Flintstone
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That’s just a reflection from inside the aircraft! If you look at the dark field of wheat on the left you can also see my leather watch strap! I wondered what that was myself before I realised!
Linseed
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Ahh, yes I see the stitching on the strap now!
Had you ever grown linseed before this year then?
The flyers that come in the post always make it look so easy and attractive but everyone always say you only grow it once, but you’ve obviously proved them wrong!
Had you ever grown linseed before this year then?
The flyers that come in the post always make it look so easy and attractive but everyone always say you only grow it once, but you’ve obviously proved them wrong!
Flintstone
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I’d grown spring linseed before, and had several disasters with that, so was reluctant to try winter.
However, it’s a totally different crop. Very easy to establish, and there is good support from Premium Crops etc with agronomy.
Total N is about 150 kgs, and apart from a couple of fungicides and a PGR, there’s nothing really to do except for weed control.
Combining was a doddle. The trick is to cut it when the seed is <9% but the stems are green. If you wait a fortnight more, the stems can apparently ‘ret’ and be much tougher. It was so easy to cut though.
However, it’s a totally different crop. Very easy to establish, and there is good support from Premium Crops etc with agronomy.
Total N is about 150 kgs, and apart from a couple of fungicides and a PGR, there’s nothing really to do except for weed control.
Combining was a doddle. The trick is to cut it when the seed is <9% but the stems are green. If you wait a fortnight more, the stems can apparently ‘ret’ and be much tougher. It was so easy to cut though.
Flintstone
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- Berkshire
Some more photos in case you’re interested.
Did you bother desiccating that? Doesn’t look like it.
Flintstone
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- Berkshire
Yep, I used Glyphosate about 15 days pre-harvest.
Flintstone
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- Berkshire
Establishment was straight into wheat stubble. Zero till. Ring rolls behind, and Avadex between drilling and rolling.
It must have been very green when you did that. Always cut mine later than you have with browner stems
Flintstone
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- Berkshire
The seeds were a yellow light tan colour before I sprayed it. Don’t forget I drilled it quite early. 2nd September.
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- Shropshire
Very interested, thanks
Flintstone
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I’ve got heaps of photos of the crop through the year if anyone wants to see anything specific.
(Does that make me a geek?!)
(Does that make me a geek?!)
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- Lincolnshire
Was a fairly mild winter. Not sure that made a difference but pigeons do bother it. Not sure now osr is vanishing what's next on the pigeon menu.
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- Shropshire
With the Claydon?
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- Shropshire
Did you bale or burn the straw?
ours is looking like crop of the year here this time
We might get treated to some photos of something at last!!
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- Lincolnshire
We might get treated to some photos of something at last!!
Ha.
Haven't seen any of the "good as dead" wheat....perhaps a Lazarusesque return from the dead?
We have 200 acres of Spring Linseed this year which in fairness looks really good, question is do we desiccate or not as there are many conflicting views on the subject , our agronomist suggests we do but having not grown it for 20 years I do wonder as its going off nicely at the moment ,
we might cut sone this week- ivv bc will be sure to show the new lows that no one realised a lexion yield meter could go down to !
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In my opinion, it depends if crop is variable in maturity or has late emerged weed. If like most crops it is variable/ weeds are present, desiccation will help even up the crop and control any weeds present. Up to you at the end of the day