OSR Drilling 2019

JCfarmer

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
warks
Has anyone started yet? I have 43 acres cleared but its too wet at the moment and will be having digestate before I start.
 

nick...

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
south norfolk
Drilled mine last monday.lot less seed in the bag this year.7.4 kg for 3 ha.had 5mm rain since but needs some more.first two plants.only 9,999,998 plants to appear
Nick...
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Everybody seems to be out drilling the last week or so!? Too early as far as I m concerned! Won t be a seed in the ground until the 15th of August? Might regret it weather is catchy but a bonus in my eyes! We were very lucky with flea beetle this year did nt see much in the crop and yielded average to above? Hav nt shifted any yet all HOLL hybrids
 

Renaultman

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Darlington
I only have 6ha cleared but am tempted to drill next week if we can't get on with anything else. I do think it's to early but if conditions are right it might be time.
 

Gedd

Member
Livestock Farmer
Can you just spin some on with slug Pelletier on quad undressed of course just land is to wet to work and thought with all this rain I would try some people sometimes spread behind combine header so no different really
 

Renaultman

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Darlington
Can you just spin some on with slug Pelletier on quad undressed of course just land is to wet to work and thought with all this rain I would try some people sometimes spread behind combine header so no different really
I'm tempted to try direct drill with the Vaddy, will drop the Xpress or the discs in first to see how it works land isn't very wet yet but you never know till you drop the implement in.
 

Brisel

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Midlands
A few people on Twitter have been sowing osr over the last couple of weeks. None in around here that I've seen though plenty could start after winter barley any time now. My turnips went in after wheat cut & baled. They look a couple of days behind @silverfox 's. I'll make a start here as soon as the spring barley bales are cleared & I've got the germination % test results back from NIAB. Most of my osr area still has standing spring barley on it.
 

John

Member
Location
Cambridge
Doing some this morning before combining. Is early but we tried late last and that was a total failure. We need some rape as it screws our storage up being all cereals.
 

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