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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Chiles" data-source="post: 7511776" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Many years ago I planted several fields of linseed. I remember walking them with the agronomist at the time on a Monday and we were thinking how good it all looked, it must have been about 5 inches tall by then. On the Thursday I drove passed one of the fields on my way to cut some silage ( so for the arable farmers that means mid May ) and noticed that one of the fields appeared to have the linseed disappeared in the middle of it. I thought it might be a trick of the early morning light but had a look at it on my way home only to discover that about 9 acres ( out of a 17 acre field ) had been eaten by leatherjackets. Against all advice about uneven harvests I decided to re drill it. I reckon by the time the seed arrived and I’d planted it it must have been nearly June. The field all ripened at the same time, there was no difference in maturity between the two differing planting dates and the crop was all harvested on the same day at a normal time of the year for linseed. The conclusion I came to was that the planting date made no difference to harvest date, it was probably the weather conditions throughout the year that dictated harvest date and the one thing that was certain was that the headland ( planted early ) and the centre of the field ( planted late ) all had exactly the same weather conditions throughout that year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simon Chiles, post: 7511776, member: 1233"] Many years ago I planted several fields of linseed. I remember walking them with the agronomist at the time on a Monday and we were thinking how good it all looked, it must have been about 5 inches tall by then. On the Thursday I drove passed one of the fields on my way to cut some silage ( so for the arable farmers that means mid May ) and noticed that one of the fields appeared to have the linseed disappeared in the middle of it. I thought it might be a trick of the early morning light but had a look at it on my way home only to discover that about 9 acres ( out of a 17 acre field ) had been eaten by leatherjackets. Against all advice about uneven harvests I decided to re drill it. I reckon by the time the seed arrived and I’d planted it it must have been nearly June. The field all ripened at the same time, there was no difference in maturity between the two differing planting dates and the crop was all harvested on the same day at a normal time of the year for linseed. The conclusion I came to was that the planting date made no difference to harvest date, it was probably the weather conditions throughout the year that dictated harvest date and the one thing that was certain was that the headland ( planted early ) and the centre of the field ( planted late ) all had exactly the same weather conditions throughout that year. [/QUOTE]
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