Getting dry

[Will 1594]

Well... this confirms my suspicions that Norfolk and Suffolk are now the hardest parts of the UK to grow crops... We get rain off the North Sea in the Autumn, and nothing in the Spring.

all the stops pulled out here irrigating every field
hard going but will pay off

 

[MrNoo]

Well... this confirms my suspicions that Norfolk and Suffolk are now the hardest parts of the UK to grow crops... We get rain off the North Sea in the Autumn, and nothing in the Spring.

Ah yes but you get lovely combining conditions, no drying bills and gorgeous soil.
Meanwhile our driers steam and we have to dig wheat out of trailers and tow out our combined twice a day from wet holes!!! Lol

 

[robs1]

We had several thunderstorms Sunday night which dumped a nice drop, and some free N with it

 

[Nick.]

I tipped 5mm out of the gauge yesterday morning. It seemed like we’d had more.
Pulling a bit of black grass last night and the top 3mm is damp. Under that is bone dry.

 

[Gill Horse]

Another 10mm yesterday evening taking us to 14mm total.
Very welcome it was too

 

[ridger]

Just having to leave the field once again,

 

[ridger]

What a year

 

[ridger]

Think that's it for another day

 

[Boohoo]

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You got much still to do?
We had great drying here on Friday and Saturday and I was able to rotavate a bit more of the garden. Couldn't even walk across it now.

 

[DrWazzock]

Nothing here today. The usual disappearing rain forecast. Ground like dust again. We need considerably more to ensure a half decent harvest.

 

[Secret Agronomist]

So far this year we've had,
20mm Jan
73mm Feb
31mm Mar
30mm Apr
22mm so far in May
Reasonably happy but would take another 25 at the weekend if it was offered, potatoes and carrots all in and have had their pre-em now so a bit of time for it to soak away before we need to go on those tramlines again! The cereal would cope with 10mm a week from now to harvest as we are only ever a week away from drought stress.
I've got lots of irrigation capacity and we've not started on the spuds yet so I'm tempted to do cereals if it stays dry but I'm unsure on the best timings to maximise water use.

 

[EJS]

Well here in east Kent we have basically had nothing - extase is in ear starting to look a bit stressed. No rain in forecast - had around 15mm in last 7 weeks with a drying wind most days.

 

[ridger]

Going to go for a doze in corner of field, too early to go home

 

[ridger]

How cam the weather be so different

 

[serf]

How cam the weather be so different

Looks like your getting more tonight unfortunately for you , but also a lot over here which will be welcome. ( if the forecast gets it right for a change )

 

[EJS]

How cam the weather be so different

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Out knapsacking this morning- hot and dry but still a dew.

 

[teslacoils]

So far this year we've had,
20mm Jan
73mm Feb
31mm Mar
30mm Apr
22mm so far in May
Reasonably happy but would take another 25 at the weekend if it was offered, potatoes and carrots all in and have had their pre-em now so a bit of time for it to soak away before we need to go on those tramlines again! The cereal would cope with 10mm a week from now to harvest as we are only ever a week away from drought stress.
I've got lots of irrigation capacity and we've not started on the spuds yet so I'm tempted to do cereals if it stays dry but I'm unsure on the best timings to maximise water use.

I think thats in the region of double what we have had.

 

[farmerfred86]

Wheats are really starting to struggle in Suffolk. Leaves curling up and thats on the clay. Depressing really!

 

[Kam]

Everything struggling here, wheat, barley, beet and maize.

Jan 9mm
Feb 49.5mm
March 28mm
April 6.5mm
May 12.5mm

April and May rainfall has fallen in such small amounts that it has evaporated so quickly. The last meaningful rain we had was 10.5mm on the 16th March

 

[copse]

25 mm overnight here and spring beans look to have grown couple of inches already.