Maize 2016
- Thread starter jondear
- Start date
- Location
- Cornwall.
I still have hundreds of bags yet to get on farm 
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- Location
- Wiltshire
Soil is far too cold here. Haven't even got my themometer out yet. Haven't ploughed a field yet either.
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And your on boys ground!
- Location
- Wiltshire
And your on boys ground!
Some of it is a Frome Series alluvial silt. In english it ploughs like sticky Plasticine with flints in it. its either too wet or too dry to get a decent seedbed. The rest has had all the FYM spread. One rented field needs glyphosate. TB test next week so not a huge amount going to be ploughed just yet.
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What should it be when considering maize drilling?
That's keen, plastic drill has been on around here but no conventional. What areas that?
- Location
- Wiltshire
Best part of 10 degrees and rising. Maize does not want to be sat in the ground doing nothing. The problem I have with the chalk is that after planting it will wash white with the rain, I always think this reflects the suns heat.
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stubbles still to spray off.....been poor spray days.(few docks -else i would save a cost and time ) - but still seems far too cold here - what/where is the best value (cheap) soil temperature probe ?? - as a matter of interest.
..been poor spray days.(few docks -else i would save a cost and time ) - but still seems far too cold here - what/where is the best value (cheap) soil temperature probe ?? - as a matter of interest.10°C and rising, hopefully!!
It can't all be drilled on the same day, some people are brave and Drill at 10°C regardless. Some Drill when there's warmth forecast.
Then when it's about 4-6" high it turns cold!!
Ducati899
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- Location
- north dorset
mines under water again this morning
Mid Devon
forgot to mention that drilling underwater not advisedmines under water again this morning
Ducati899
Member
- Location
- north dorset
I'm currently looking at my seed out the kitchen window in the best place possible……the bag just the ground earmarked for it is under water
just the ground earmarked for it is under water
MickW
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- Location
- South West
The soils temperature at St Neots has reached 9.5 Celsius but the ground is still ver wet over 40% but this is on really heavy land
Checked via Soil Scout a few moments ago
See attached graph
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That looks handy, how much are they?
stubbles still to spray off...
I have a couple of these. Freebies from some agchem meeting. They need a couple of minutes to settle down. I put the tip in 4" and have a mark where this is level with the surface.