How late is too late for winter barley

[Sa86]

Hi guys never planted winter barley this late before will it be ok or am I wasting my time should I just put oats in instead

 

[Devil's advocate]

Depends where you are.

Oats or wait till Feb in my opinion.

 

[David.]

I've got a field to finish, rained off last week.
Will put seed rate up to 230kg and press on at some point next week or so.
But I'm not in the frozen North.

 

[tr250]

Hi guys never planted winter barley this late before will it be ok or am I wasting my time should I just put oats in instead

When we were kids I remember going to the village fireworks party and dad was going up and down the field in the distance sowing winter barley as the sale had only just gone through was a ok crop but full of sterile brome I remember

 

[Devil's advocate]

When we were kids I remember going to the village fireworks party and dad was going up and down the field in the distance sowing winter barley as the sale had only just gone through was a ok crop but full of sterile brome I remember

Was the brome in the seed? Normally drilling late is helpful with brome.

New land, maybe previous farmer was a bit slack on weed control & rotation?

 

[crashbox]

Hi guys never planted winter barley this late before will it be ok or am I wasting my time should I just put oats in instead

Not arable here, but I heard "wheat into mud, barley into dust", no?

 

[farmerm]

This year probably about 18th of September....

 

[David.]

Assuming it goes into a decent seedbed, barley will be OK, likely to be more straw with Nov drilling. Put it into wet mud and compaction it won't be any good at all, barley doesn't forgive a bad start.

 

[Barleymow]

Mine went in 3 weeks ago ,a lot slower emerging than wheat on the same day

 

[farmerm]

Assuming it goes into a decent seedbed, barley will be OK, likely to be more straw with Nov drilling. Put it into wet mud and compaction it won't be any good at all, barley doesn't forgive a bad start.

hence my suggestion of 18th September....

 

[YELROM]

Not arable here, but I heard "wheat into mud, barley into dust", no?

Hope this is true but in reality I think I will be righting a lot of my winter wheat off

 

[Wombat]

Hope this is true but in reality I think I will be righting a lot of my winter wheat off

Mud maybe, swamp no

 

[Granite Farmer]

I've got 20ac to drill. Might go tomorrow, everything is ploughed. Light loamy land.

 

[PSQ]

How late is too late for winter barley​

Any time after 1995.

 

[Devil's advocate]

I've got 20ac to drill. Might go tomorrow, everything is ploughed. Light loamy land.

Good for you, in the South West too I notice.

Totally chucking it down here, after a lovely day, yesterday.

 

[Granite Farmer]

Good for you, in the South West too I notice.

Totally chucking it down here, after a lovely day, yesterday.

Just been at the check. No rain today.

It can be rolled into sausages. So won't be going.

 

[celtis man]

It's going to be after Christmas now I think as the ground is wet and cold

 

[bobk]

I've sown it in March , did fine

 

[Agriimark]

about August next year be to late id say ive drilled some in February before that's been fine. wheats more forgiving than barley this time of year

 

[David.]

Well I suppose 7th November is too late. Managed to get my bit in today. With combination drill.
Has actually dried well today.
Trouble is, MetOffice app now says wet on Wednesday, was giving pretty good all week last Friday .