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Beans all finished today, came in at a pleasing 5.88t/haHave you weighed in the booty yet as they looked good in pic? @parker
Regards Big Al
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Beans all finished today, came in at a pleasing 5.88t/haHave you weighed in the booty yet as they looked good in pic? @parker
Regards Big Al
That's really great yields, better keep it quiet though , everyone will want a 750aBeans all finished today, came in at a pleasing 5.88t/ha
Well done. My spring beans drilled with 750a only did about 3t/ha. Must have been more favourable conditions further north !Beans all finished today, came in at a pleasing 5.88t/ha
They drilled really well at the end of march and never really stopped once they got going, seems to have been a really good spring cropping year for me as all my spring crops have done really well, not bad for a beginner @Simon Chiles!!Well done. My spring beans drilled with 750a only did about 3t/ha. Must have been more favourable conditions further north !
Mine were just the same as yours. Very late drilled as it didn't dry enough til late AprilWell done. My spring beans drilled with 750a only did about 3t/ha. Must have been more favourable conditions further north !
Glad they can do well with a 750. Mine were a poor 3t. I suppose they went in very late as it took til late April to dryThey drilled really well at the end of march and never really stopped once they got going, seems to have been a really good spring cropping year for me as all my spring crops have done really well, not bad for a beginner @Simon Chiles!!
Walked wheat today, wheat planted after beans looks fine. Small amount of slug pressure but nothing too serious.
Wheat after osr, [emoji20]not happy. Slug pressure is ridiculous. Planted after a cover crop too and I'm regretting that too. Did a good job of growing the oats and phacelia mix but think I've just added to the problem.
Anybody else struggling with same problem ?Can see why people drop.
Glad they can do well with a 750. Mine were a poor 3t. I suppose they went in very late as it took til late April to dry
When did you spray of your osr ? Are there still osr plants in the field ?
Key is to keep slugs eating the osr (they will in preference to wheat as long as osr is there) while wheat grows away from them
With luck and good timing when osr is gone the frosts come and slug pressure drops
Here's some of mine this weekend - plenty of slugs to be found but all feasting on the osr and not touching the wheat
It was sprayed with glypho 4daya after drilling
Clive what do you regarding pre ems with a cover of rape like that? Does it still work if you apply it onto a carpet of rape? Or do you not pre em?
Thank the Lord!I have very little black grass
I did similar last year Clive. Trouble was that in the mild winter the slugs eat all the rape residue then turned their attention to the wheat.When did you spray of your osr ? Are there still osr plants in the field ?
Key is to keep slugs eating the osr (they will in preference to wheat as long as osr is there) while wheat grows away from them
With luck and good timing when osr is gone the frosts come and slug pressure drops
Here's some of mine this weekend - plenty of slugs to be found but all feasting on the osr and not touching the wheat
It was sprayed with glypho 4daya after drilling
I did similar last year Clive. Trouble was that in the mild winter the slugs eat all the rape residue then turned their attention to the wheat.
Thank the Lord!
I hope you are right about the blackgrass, but how are you so sure? I've had some fields into 3 years of Spring crop and there is still plenty of blackgrass. The most worrying was that because my 750 drilled Spring crops went in so late (end April) due to soil conditions, I wasn't expecting any blackgrass. Unfortunately because the crops had such a short season they didn't thicken up to outcompete the blackgrass that did come and its shed as much seed as I probably got rid of in the previous Spring crops.I have taken on some land where we have inherited some BG. It's at fairly low levels and I really don't see it being a problem for very long though in our rotation
I hope you are right about the blackgrass, but how are you so sure? I've had some fields into 3 years of Spring crop and there is still plenty of blackgrass. The most worrying was that because my 750 drilled Spring crops went in so late (end April) due to soil conditions, I wasn't expecting any blackgrass. Unfortunately because the crops had such a short season they didn't thicken up to outcompete the blackgrass that did come and its shed as much seed as I probably got rid of in the previous Spring crops.
James,We had a shed load of black-grass germinate in our very late sown spring barley. Somehow though it seemed to rather give up and didn't produce a huge seed return. Spring beans though were another matter.
James,
We have noticed more recent interest in winter beans locally over springs for that reason.
The fact that canopy in winters is usually more domineering and Kerb can be used on them is no doubt useful
At home i have sprayed the Kerb element already on ours, with a "just in time" glypho follow up just before emergence hopefully when more weeds have made an appearance.