Feldspar
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- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
I had high hopes of planting a decent acreage of OSR this year. I thought the numbers looked good on paper, but best laid plans at and all that.
So, given we've now had 30mm on top of persistent rain belts over the last few weeks, the ground is now extremely wet. Drains are running and there is no sign of scorching hot and dry weather in the short term.
The question is then what to do about OSR and its establishment? Do we just not bother, which would be a great shame from my POV, do we wait until late August / early September to see if good ground conditions materialise, or do we try and turn to some cheap establishment technique that is better suited to wet ground conditions?
Thoughts on a postcard.
So, given we've now had 30mm on top of persistent rain belts over the last few weeks, the ground is now extremely wet. Drains are running and there is no sign of scorching hot and dry weather in the short term.
The question is then what to do about OSR and its establishment? Do we just not bother, which would be a great shame from my POV, do we wait until late August / early September to see if good ground conditions materialise, or do we try and turn to some cheap establishment technique that is better suited to wet ground conditions?
Thoughts on a postcard.