How’s your OSR looking now

[4course]

Yes

and how is it looking re the dreaded csfb?

 

[Adeptandy]

Certified seed got took by CSFB
Home saved has survived, but pigeons have hammered 1 field.
The other block on rotated ground I experimented and drilled mid October just before the rain event started, it’s there, but very small and struggling, but missed the CSFB in the autumn. I’ll be near it tomorrow so will get some pics. It looks like early drilled Spr OSR at the mo.
Intrrestingly the 2 fields of certified seed were DD with a tine twice, the 2 fields that have survived were disced then drilled with the Freeflow

 

[Brisel]

Campus home sown seed 60/m2 drilled 6/9/19. Not bad? That’s 2/3 of the 8ha field. The far end of this field looks like this;

Not so good. Glyphosate and some cheap cover crop seed for this to keep the soil alive until harvest, I think.

 

[tw15]

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Campus home sown seed 60/m2 drilled 6/9/19. Not bad? That’s 2/3 of the 8ha field. The far end of this field looks like this;
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Not so good. Glyphosate and some cheap cover crop seed for this to keep the soil alive until harvest, I think.

 

[tw15]

Can you put some phacelia in the mix to make it look good , just thinking of my view . You could just try some raddish in that bit and take it to seed, combine it and then have some hss raddish seed

 

[Brisel]

Can you put some phacelia in the mix to make it look good , just thinking of my view . You could just try some raddish in that bit and take it to seed, combine it and then have some hss raddish seed

Too many brassicas in my rotation already thanks. I've got left over seed from last autumn - phacelia, vetch, buckwheat, linseed and berseem clover. Some of those might not get past the Astrokerb residues but most will. You won't see much of it - the headland nearest you has a full crop of rape on it. Just that patch missing in that field. I double rolled it and it had 3 doses of sluggies. I've still got no idea why the flea beetle ate that bit but not the rest.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Getting it’s last dose of fert before it’s too tall for spreader

 

[David.]

Some may remember my question about virgin rape land and crop ill-thrift.
1st pic, 1/2 of field never had osr.
2&3 pics other half of same field, old fence line now removed, had osr in rotation.
Very slightly heavier, bit of good red iron stone type soil.
Both scratched in with KV TS drill 10.08.19.
3.5kg ha C2 Campus.

Top of field always been backward and consequently hammered by flying rats, bottom half hardly touched.
More to this than just csfb, imo.

 

[JCfarmer]

You’re doing the same. You tell us. You might be no tilling but you’re still manipulating nature for commercial gain.

And a bit of ploughing I believe!

 

[Adeptandy]

As promised, pictures of the mid October drilled OSR

it’s moved on a bit the last few days, rows visible through the field now as it emerges from the Barley volunteers

 

[Renaultman]

Mine is going backwards faster than an Italian tank division So much for nor liking wet feet, seems it doesn't like dry feet either

 

[Clive]

most off ours is becoming linseed this week

despite looking mostly ok it’s buggered with larvae

thank god we spent very little on it so far, we can call it a cover crop !

 

[FarmerBruce]

Are there any varieties that are standing out as particularly poor. Our Anastasia on the whole looks pretty good but the aspire is awful.

 

[ajd132]

starting to pod up here reasonably well, doing it as cheap as possible is paying off so far. Well aware it could be a completely different story next year.

 

[Renaultman]

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starting to pod up here reasonably well, doing it as cheap as possible is paying off so far. Well aware it could be a completely different story next year.

It's a weird crop, there are certainly no formulae for growing it. Gutted it has beaten me this year but coming to terms with the fact that yields will be dire.

 

[JCfarmer]

October and today. Full of maggots.

This photo that Green oak put up shows it all, how demoralising. Any farmer with a crop like that last October would be extremely pleased but around our area it seems the best looking October crops have gone backwards and ones that didn't look so great then are looking ok. Its pure luck if you end up with a reasonable crop to harvest at the moment.
I have 2 fields that seem ok and flowering well with small areas of larvea. One large field patchy to crap and none existent! The rest which was 60% of planned area has been ripped up and now in spring beans and barley.
Whats the price of rape again £400t plus?
Silly me its £300 or less!!!
Its days are numbered now for me, let Cargills import the lot from Ukraine and Poland etc!

 

[DrWazzock]

I really don’t miss it at all. Nothing but hassle from drilling to harvest with neonics being the final straw. I am beginning to feel the same about sugar beet. A lot of bother for a low price. Ok cereals aren’t huge payers but massively less aggravation and no special kit or contractors required, or mauling about all winter.

 

[Daniel Larn]

Just jumping in here to let people know I am looking for folks to trial a new tool developed by FERA that is hoping to improve your OSR performance through better spray management.

details can be found here:
https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/free-cropmonitor-pro-licence.314499/

 

[Trying]

This is the best field I have nice and even. About 3 buds left to flower on the main stalk.

 

[David.]

Just jumping in here to let people know I am looking for folks to trial a new tool developed by FERA that is hoping to improve your OSR performance through better spray management.

details can be found here:
https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/free-cropmonitor-pro-licence.314499/

Not wishing to be excessively negative, but its fate is pretty much sealed the day it is drilled without an effective insecticide dressing