Harvest 2018

[Tompkins]

Anyone desiccated any barley?

 

[Iben]

Anyone desiccated any barley?

Is that not what the sun is for?

 

[Zippy768]

Is that not what the sun is for?

You should see our WB. Patches that could cut end of the week and patches that will need 3 weeks! I'm working on the 3 week schedule

 

[Brisel]

Anyone desiccated any barley?

I haven't seen much that is ready for desiccation yet, though I'll bet there's a few tramlines with fresh wheelings in by the end of this week.

Some of my osr will be ready for glyphosate at the weekend. The rest will be fit next week.

 

[super4]

I sprayed my barley headlands last night, hope to be on middle next week. I hear a velcourt farm has sprayed all theirs expecting to start july 1st.
@Brisel have you seen the spring barley my fellow tenant has accidently killed off just along the road from you?

 

[Wombat]

Seen some barley today driving about that I think would desiccate

 

[Brisel]

I sprayed my barley headlands last night, hope to be on middle next week. I hear a velcourt farm has sprayed all theirs expecting to start july 1st.
@Brisel have you seen the spring barley my fellow tenant has accidently killed off just along the road from you?

I was away on holiday last week so haven’t seen much. I’ll have a look, not knowing quite where you mean. Is it along the main road south of you?

 

[super4]

I was away on holiday last week so haven’t seen much. I’ll have a look, not knowing quite where you mean. Is it along the main road south of you?

Head south out your village towards the inn. On left just through the trees before old church ruins on the right. 50 acres so can't miss it! Merchant mixed up the spray cans and it wasn't spotted.

 

[Wombat]

Quite a bit of wheat starting to go white in the vale of York today in this heat.

 

[phil]

Combines going nibbling on sandy ground near coast here at weekend if rumours are to be believed

 

[Tompkins]

Is that not what the sun is for?

Of course, trouble is the sun isn't very much use under trees and hedges plus we have a range of soil types in most fields.

 

[franklin]

Ages away.

 

[bankrupt]

Of course, trouble is the sun isn't very much use under trees and hedges plus we have a range of soil types in most fields.

Reckon there's 2-3 weeks now between the clays and the shales, here.

Plus it's another fortnight later under the trees and hedges.

So, for example, steep bank in one field of Bazooka will easily cut Friday, but under the wood on the bottom headland it'll get spayed off sometime next week or the week after

 

[Bossfarmer]

how are the fellow scotsman progressing has that heavy rain the other week sorted the job?

 

[Chae1]

Is that not what the sun is for?

Personally I think a lot will need round up this year. Light areas of the fields will be dead in a few weeks. Rest could be a month.

 

[Bossfarmer]

Personally I think a lot will need round up this year. Light areas of the fields will be dead in a few weeks. Rest could be a month.

late tillers?

 

[Chae1]

late tillers?

No.

 

[robbie]

I walked a field of bazooka earlier and the straw is bone dry, the ears rub out easy but when you bite the grain odd ones are still slightly soft. The majority are like rock.

Cassia and other fields of bazooka still have a slight green tinge to them so they're a good 2 to 3 weeks away yet.

 

[bankrupt]

I walked a field of bazooka earlier and the straw is bone dry, the ears rub out easy but when you bite the grain odd ones are still slightly soft. .

Same here, but it will have to be in the barn Friday before the ripest ears start to neck down below the stones.

What's really needed is a shower of rain now so more easily to be able to get the awns off.

Not likely to happen before Friday apparently, so specific weight's going to be a bit of a joke.

 

[Breckland Boy]

I walked a field of bazooka earlier and the straw is bone dry, the ears rub out easy but when you bite the grain odd ones are still slightly soft. The majority are like rock.

Cassia and other fields of bazooka still have a slight green tinge to them so they're a good 2 to 3 weeks away yet.

Mine is fit to go but I''m not ready. Plan at the mo is to start Monday coming providing all the pre harvest jobs get done this week.