No fungicide 2021

[Clive]

nearly may and yet to use a fungicide, crops spotless clean

cold, dry - could this be the first year we don’t use this group of chemicals at all ?


rain could change things yet but it will need to be significant now to rebalance smd’s

anyone else not applied a fungicide to wheat or barley yet ?


thinking we might as well apply for organic conversion at this rate !

 

[Chae1]

No fungicide on winter barley yet on one farm.

Same agronomist that sold me biostimulant!

 

[Clive]

No fungicide on winter barley yet on one farm.

Same agronomist that sold me biostimulant!

makes sense - he will need something to fill the sales gap and margins on snake oils are MUCH higher than generic tebs and Amstar etc

 

[robbie]

No fungicide on wheat yet and a far bit has only had half rate ally and mcpa. One field hasn't had any pesticides at all yet as there's no weeds or disease but I fear there will be a flush if we do get rain.
I haven't even ordered any T1 Chems yet, my wheat isn't there yet so I'll decide what to do and order the day before I do it. At the moment it could well be nothing!!!!

 

[redsloe]

Respect man.

Am really struggling with it!

I've got a recommendation for last week that I've held back on because I don't want too long a gap till flag leaf. Like you I wonder what's the point but crops are looking great atm so I don't want to lose potential.

I did do a T0 quite a while ago in a tank mix because it's cheap though so can't quality for your big prize.

 

[cows r us]

None yet but I have a bit of yellow rust creeping in.

 

[Clive]

Respect man.

Am really struggling with it!

I've got a recommendation for last week that I've held back on because I don't want too long a gap till flag leaf. Like you I wonder what's the point but crops are looking great atm so I don't want to lose potential.

I did do a T0 quite a while ago in a tank mix because it's cheap though so can't quality for your big prize.

T0 !
guessing you don’t have independent advice then ?

 

[redsloe]

T0 !
guessing you don’t have independent advice then ?

I am thinking about it funnily enough.
A change of agromonist, but going down a well trodden route. I would prefer a more proactive approach.

 

[moretimeforgolf]

No fungicide on any crops yet. Winter crops - osr, wheat, beans and hybrid rye. Osr will definitely be left alone, probably the rye too, wait and see on the rest plus spring crops.

 

[teslacoils]

At the rate mine are *not* growing, there's plenty of thinking time left. In the olden days, my agronomist would be roosting now on a pile of Boogie xpro, waiting to start flapping and clucking about "rain splash events" until he'd shipped enough out to pay for the winter holiday.

 

[cricketandcrops]

T0 !
guessing you don’t have independent advice then ?

broad brush statement.........plenty of independent agronomists in Lincs have recommended T0

 

[Secret Agronomist]

Done a T1 on my winter rye and barley, was needing to go through with PGR for them anyway, bit of prothio and teb, wheat a bit off yet, got stuff in the store but what is the weather going to be in a months time?

 

[Against_the_grain]

T0 !
guessing you don’t have independent advice then ?

T0 here where plenty of yr was present. Independent agronomist here...no doubt the crop needed a fungicide.

 

[SilliamWhale]

I've done nothing for winter barley or wheat.

I'm not sure what to do at the moment to be honest!

 

[bobk]

Yes , got a text from agro stating the need for T1 asap ......

 

[David.]

Only managed to finish T0 last week, and plenty of YR present in Elicit and even some in Firefly.
You go cheap if you want to, I will go appropriate.

 

[Clive]

broad brush statement.........plenty of independent agronomists in Lincs have recommended T0

must have actually rained in lincolnshire this year then i guess

 

[cricketandcrops]

must have actually rained in lincolnshire this year then i guess

nope but plenty of yellow rust in susceptible varieties.......cool and heavy dews

 

[bobk]

nope but plenty of yellow rust in susceptible varieties.......cool and heavy dews

Crops are fairly stressed already without us making it worse , imo

 

[cricketandcrops]

Crops are fairly stressed already without us making it worse , imo

agreed, out of interest how do you define making it worse?