Maize 2022

[Headless chicken]

I'm aiming to get corn behind mine think it could be tight

Be fine. If not just adjust plans accordingly

 

[Jdunn55]

Be fine. If not just adjust plans accordingly

I'm going to get my contractor to direct drill in with his mzuri so it's not like it will take me days to prep the ground or anything, get the maize off, spray the weeds off (if needed) and drill straight in

 

[crashbox]

Maize is up to 6' in places now, no sign of tussles yet, is that a bad thing?
The only spray was on the grass before Ploughing, pleased with how its looking for weeds!

You've done well there, hella clean crop with no post em

 

[vantage]

You've done well there, hella clean crop with no post em

Nah, @Jdunn55 hand hoed it all for the picture!

 

[Jdunn55]

You've done well there, hella clean crop with no post em

Thanks, thrilled so far, 50kg fert, £20 of roundup and that's all the inputs other than seed!
Agronomist checked it Thursday and said it looked really good

 

[ollie989898]

I'm aiming to get corn behind mine think it could be tight

Make sure you get contractor organised to get the corn in pronto, especially if the going is good. With your weed free seed bed it may be possible to min-till the corn in.

 

[ollie989898]

Thanks, thrilled so far, 50kg fert, £20 of roundup and that's all the inputs other than seed!
Agronomist checked it Thursday and said it looked really good

That happens sometimes, crop gets away and it's been so dry no weeds manage to germinate.

 

[ollie989898]

I'm going to get my contractor to direct drill in with his mzuri so it's not like it will take me days to prep the ground or anything, get the maize off, spray the weeds off (if needed) and drill straight in

You might be able to drill the maize then come back and put round up + pre-em chemistry on after drilling. Shut the gate after that possibly until spring.

 

[More to life]

If I harvest it early and its not 100% ready what will I end up with in the clamp?

There's nothing worse than maize cut too early acidic mush don't stress about the following crop cut it when it's ready then plan accordingly. I don't think it will be late anyway.

 

[JFK’s brain]

Why would maize sort of tiller like this…
Seems more prominent where the crops thinner but also where population is good

 

[JFK’s brain]

Motoring on despite the lack of rain

 

[More to life]

Why would maize sort of tiller like this…
Seems more prominent where the crops thinner but also where population is good

That's poor drilling

 

[Beef farmer]

Motoring on despite the lack of rain

Where in the world are you

 

[Keep On]

That’s poor drill placement

 

[JFK’s brain]

That's poor drilling

Ah ok makes sense what I initially thought but seems like one plant and where population is correct a lot of plants still seem to have tillers. Can maize actually tiller ? Never seen it before

 

[More to life]

Ah ok makes sense what I initially thought but seems like one plant and where population is correct a lot of plants still seem to have tillers. Can maize actually tiller ? Never seen it before

No it's double or even triple seed drops it's really not ideal

 

[JFK’s brain]

Where in the world are you

Somerset. This field very pleased with got another looks awful barely 6ft and patchy

 

[JFK’s brain]

No it's double or even triple seed drops it's really not ideal

Okie dokie. It’s in there now anyway

 

[Beef farmer]

Somerset. This field very pleased with got another looks awful barely 6ft and patchy

Seems a massive cob very early. Be harvesting that in aug won't you?

 

[Wesley]

Motoring on despite the lack of rain

You win the prize for most forward maize I’ve seen this year. When was that drilled? Under plastic?