Mass lodging of Clearfield rape

[DanniAgro]

It's very disappointing to see that my crop of Imperial has lodged across most of the field - whilst a small area had too many plants, a lot of the field had a population of 15 - 20 plants per square metre and I was expecting stems like tree trunks. However even in area with 10 ppm2 the stems bent over.
Has anyone else experienced this happening with this variety, or is it general with rape this year?

 

[Oscar]

Mine was leaning but not down. That heavy rain and wind two weeks ago did mine . Made it hard combining as when heads going in first it was bunching up in header as plants were not cut but very easy going other way

 

[DanniAgro]

Mine was leaning but not down. That heavy rain and wind two weeks ago did mine . Made it hard combining as when heads going in first it was bunching up in header as plants were not cut but very easy going other way

Did you grow Imperial?

 

[Oscar]

Yes.

 

[MNBVCXZ]

Yes, 2 varieties as you described. Imperial and Impressario.

 

[Mr chips]

Our Imperial 80% lodged too. Windoss next door field stood fine.

 

[colhonk]

Most of my Imperial has gone down,Started to go down with the torrential rain in June and just kept going since.

 

[Badshot]

Mine stood reasonably, but not as well.as phoenix next door. The phoenix was a better crop too.

 

[DanniAgro]

Thanks for the replies - it makes the choice of next years varieties that much easier.

 

[turbo]

All my clear field varieties including 5trails were all stud up and were a joy to cut

 

[DanniAgro]

All my clear field varieties including 5trails were all stud up and were a joy to cut

What were the varieties?

 

[turbo]

What were the varieties?

Mainly pioneer ones but there was a dekalb variety in there and god it was tall but it was still standing,when I get the results back I will be able to tell you what varieties they were

 

[DanniAgro]

Looking forward to that...

 

[A.R.]

All my Campus had gone over but not tight flat. I think it was due to csfbl hollowing the stems causing cankers and weakening the stems.

 

[Oscar]

Just to add , although mine was leaning I had no damage from csfb etc. Got a clear up load tomorrow am but mine has already done 4.4 t/ha into C store so it was a good crop !!

 

[PSQ]

Just to add , although mine was leaning I had no damage from csfb etc. Got a clear up load tomorrow am but mine has already done 4.4 t/ha into C store so it was a good crop !!

Imperial?