've had an inch in the last 48 hours

Same here . Running down the lane at one stage

 

[average farmer]

Currently battering it down but won't be for long. Going to be a five minute wonder to remind me I need to fix s bit of shed gutter.

Didn’t even make the gutter here.

 

[down n'dirty]

16 c here this afternoon and North east breeze sprung up again-drier than a witch's chuff!

 

[David.]

Couple of hefty showers here probably 3mm.
Perhaps the rest of this will germinate now..

Edit.
7mm in gauge now total including spitty shower Sunday.

 

[E_B]

The rain has split around us. Essentially nothing measureable in this part of South Norfolk. Talk of really hot weather mid month. It's over for the light land.

 

[ffukedfarmer]

On the way back from Lamma mid afternoon it absolutely chucked it down between Banbury and Oxford on the M40. It dried up somewhere south of Thame, then the odd shower in places round the m25.
Got home and had 10 minutes of heavy rain giving around 2mm which should have just about washed in yesterdays fertiliser and helped things along a bit.

 

[teslacoils]

Dad says 12mm in the gauge. That seems a lot but certainly we had a good downpour.

 

[teslacoils]

Think the wheat has grown an inch in six hours.

 

[Phil P]

Dad says 12mm in the gauge. That seems a lot but certainly we had a good downpour.

12mm in total today here as well but it’s been steady rather than all at once, it’s definitely made everything perk up a bit.

 

[Wombat]

Think the wheat has grown an inch in six hours.

Yeah had about 8mm in 2 different lots, out with some more growth reg and the t1 tomorrow

 

[Breckland Boy]

4mm this afternoon.
Heavy shower at the mo whilst pulling out an irritator.
Glad I put extra N on the wheat today.

 

[robbie]

4mm this afternoon.
Heavy shower at the mo whilst pulling out an irritator.
Glad I put extra N on the wheat today.

We missed this afternoon's rain at the farm but 3 miles away I was putting fert on it was running down the road in the way home.
It's hammering down here and has been for half an hour, it's black all around so hope it'll last a few hours.

Assuming we get a decent amount I'll be chucking more on my wheat, I've never put so little on.

 

[yellow belly]

6 mm in 2 days

 

[Manny]

2mm here so far. First rain for weeks.

Stop being greedy and let a little bit of it come south of you. When we went to Lamma this morning there was 0.5mm in the rain gauge, when we got back there was nothing left and the linseed ground was still dusty dry!

 

[Nick.]

I’ll send the next shower over.
I’m sure we’ll be as dusty as you by the morning (again.)
Some of the wheat on our sandy patches look a bit likes it’s had glyphosate.

 

[Manny]

There are a few patches starting to show up around here now where soil types change. Especially the edges of marl pit are starting to die off.

 

[Adeptandy]

0.4mm, forecast up to this morning was 12mm. Slightly disappointed

 

[teslacoils]

Wonder if we will get any tomorrow night?

 

[Nick.]

Fingers crossed. Spreading fert today.
I really hope this is wrong.
Yesterday it was giving 8mm for tomorrow night.

 

[britt]

Only 7mm here in April, 2mm Sunday and 3 yesterday. Unless we get an forecast soaking I can't see any point putting the last bit of N on the wheat.
Linseed really struggling to make a row, planted 3 weeks ago.