How late can you plant winter oats

[ajd132]

not true

I’ve never done it but going off independent trials that I pay for.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

I’ve never done it but going off independent trials that I pay for.

we have and didn't pay for the info

 

[ajd132]

we have and didn't pay for the info

Did you get full milking spec and hullability? Would be great if it did work as Mascani are way more attractive to processors than spring varieties.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Did you get full milking spec and hullability? Would be great if it did work as Mascani are way more attractive to processors than spring varieties.

no idea, gaffa just told me they made the milling bin after i loaded the wagons

 

[Sprog]

Have grown Mascani several times in the spring and only had problems once when I hit them too hard, too late with PGR. Keep the seed rate low at 50kg/ac if going into good seedbed and do the PGR early.

 

[Spencer]

Same experience here.. grow fine in spring and made milling on both occasions. Prefer proper springs though in that slot..

 

[Sprog]

Mascani winter oats planted 26th March, 40kg/ac. Struggled in the dry and hot weather, not tillering as much as normal, but finally responding to recent wet weather.

 

[bankrupt]

Mascani winter oats responding to recent wet weather.

Looking good.

This could well turn out be one of those very unusual and perverse years, last seen here in 1971, when WO quality at harvest is better from planting in March than in October.

Then as now, a big drought in April and May disadvantaged the autumn plantings disproportionately, the spring plantings all making very much better use of some welcome rain in June

 

[Sprog]

Looking good.

This could well turn out be one of those very unusual and perverse years, last seen here in 1971, when WO quality at harvest is better from planting in March than in October.

Then as now, a big drought in April and May disadvantaged the autumn plantings disproportionately, the spring plantings all making very much better use of some welcome rain in June

No idea what happened here in 1971 to be honest, I was interested in other things at the time, but this year will live long in my memory!
The rain in June has interfered with my mascani winter oats

having had no fungicide so I have put 0.5lts of Firefly on the spring crop at ear emergence to try and help achieve good bushel weight.

 

[bankrupt]

No idea what happened here in 1971 to be honest, I was interested in other things at the time,

Thank you.

WO being the least of my problems then, too.

Currency crisis, big credit squeeze, several customers going bankrupt, local livestock market in receivership, but 6" of rain in June still helped March planted Peniarth and Pendrwm quite considerably..