frederick
Member
- Location
- south west
29th they were over 10degrees in Glastonbury and Holsworthy. They should be going only one way now.
Maize 24
- Thread starter frederick
- Start date
ollie989898
Member
Fair enough, if they are climbing and you can get a seed bed like many folk here appear to be getting I guess I'd be getting on with it, it's not especially early now to be fair.
Ducati899
Member
- Location
- north dorset
friends currently drilling with a soil temp of 9 according to his drill
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
It feels early because winter is only now finishing, it feels like March even though its May tomorrow if that makes sense!
ollie989898
Member
I know what you mean. It has been a very long winter and I haven't been involved.
Turn some upside down before the next bout of rain.
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Grass looks too nice to be ploughing in there!
It's westwolds, fairly sparce and covered in dung and slurry. It's for the best.Grass looks too nice to be ploughing in there!
Jdunn55
Member
- Location
- Helston, cornwall
Don't fancy a second cut?It's westwolds, fairly sparce and covered in dung and slurry. It's for the best.
soil looks lovely
- Location
- Wiltshire
Stuck a thermometer in the ground i was ploughing today and it was 11 degrees 
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Sambo
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- Location
- South Derbys/Staffs
Made a start ready for drilling
Sprayed off?It's westwolds, fairly sparce and covered in dung and slurry. It's for the best.
ollie989898
Member
Cripes I bet that ground was better for having the sumo on it.
- Location
- Foothills of the Quantocks
My maize seedbed - A 7-way cover crop drilled straight after wheat harvest, grazed in Feb to remove all but the rye, and then a dose of slurry in March.
I'm planning to LD subsoil through this, then drill maize down the same rows on RTK next week or the week after.
If someone wants the rye forage it's for sale quite cheap, but I'm also interested to see how the maize handles going straight into tall cover.
I'm planning to LD subsoil through this, then drill maize down the same rows on RTK next week or the week after.
If someone wants the rye forage it's for sale quite cheap, but I'm also interested to see how the maize handles going straight into tall cover.
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Watch out before you do anything. Some buggers left a bike in there. They’ll dump their rubbish anywhere these days
ollie989898
Member
Watch out before you do anything. Some buggers left a bike in there. They’ll dump their rubbish anywhere these days
I'd get the dog to have a good sniff around too in case the original rider of said bike is in there somewhere, too. Would play merry hell with the header come September.
Grazed with what? Did they cap the soil much? Are you going to terminate the rye?
- Location
- Foothills of the Quantocks
Sheep, they did poach it a bit but it was the slurry that really made a mess this spring. It was umbilical but it caused a slimy wet cap, and contractors seem incapable of lowering their tyre pressures so the wheelings were a mess.
However, it's all surface damage and it's surprising how freely a trowel sinks in to the ground. The rye is putting roots through the slurry layer so it's now permeable and I think the subsoiled slots will make an excellent seedbed.
- Location
- Limavady, Northern Ireland
Planted last saturday...