Many people not rolling cereals this year?

[jg123]

Rolled 80ac of wheat today, would have liked to leave it another few days dry but forecast is rain for a week now and then by the time it drys it will want a spray probably and end up being too late to roll. Had to roll for stones as we have a lot and header runs on the floor. Do a lot of people not bother roll? Do you not have stones or just keep the header up a bit? Bits you can see are maize stalks

 

[teslacoils]

I roll when the weather is with me. Still time here. Maybe in a fortnight.

 

[principal skinner]

Rolled 30ha Jan sown wheat this afternoon

 

[Zippy768]

Rolled 80ac of wheat today, would have liked to leave it another few days dry but forecast is rain for a week now and then by the time it drys it will want a spray probably and end up being too late to roll. Had to roll for stones as we have a lot and header runs on the floor. Do a lot of people not bother roll? Do you not have stones or just keep the header up a bit? Bits you can see are maize stalks

I missed rolling autumn cropped drilled 2022. Was hoping to roll the following spring, but was too wet.
Ipso facto 3 of us went stone picking over 80acres of the stonier fields - link box down the tramelines and 1 person out each side. The positive was that gateway hole were sorted.

So last autumn, the roller was tight behind the drill. Plenty of wheelings in wheat

 

[jg123]

@Zippy768 it's easy with hindsight

 

[Zippy768]

@Zippy768 it's easy with hindsight

It's easier to find someone to sit on the rolls in the Autumn once you spend days and days stone picking!!!

 

[jg123]

I'm glad I didn't, can even see the quad wheelings still from slug pellets! Luckily didn't roll anything so its 90% come good.

 

[Laggard]

Rolling timing of winter drilled cereals in the spring is quite hard to get right.

 

[Vader]

Rolling...??
Whats that?

 

[solo]

Winter wheat rolled a day after drilling works well on my soils. If it’s too damp leave it. This spring the soil is too moist so none rolled yet. There will hopefully be a chance once it’s established. The downside to rolling wet soil now will be seen as concrete in the autumn if it bakes out in the summer.. When I don’t roll the combine knife ends up requiring sections and the stones take the sharp edge off most others. Running the header higher doesn’t work when barley brackles over. Wheat not such an issue with stiff variety.

 

[T Hectares]

Would’ve liked to roll some wheat this spring but it’s not happened, either too wet or trying to drill, fert, spray, wheats starting stem extension now so missed it anyway
SB unlikely to get rolled behind drill but will try to roll when emerged

 

[Gong Farmer]

Rolling timing of winter drilled cereals in the spring is quite hard to get right.

As well as stone control, it can be as good a PGR as any chemical.

But must be done before any hint of stem extension. With the equinox passed, it's getting a bit dicey now for most.

 

[alomy75]

Unless you have stones; I really can’t see the point of rolling it’s still going to tiller without rolling; you’re still going to put pgr on even if you roll and apart from making pretty stripes….it strikes me as being fairly recreational

 

[average farmer]

How long would you leave rolling to spraying Atlantis or the other way around?
got a bit of late drilled wheat that didn’t get pre em that could do with rolling and spraying.

 

[Jon 3085]

Drilled and Rolled 44 acres yesterday

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Erm...?

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[T Hectares]

Unless you have stones; I really can’t see the point of rolling it’s still going to tiller without rolling; you’re still going to put pgr on even if you roll and apart from making pretty stripes….it strikes me as being fairly recreational

If you have flints and manganese it’s anything but recreational

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

Sorry couldn't resist.

 

[alomy75]

If you have flints and manganese it’s anything but recreational

Check out the first 4 words of my post. The manganese is an interesting point tho…we do have deficient land but again; you’re not ‘not’ going to put manganese on irrespective of rolling are you??

 

[Barleymow]

Would be nice to roll everything but doubt it will be dry in time