Late drilling of OSR, (......is anybody other than us doing it this year ?)

[warksfarmer]

After a good kicking in the 2019 year (crop harvest), by CSFB, the advice was to drill earlier or later than the previous common timing of end of August begining of September to cope with the migration of the CSFB. Is anyone planning to sow this year's crop later in September?. Judging by what is happening locally and reports on here, every one appears to have sown early.

Loads of flea beetle on our early sown stubble turnips but nothing on the mustard sown 10 days ago now up in rows. I know not osr but similar plants that are affected by the pest

 

[l'ordinary bonville]

Later sown tillage radish getting eaten by beetles. It got away well but been bone dry since until yesterday.

early sown rape perfect this year

i used to be perfectly happy sowing rape till mid September with a neonic. Now it’s all down to weather the week after sowing