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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 4281582" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>Thank you for your insight.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> Why does it remind me of the Harry Enfield character that always said 'you don't want to do it like that'?</p><p></p><p>This year really hasn't been a good one for Spring cereals <strong>here. </strong>Drilled into dry, cloddy seedbeds after grazed root crops in mid/late-April, which then stayed dry for another month or so, delaying germination, meant it was a thin crop that didn't tiller worth diddly. It then stayed dry all summer, with rain only coming about a month ago, so the stems stayed green and we had a great flush of greenery arrive through the very open canopy. Glyphosate sorted that nicely, but then it rained every day for another three weeks or so.</p><p>The end result was a dismally short, thin crop, with heads dropping off and heavy rain forecast. If we had baled (damp) straw straight behind the combine, we wouldn't have had many bales of bitty straw to show for it. If it got tonight's rain and needed raking over once, there'd have been feck all to bale anyway.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for your advice, but I know I've made the right decision thank you. OM and Potash going back into the soil, especially in a system that doesn't generate FYM, is a valuable commodity in itself, at least as valuable as half a crop of substandard straw imo.</p><p></p><p>My point was that there is a lot of straw being chopped around the country, even in areas where the idea is almost inconceivable, and there will indeed be a shortage this winter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 4281582, member: 348"] Thank you for your insight.:rolleyes: Why does it remind me of the Harry Enfield character that always said 'you don't want to do it like that'? This year really hasn't been a good one for Spring cereals [B]here. [/B]Drilled into dry, cloddy seedbeds after grazed root crops in mid/late-April, which then stayed dry for another month or so, delaying germination, meant it was a thin crop that didn't tiller worth diddly. It then stayed dry all summer, with rain only coming about a month ago, so the stems stayed green and we had a great flush of greenery arrive through the very open canopy. Glyphosate sorted that nicely, but then it rained every day for another three weeks or so. The end result was a dismally short, thin crop, with heads dropping off and heavy rain forecast. If we had baled (damp) straw straight behind the combine, we wouldn't have had many bales of bitty straw to show for it. If it got tonight's rain and needed raking over once, there'd have been feck all to bale anyway. Thank you for your advice, but I know I've made the right decision thank you. OM and Potash going back into the soil, especially in a system that doesn't generate FYM, is a valuable commodity in itself, at least as valuable as half a crop of substandard straw imo. My point was that there is a lot of straw being chopped around the country, even in areas where the idea is almost inconceivable, and there will indeed be a shortage this winter. [/QUOTE]
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