N strategy

[Clive]

Given this cold weather and late spring what are your thoughts on N application going forward ?

Is it going to be worth splitting applications still or are we getting near a date where it might as well all go on ?

 

[Rob Holmes]

Little and often once it warms up, 40-50 kg/ha every 2-3 weeks

 

[Clive]

Little and often once it warms up, 40-50 kg/ha every 2-3 weeks

I reckon it might rush growth stages so fast when it warms that you might not keep up ?

 

[Renaultman]

I reckon it might rush growth stages so fast when it warms that you might not keep up ?

I'd like to be given the chance to try It doesn't seem like it will ever warm up.

 

[Clive]

I'd like to be given the chance to try It doesn't seem like it will ever warm up.

This isn't a year I would want to be reliant on a contractor for spray or fert applications ! Things will get VERY busy at some point I'm sure !

 

[jon9000]

We've started on the main spit, as I really do have too much to do over the next few weeks, it's urea and I wanted to get it on early anyway.

 

[jon9000]

This time last year I was worried about it all falling over!.how years change

 

[DRC]

As a one man band,what do you reckon the priority is,fert[second dose],spray[it's had non] or drill the rest of spring barley.
It's gonna be like driving a chariot with two horses,one going each way!

 

[Renaultman]

As a one man band,what do you reckon the priority is,fert[second dose],spray[it's had non] or drill the rest of spring barley.
It's gonna be like driving a chariot with two horses,one going each way!

For me it would be Fert first (Lightest outfit so will travel soonest)
Go home and put the sprayer on
Then drill the spring corn as the land will be drier by then. That's if it's not to windy to spray and fert.

 

[DRC]

For me it would be Fert first (Lightest outfit so will travel soonest)
Go home and put the sprayer on
Then drill the spring corn as the land will be drier by then. That's if it's not to windy to spray and fert.

What shall i do after dinner?

 

[Renaultman]

What shall i do after dinner?

If and when the sun ever shines again and the wind drops and the birds start singing in the trees. We won't have time for dinner

 

[Colin]

All Crops got 50 kg mid feb and just finished doing all bar the w. oats again with the same amount. Would usually split 50/100/50, on the
It's of feed wheat, although totals vary according to previous crop but you get the idea. Rates this year will be from 160 to 200 for barley and wheat and 150 for winter oats. Going to keep splitting in 50kg chunks unless it gets a lot warmer.

 

[fingermouse]

Second split going on this next week ,then 2 more to follow,workload is heavy but will meet each hurdle as it appears.

 

[Stoxs]

On second time round with Ammo Sulphate at the moment, then if it stays dry will be in with main bulk of Urea.
All silage grass been done now, got some TSP to put on cereals. Let alone cultivations for Maize and roll all the cereals!! or atleast the stoney fields.
that should keep me quiet for a week or 2 . Oh then better do some spraying LOL

 

[Brisel]

I'm going to crack on with the first of the main splits on winter crops regardless. At the moment I can't see lodging being a big risk & frankly I need every tiller or branch to survive.